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Evidence record · captured 2026-10-10
Deploy to Vercel
A state-aware deployment decision tree that prefers previews, inspects Git and project links, handles team scope, chooses push or CLI, and documents no-auth fallbacks.
Editorial assessment
This is a source-only assessment. It does not claim runtime or security testing.
What it does
The skill inspects repository and Vercel linkage without causing side effects, resolves team scope, favors Git-integrated preview deployments, and falls back through direct CLI or claimable sandbox scripts.
Best for
- Creating a Vercel preview deployment
- Linking an existing repository to a Vercel project
- Choosing a safe deployment path in authenticated or sandboxed environments
Strengths in the source
- Separates read-only state detection from commands that can link or deploy.
- Defaults to preview and requires explicit approval before pushing Git changes.
- Accounts for teams, repo-level linkage, non-interactive environments, and claim URLs.
Limitations
- Several paths change external Vercel or Git state and require authorization.
- Fallback scripts and authentication availability vary by agent environment.
- The skill explicitly says not to fetch the deployed URL, so application behavior remains unverified.
When not to use it
- The target hosting platform is not Vercel
- The user has not authorized the external deployment or required Git push
Reviewed by Retenta editorial on 2026-10-10; scope: source only.
Files included in this review
skills/deploy-to-vercel/SKILL.mdREADME.md
Evidence and boundaries
No sandbox run, dependency audit, or independent security assessment is claimed.
- Pinned publisher source
- skills/deploy-to-vercel/SKILL.md
- Revision
- 063bee94c3f4df8453406c830b0a7df0f2860278
- License evidence
- MITThe pinned repository README declares the collection's license as MIT.
- Last source change
- 2026-03-06
- Independent verification
- The source is controlled by Vercel; Retenta has not independently verified its runtime behavior or security.
- Upstream repository
- Open publisher repository
Compatibility
Agent Skills clients
documentedVercel publishes the repository in the Agent Skills format and documents installation with the skills CLI.
Requirements and access
- A deployable project
- Vercel CLI credentials or a supported claimable-deployment fallback
- Explicit user approval before any Git push
Referenced tools
Vercel CLIGitClaimable deployment scriptsInstall from the source
Vercel documents this repository-level install; it may install more skills than the one reviewed here.
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