--- title: "vercel-cli-with-tokens skill: deploy with a Vercel access token" canonical_url: https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-cli-with-tokens last_updated: 2026-10-02T01:58:30+02:00 type: skill summary: "Vercel CLI with Tokens is Vercel's agent skill for running the Vercel CLI with an access token instead of vercel login: deploys, environment variables, logs and domains." install: "npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-cli-with-tokens" related: - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/microsoft/azure-deploy" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/microsoft/azure-diagnostics" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/cloudflare/workers-best-practices" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/cloudflare/wrangler" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/deploy-to-vercel" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-react-best-practices" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-composition-patterns" - "https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-react-native-skills" --- # Vercel CLI with Tokens Vercel CLI with Tokens is Vercel's agent skill for running the Vercel CLI with an access token instead of vercel login: deploys, environment variables, logs and domains. | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Publisher | Vercel (official, own GitHub account) | | Source | https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/vercel-cli-with-tokens | | License | MIT, stated only in the repository README (no license file) | | Repository stars | 31,813 on 2026-10-02 | | Skill name | vercel-cli-with-tokens | | Version | 1.0.0 (from its SKILL.md, https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/vercel-cli-with-tokens/SKILL.md, read 2026-10-02) | | Category | Cloud and deployment | | Skill last changed | 2026-04-17 | | Page updated | 2026-10-02 | | Facts checked | 2026-10-02 | ## Install Install this skill with the skills CLI: ``` npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-cli-with-tokens ``` Or install every Vercel skill at once: ``` npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills ``` ## Ask your coding agent A skill can include scripts that run on your computer, so read its source first: https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/vercel-cli-with-tokens ```text Install the agent skill vercel-cli-with-tokens from github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills. ``` ## What it does Vercel CLI with Tokens is Vercel's skill for deploying and managing Vercel projects when the CLI signs in with an access token rather than an interactive vercel login. It loads for tasks such as deploying to Vercel, setting up a project or adding environment variables. The agent looks for the token in the environment and in .env files before asking you, and points you to vercel.com/account/tokens if none is found. Under Vercel CLI with Tokens, the agent exports the token as VERCEL_TOKEN and never passes it as a --token flag, because command-line arguments show up in shell history and process listings. With VERCEL_PROJECT_ID and VERCEL_ORG_ID set together, it deploys without linking. Otherwise it links the project, by git repository when possible. It deploys a preview unless you ask for production, and asks before any git push. Vercel CLI with Tokens also covers setting environment variables per environment, listing and inspecting deployments, reading build and runtime logs, and adding domains. For projects managed by Stripe Projects, it lists the upgrade and downgrade commands and asks before any plan change, because upgrades bill a real card. Troubleshooting steps cover a missing or expired token, the wrong team and failed builds. ## When to use it - You want the agent to work with a Vercel access token instead of an interactive login. - You have a Vercel token in a .env file and want the agent to deploy with it without exposing it. - You want the agent to add, list or pull environment variables for a Vercel project. - You have a failed Vercel deployment and want the agent to read the build logs. ## When to pick something else - You can sign in interactively and just want a preview link: use Deploy to Vercel. ## Which agents it works in Vercel documents it for any AI coding agent that reads Agent Skills, installed with the skills CLI. The open skills CLI also installs it into 78 agents (listed with the CLI on 2026-10-01). ## License MIT, stated only in the repository README (no license file). The SKILL.md has no license key, there is no LICENSE file in the skill folder or the repository, and GitHub reports no license (checked 2026-10-01). The only grant is the line "License: MIT" at the end of the repository README, which covers the whole collection. ## Related ### Related skills for cloud and deployment - [Azure deploy](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/microsoft/azure-deploy): azure-deploy is Microsoft's agent skill for deploying an already prepared and validated app to Azure with azd, Bicep or Terraform, with error recovery, role checks and verified https endpoints at the end. - [Azure diagnostics](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/microsoft/azure-diagnostics): azure-diagnostics is Microsoft's agent skill for debugging Azure production problems with AppLens, Azure Monitor and resource health, with guides for App Service, Functions, Container Apps, AKS, VMs and messaging. - [Workers best practices](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/cloudflare/workers-best-practices): workers-best-practices is Cloudflare's agent skill for writing, reviewing and configuring production Cloudflare Workers, built around a table of anti-patterns to flag and current docs over memorized APIs. - [Wrangler](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/cloudflare/wrangler): wrangler is Cloudflare's agent skill for running and troubleshooting the Wrangler CLI: configuring Worker projects, local development, Previews, secrets, deployments, rollbacks and Cloudflare resources such as KV, R2 and D1. ### More from Vercel - [Deploy to Vercel](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/deploy-to-vercel): Deploy to Vercel is Vercel's agent skill for getting a project live: the agent checks how your project is set up, picks a deploy method and returns a preview link unless you ask for production. - [React Best Practices](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-react-best-practices): React Best Practices is Vercel Engineering's agent skill of 70 performance rules for React and Next.js, ranked by impact, which the agent applies when it writes or reviews code. - [React Composition Patterns](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-composition-patterns): React Composition Patterns is Vercel's agent skill for React component APIs: compound components, lifted state and explicit variants instead of a growing list of boolean props. - [React Native](https://cookiesforai.app/skills/vercel-labs/vercel-react-native-skills): React Native is Vercel's agent skill of React Native and Expo rules, ranked by impact: list performance, animations, native navigation and UI patterns for faster mobile apps.