vercel

Creates isolated Linux MicroVMs using Vercel Sandbox SDK. Use when building code execution environments, running untrusted code, spinning up dev servers, testing in isolation, or when the user mentions "sandbox", "microvm", "isolated execution", or "@vercel/sandbox".

Set up and use feature flags and A/B tests with the Flags SDK (`flags` npm package) and Vercel Flags. Use when installing or configuring the SDK, adding a new or existing flag, wiring `vercelAdapter` (OIDC or SDK keys), declaring flags with `flag()`, using the `vercel flags` CLI (create, inspect, list, enable, disable, set, update, split, rollout, rules, segments, use-targeting, evaluations, versions, open, archive, unarchive, rm, sdk-keys, override, prepare), setting up providers/adapters (Vercel, Statsig, LaunchDarkly, PostHog, GrowthBook, Global Config, OpenFeature, Split, Flagsmith, Reflag, Optimizely, or custom), precompute, `identify`/`dedupe`, Flags Explorer/Toolbar, Next.js or SvelteKit, or encrypting flag values. Triggers: feature flags, feature gates, A/B testing, experimentation, gradual rollout, traffic split, targeting rules, flag overrides, precompute, Flags Explorer, Vercel Flags, vercel flags CLI, `flags/next`, `flags/sveltekit`, `flags/react`, `@flags-sdk/*`.

Implement, configure, and customize Streamdown — a streaming-optimized React Markdown renderer with syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, math rendering, and CJK support. Use when working with Streamdown setup, configuration, plugins, styling, security, or integration with AI streaming (e.g., Vercel AI SDK). Triggers on: (1) Installing or setting up Streamdown, (2) Configuring plugins (code, mermaid, math, cjk), (3) Styling or theming Streamdown output, (4) Integrating with AI chat/streaming, (5) Configuring security, link safety, or custom HTML tags, (6) Using carets, static mode, or custom components, (7) Troubleshooting Tailwind, Shiki, or Vite issues.

Deploy, manage, inspect, and troubleshoot Vercel projects from the command line. Use for Vercel deployments, Vercel Toolbar comments, build failures, projects and teams, environment variables, domains and DNS, logs, metrics, Speed Insights, Core Web Vitals, request traces, usage, activity, alerts, firewall rules, cache, cron jobs, deploy hooks, Edge Config, feature flags (`vercel flags`), integrations, connectors, Blob storage, Container Registry (VCR), microfrontends, rolling releases, custom environments, Sandbox, agent/MCP setup, preview access, local development, or `vercel api` fallback.

Guide for building modern, accessible, and composable UI components. Use when building new components, implementing accessibility, creating composable APIs, setting up design tokens, publishing to npm/registry, or writing component documentation.

Build AI chat interfaces using ai-elements components — conversations, messages, tool displays, prompt inputs, and more. Use when the user wants to build a chatbot, AI assistant UI, or any AI-powered chat interface.

Turborepo monorepo build system guidance. Triggers on: turbo.json, task pipelines, dependsOn, caching, remote cache, the "turbo" CLI, --filter, --affected, CI optimization, environment variables, internal packages, monorepo structure/best practices, and boundaries. Use when user: configures tasks/workflows/pipelines, creates packages, sets up monorepo, shares code between apps, runs changed/affected packages, debugs cache, or has apps/packages directories.

Build multi-platform chat bots with Chat SDK (`chat` npm package). Use when developers want to scaffold a bot with create-chat-sdk, build a Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Telegram, GitHub, Linear, or WhatsApp bot, handle mentions, direct messages, subscribed threads, reactions, slash commands, cards, modals, files, or AI streaming, set up webhook routes or multi-adapter bots, send rich cards or streamed AI responses to chat platforms, or build a custom adapter or state adapter.

Add a vendor-official or community adapter to the Chat SDK catalog and docs — adapters.json registry, chat/adapters catalog entry, the docs MDX page, meta.json, integration-test lists, and a changeset. Use when a developer wants to add, list, register, or submit a third-party (vendor-official or community) adapter to this repo, add an adapter to the catalog, or create or edit an adapter docs page under apps/docs/content/adapters/vendor-official or apps/docs/content/adapters/community.

Write, edit, review, or audit user-facing documentation for the eve repository. Use for changes under docs/, documentation tied to eve APIs or CLI behavior, docs work based on Slack or support feedback, and requests to make eve docs clearer, more natural, or less AI-patterned while verifying claims against current source, tests, CLI help, public releases, and repository conventions.

