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Vercel Agent Skills
Source-reviewed Vercel Labs' public
agent-skillsrepo so Kevin's wiki can route each useful skill to one durable local owner instead of blindly installing overlapping commands.
Current Source Snapshot
Checked 2026-07-06: vercel-labs/agent-skills main resolves to f8a72b9603728bb92a217a879b7e62e43ad76c81, MIT licensed in the cloned repo. The source tree has nine public skill folders:
composition-patternsdeploy-to-vercel(the README-facing deploy skill is also marketed as claimable/no-auth Vercel deployment)react-best-practicesreact-native-skillsreact-view-transitionsvercel-cli-with-tokensvercel-optimizeweb-design-guidelineswriting-guidelines
The local rule is selective import: if Kevin already has an executable owner, fold the Vercel skill's knowledge into that owner and keep this page as the audit map. Add a new executable skill only when the upstream skill owns a distinct recurring workflow that is not already covered.
Local Routing Decisions
| Upstream skill | Local route | Decision |
|---|---|---|
web-design-guidelines |
Frontend and Design Skills | Already installed locally. Keep the local skill; it fetches the canonical web-interface-guidelines command at run time. |
react-best-practices |
Frontend and Design Skills, React | Already covered. Treat the exact rule count as registry-dependent; the durable categories are waterfalls, bundle size, server/cache, client fetching, rerenders, rendering, JS performance, and advanced React. |
composition-patterns |
Component Composition Style, React | Imported as style guidance: avoid boolean prop soup, prefer explicit variants, slots, compound components, narrow providers, and parent-owned layout. |
react-view-transitions |
React View Transitions, CSS View Transitions API | Already covered. Refreshed with upstream details: default="none", page-level directional transitions, paired enter/exit, nested limitation, and reduced-motion CSS. |
deploy-to-vercel |
Vercel, Vercel Deploy Checklist | Do not add a duplicate deploy command. Keep deployment routed through Vercel/Sites/CLI discipline: preview by default, inspect build status, show URLs, and only push/deploy production with explicit intent. |
vercel-cli-with-tokens |
Vercel folded skill | Already folded under the Vercel router. Import the working agreement: use VERCEL_TOKEN from env, never --token, check .vercel/project.json or .vercel/repo.json read-only, and use --format json for agent follow-up. |
vercel-optimize |
Vercel, Vercel Observability, Performance Budgets | High-signal but not imported as a local executable yet. It requires linked project state and metric-backed evidence; do not silently degrade to code-only optimization. |
writing-guidelines |
Security and Review Skills, Cloud, Data, and Service Skills, Writing and Content Skills, Writing and Content Skills, Writing and Content Skills | Reference-only for now. Kevin's voice/writing pipeline already owns prose; import exact rules later only if they beat the local voice skills. |
react-native-skills |
mobile watch queue | Reference-only until a Kevin project actually has a React Native/Expo surface. Avoid adding mobile context load prematurely. |
Adoption Rules
- For a Vercel task, load Vercel first, then the one folded reference or page that matches the exact product surface.
- For React implementation, load React plus Frontend and Design Skills when performance is in scope.
- For UI review, load Frontend and Design Skills and the repo's local design/taste rules. Vercel's guideline skill is an audit pass, not a replacement for Kevin's art direction.
- For deployment, prefer preview deployments and read-only discovery first. Never mutate
.vercel/files directly and never pass access tokens as CLI args. - For
vercel-optimize, require observed metrics, route-to-file evidence, and allowed citations. A route with no traffic is not eligible for a ranked route fix.
Timeline
- 2026-07-06 | Reviewed all nine public Vercel Labs
agent-skillsfolders at commitf8a72b9603728bb92a217a879b7e62e43ad76c81. Local decision: route into existing owner pages/skills, create no duplicate executable skill, and keepvercel-optimizeas a candidate metric-backed audit workflow. Source: User request; GitHubvercel-labs/agent-skills, 2026-07-06