Drafts and reviews GitHub pull request descriptions for the eve repository. Use when opening, updating, or reviewing a PR, or when summarizing a branch for reviewers.

Build durable backend AI agents with the eve framework. Use when creating, editing, or debugging an eve project — agent instructions, skills, tools, connections, channels, sandboxes, subagents, schedules, or evals.

Install and configure Vercel Workflow SDK before it exists in node_modules. Use when the user asks to "install workflow", "set up workflow", "add durable workflows", "configure workflow sdk", or "init workflow" for Next.js, Express, Hono, Fastify, NestJS, Nitro, Nuxt, Astro, SvelteKit, or Vite.

Creates durable, resumable workflows using Vercel's Workflow SDK. Use when building workflows that need to survive restarts, pause for external events, retry on failure, or coordinate multi-step operations over time. Triggers on mentions of "workflow", "durable functions", "resumable", "workflow sdk", "queue", "event", "push", "subscribe", or step-based orchestration.

Upgrades a custom Workflow SDK World implementation from the v4 spec to v5. Use when a package implements the `World` interface from `@workflow/world` and is moving to 5.x — event IDs that are ULIDs rather than slot positions, `Event id is not slot-numbered` at replay time, a `specVersion` the runtime refuses, `writeToStream` / `closeStream` / `readFromStream` as top-level World methods, `steps.get` or `events.listByCorrelationId` without a `runId`, a `'step'` queue kind or `__wkf_step_*` topics, a `preconditionGuard` capability, or a `createLocalWorld` / `createVercelWorld` factory.

Upgrades an app from Workflow SDK 4.x to 5.0. Use when bumping the `workflow` / `@workflow/*` dependencies to v5, or when hitting removed v4 APIs — `runStep`, `stepEntrypoint`, `workflow/internal/private`, `@workflow/core/private`, `writeToStream` / `closeStream` / `readFromStream` on a World, `world.steps.get` without a runId, `hook.getConflict()` returning `{ runId }`, `hook.metadata` read synchronously off a `getHookByToken()` result, `experimental_setAttributes`, `createLocalWorld` / `createVercelWorld`, `NestLocalBuilder` imported from `@workflow/nest`, or an SWC transform invoked with `mode: 'client'`.

Migrates Temporal, Inngest, Trigger.dev, and AWS Step Functions workflows to the Workflow SDK. Use when porting Activities, Workers, Signals, step.run(), step.waitForEvent(), Trigger.dev tasks / wait.forToken / triggerAndWait, ASL JSON state machines, Task/Choice/Wait/Parallel states, task tokens, or child workflows.

Spin up a portless + tmux dev session for the Workflow SDK that gives each git worktree isolated `<branch>.<name>.localhost` URLs for the Next.js workbench and the observability UI, plus a Claude statusline that surfaces those URLs. Use only when the user asks for a "portless dev session", a "tmux dev layout for workflow", "worktree-isolated dev URLs", or wants to wire workflow dev URLs into the Claude statusline. Do not activate for the generic "start the dev server" / "run pnpm dev" task.

Vercel Workflow SDK expert guidance. Use when building durable workflows, long-running tasks, API routes or agents that need pause/resume, retries, step-based execution, or crash-safe orchestration with Vercel Workflow.

Full-story verification — infers what the user is building, then verifies the complete flow end-to-end: browser → API → data → response. Triggers on dev server start and 'why isn't this working' signals.

Vercel storage expert guidance — Blob, Global Config (formerly Edge Config), and Marketplace storage (Neon Postgres, Upstash Redis). Use when choosing, configuring, or using data storage with Vercel applications.

Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project. Use when composing a polyglot or multi-service application on one Vercel deployment; defining the `services` key, service-targeted rewrites, or service bindings in `vercel.json`; or running all services with `vercel dev`.

Vercel Sandbox guidance — ephemeral Firecracker microVMs for running untrusted code safely. Supports AI agents, code generation, and experimentation. Use when executing user-generated or AI-generated code in isolation.

Run live eval sessions against the vercel-plugin to verify hook behavior, skill injection, dedup correctness, and coverage. Launches real Claude Code sessions via WezTerm, monitors debug logs, and produces a structured coverage report.

Vercel Functions expert guidance — Node.js/Bun/Python runtimes, Fluid Compute, long-duration (30 min) functions, large functions (5 GB bundles), Docker/OCI container images, plan limits, streaming, WebSockets, and Cron Jobs. Use when configuring, debugging, or optimizing server-side code running on Vercel.

Vercel Firewall expert guidance — automatic DDoS mitigation, the Vercel WAF (custom rules, IP blocking, managed rulesets, rate limiting), Attack Mode, system bypass, bot management, and the `vercel firewall` CLI. Use when configuring platform-level security, responding to attacks, or staging firewall rules.

Vercel Connect expert guidance — securely obtain scoped OAuth tokens for third-party services (Slack, GitHub, MCP servers, OAuth, Snowflake) on behalf of apps or users via Vercel OIDC. Use when wiring up third-party API access, connecting to MCP servers, sending Slack messages, accessing GitHub APIs, receiving webhook events from Slack/Linear/GitHub and forwarding them to your agents and apps, or building eve agent connections.

Vercel CLI expert guidance. Use when deploying, managing environment variables, linking projects, viewing logs, querying metrics, managing domains, managing feature flags with vercel flags, or interacting with the Vercel platform from the command line.

Vercel Agent guidance — dashboard and Slack chat, code review, production investigation, approved actions, and product installation. Use when configuring or working with Vercel's AI assistant.

Turbopack expert guidance. Use when configuring the Next.js bundler, optimizing HMR, debugging build issues, or understanding the Turbopack vs Webpack differences.

shadcn/ui expert guidance — CLI, component installation, composition patterns, custom registries, theming, Tailwind CSS integration, and high-quality interface design. Use when initializing shadcn, adding components, composing product UI, building custom registries, configuring themes, or troubleshooting component issues.

Vercel Runtime Cache API guidance — ephemeral per-region key-value cache with tag-based invalidation. Shared across Functions, Routing Middleware, and Builds. Use when implementing caching strategies beyond framework-level caching.

Vercel Routing Middleware guidance — request interception before cache, rewrites, redirects, personalization. Works with any framework. Supports Edge, Node.js, and Bun runtimes. Use when intercepting requests at the platform level.

Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push. Use when asked to "release", "ship", "bump and push", or "cut a release".

React best-practices reviewer for TSX files. Triggers after editing multiple TSX components to run a condensed quality checklist covering component structure, hooks usage, accessibility, performance, and TypeScript patterns.

Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python). Use when deferring background work, buffering traffic, fanning out events, or choosing between Queues and Workflows.

Audit vercel-plugin performance on real-world projects. Extracts tool calls from Claude Code conversation logs, tests hook matching against actual inputs, identifies pattern coverage gaps, and checks plugin cache staleness. Use when asked to audit, test, or investigate plugin skill injection on a real project.

Next.js App Router expert guidance. Use when building, debugging, or architecting Next.js applications — routing, Server Components, Server Actions, Cache Components, layouts, middleware/proxy, data fetching, rendering strategies, and deployment on Vercel.

Upgrade Next.js to the latest version following official migration guides and codemods. Use when upgrading Next.js versions, running codemods, or migrating between major releases.

next-forge expert guidance — production-grade Turborepo monorepo SaaS starter by Vercel. Use when working in a next-forge project, scaffolding with `npx next-forge init`, or editing @repo/* workspace packages.

Next.js 16 Cache Components guidance — PPR, use cache directive, cacheLife, cacheTag, updateTag, and migration from unstable_cache. Use when implementing partial prerendering, caching strategies, or migrating from older Next.js cache patterns.

Guide for building, configuring, and deploying microfrontends on Vercel. Use this skill when the user mentions microfrontends, multi-zones, splitting an app across teams, independent deployments, cross-app routing, incremental migration, composing multiple frontends under one domain, microfrontends.json, @vercel/microfrontends, the microfrontends local proxy, or path-based routing between Vercel projects. Also use when the user asks about shared layouts across projects, navigation between microfrontends, fallback environments, asset prefixes, or feature flag controlled routing.

Vercel Marketplace expert guidance — discovering, installing, and managing third-party integrations via the `vercel integration` CLI. Use when building any app that needs an external capability without a dedicated skill — commerce (stores, storefronts, selling products), payments (checkout, subscriptions, billing), observability/monitoring, messaging/email, search, or CMS — or when discovering, installing, or managing integrations.

Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products. Injected at session start.

Set up and use feature flags and A/B tests with the Flags SDK (`flags` npm package) and Vercel Flags. Use when installing or configuring the SDK, adding a new or existing flag, wiring `vercelAdapter` (OIDC or SDK keys), declaring flags with `flag()`, using the `vercel flags` CLI (create, inspect, list, enable, disable, set, update, split, rollout, rules, segments, use-targeting, evaluations, versions, open, archive, unarchive, rm, sdk-keys, override, prepare), setting up providers/adapters (Vercel, Statsig, LaunchDarkly, PostHog, GrowthBook, Global Config, OpenFeature, Split, Flagsmith, Reflag, Optimizely, or custom), precompute, `identify`/`dedupe`, Flags Explorer/Toolbar, Next.js or SvelteKit, or encrypting flag values. Triggers: feature flags, feature gates, A/B testing, experimentation, gradual rollout, traffic split, targeting rules, flag overrides, precompute, Flags Explorer, Vercel Flags, vercel flags CLI, `flags/next`, `flags/sveltekit`, `flags/react`, `@flags-sdk/*`.

eve framework guidance for durable AI agents and agent-powered applications. Use when creating, editing, or debugging an eve project, when the user explicitly asks for eve, or when the build-agents skill has selected eve as the default framework. Covers eve's filesystem-first runtime, durable sessions, tools, skills, connections, channels, sandboxes, subagents, schedules, evals, frontend clients, and Agent Runs observability. Do not use for incidental agent mentions, generic agent-building prompts, or established non-eve stacks unless the user asks for comparison or migration.

Vercel environment variable expert guidance. Use when working with .env files, vercel env commands, OIDC tokens, or managing environment-specific configuration.

Search, register, connect, transfer, and renew domain names on Vercel using the CLI or Domains Registrar API. Use for domain availability and pricing, custom domains, DNS records, nameservers, ownership verification, and domain orders.

Vercel deployment and CI/CD expert guidance. Use when deploying, promoting, rolling back, inspecting deployments, building with --prebuilt, or configuring CI workflow files for Vercel.

Emit and query Vercel Custom Metrics. Use when instrumenting application or business measurements in Vercel Functions, using metric() from @vercel/functions, choosing metric names and attributes, or querying emitted values with vc metrics.

Backend architecture guidance. Use when planning, building, or migrating an API or backend; choosing between Functions, Services, containers, Workflow, Queues, and Marketplace databases; or selecting a supported backend framework or runtime.

Vercel Chat SDK expert guidance. Use when building multi-platform chat bots — Slack, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, GitHub, Linear — with a single codebase. Covers the Chat class, adapters, threads, messages, cards, modals, streaming, state management, and webhook setup.

Debug Vercel CDN caching — cache hit rate, stale content, revalidation behavior, ISR + PPR, per-request cache reasons (cacheReason) and PPR state (ppr_state), and costs.

Default guidance for building AI agents. Use for generic requests to build, create, scaffold, design, architect, or implement an AI agent, agent app, tool-calling agent, durable agent, multi-agent system, or scheduled agent.

Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations). Use when setting up or repairing a repository so linking, environment provisioning, env pulls, and first-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order.

Create and launch benchmark test projects to exercise vercel-plugin skill injection across realistic scenarios. Sets up isolated directories, installs the plugin, and spawns WezTerm panes running Claude Code with crafted prompts.

Run vercel-plugin eval scenarios in Vercel Sandboxes instead of local WezTerm panels. Provisions ephemeral microVMs with Claude Code + plugin pre-installed, runs benchmark prompts, extracts hook artifacts, and produces coverage reports.

End-to-end benchmark suite for vercel-plugin. Runs realistic projects through skill injection, launches dev servers, verifies everything works, analyzes conversation logs, and produces an improvement report for overnight self-improvement loops.

Advanced AI agent benchmark scenarios that push Vercel's cutting-edge platform features — Workflow SDK, AI Gateway, MCP, Chat SDK, Queues, Flags, Sandbox, and multi-agent orchestration. Designed to stress-test skill injection for complex, multi-system builds.

Authentication integration guidance — Clerk (native Vercel Marketplace), Descope, and Auth0 setup for Next.js applications, plus Sign in with Vercel, Vercel Passport, and Vercel KMS. Covers proxy.ts auth patterns, sign-in/sign-up flows, and Marketplace provisioning. Use when implementing user authentication or protecting deployments.

Vercel AI SDK expert guidance. Use when building AI-powered features — chat interfaces, text generation, structured output, tool calling, agents, MCP integration, streaming, embeddings, reranking, image generation, or working with any LLM provider.

Vercel AI Gateway guidance for setup, model discovery, authentication, routing, fallbacks, BYOK, budgets, spend reporting, observability, compatible APIs, and coding-agent configuration. Use when adding AI Gateway to an app, migrating provider calls, choosing models or providers, debugging gateway requests, or running `vercel ai-gateway` commands.

Access and test Vercel deployments protected by Vercel Authentication, SSO, or Deployment Protection. Use when curl, agent-browser, Playwright, or another automated request reaches a Vercel login or protection page; when a protected preview or production URL returns 401 or 403; when TRUSTED_SOURCES_ENVIRONMENT_MISMATCH appears; or when choosing between `vercel curl` and the `x-vercel-trusted-oidc-idp-token` header.

Generates technical guides that teach real-world use cases through progressive examples. **Auto-activation:** User asks to write, create, or draft a guide or tutorial. Also use when converting feature documentation, API references, or skill knowledge into step-by-step learning content. **Input sources:** Feature skills, API documentation, existing code examples, or user-provided specifications. **Output type:** A markdown guide with YAML frontmatter, introduction, 2-4 progressive steps, and next steps section.

Produces API reference documentation for Next.js APIs: functions, components, file conventions, directives, and config options. **Auto-activation:** User asks to write, create, or draft an API reference page. Also triggers on paths like `docs/01-app/03-api-reference/`, or keywords like "API reference", "props", "parameters", "returns", "signature". **Input sources:** Next.js source code, existing API reference pages, or user-provided specifications. **Output type:** A markdown (.mdx) API reference page with YAML frontmatter, usage example, reference section, behavior notes, and examples.

V8 JIT optimization patterns for writing high-performance JavaScript in Next.js server internals. Use when writing or reviewing hot-path code in app-render, stream-utils, routing, caching, or any per-request code path. Covers hidden classes / shapes, monomorphic call sites, inline caches, megamorphic deopt, closure allocation, array packing, and profiling with --trace-opt / --trace-deopt.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "update documentation for my changes", "check docs for this PR", "what docs need updating", "sync docs with code", "scaffold docs for this feature", "document this feature", "review docs completeness", "add docs for this change", "what documentation is affected", "docs impact", or mentions "docs/", "docs/01-app", "docs/02-pages", "MDX", "documentation update", "API reference", ".mdx files". Provides guided workflow for updating Next.js documentation based on code changes.

Benchmark React or Next.js changes on Vercel Sandbox VMs with paired A/B statistics: react PR/commit vs base, or Next.js PR/commit vs base, measured end-to-end through the bench/render-pipeline app (rps, latency, p95; TTFB, RSS and document/Flight bytes when the Next side captures them) and, for React changes, through the react repo's flight-ssr-bench fixture (Node AND Edge web-streams paths, Fizz and Flight+Fizz). Use whenever the user asks to bench, perf test, or A/B a React PR, a react-server-dom / Flight / vendored React change, or a Next.js PR ("is this PR faster", "does this regress RSC?", "measure the perf impact of <commit>"), even if they don't say "benchmark" — any request to quantify a server-side performance difference between two revisions belongs here. Runs remotely (laptop-free), applies correctness gates before measuring, and reports boot-level confidence intervals.

Debug and verification workflow for runtime-bundle and module-resolution regressions. Use when diagnosing unexpected module inclusions, bundle size regressions, or CI failures related to NEXT_SKIP_ISOLATE, nft.json traces, or runtime bundle selection (module.compiled.js). Covers CI env mirroring, full stack traces via __NEXT_SHOW_IGNORE_LISTED, route trace inspection, and webpack stats diffing.

How to write end-to-end tests using createRouterAct and LinkAccordion. Use when writing or modifying tests that need to control the timing of internal Next.js requests (like prefetches) or assert on their responses. Covers the act API, fixture patterns, prefetch control via LinkAccordion, fake clocks, and avoiding flaky testing patterns.

React vendoring and react-server layer boundaries. Use when editing entry-base.ts, $$compiled.internal.d.ts, compiled/react* packages, or taskfile.js copy_vendor_react. Covers the entry-base.ts boundary (all react-server-dom-webpack/* imports must go through it), vendored React channels, type declarations, Turbopack remap to react-server-dom-turbopack, ComponentMod access patterns, and ESLint suppression for guarded requires.

Build local React changes in the bundle variants consumed by Next.js, sync them into a local Next.js checkout, and test the resulting integration. Use when working on React changes that need validation in Next.js, or when asked to run buildForNext, pnpm sync-react, or synchronize a React checkout with Next.js.

Triage CI failures and PR review comments using scripts/pr-status.js. Use when investigating failing CI jobs, flaky tests, or PR review feedback. Covers blocker-first prioritization (build > lint > types > tests), CI env var matching for local reproduction, and the Known Flaky Tests distinction.

Maintain @next/rspack-core and @next/rspack-binding packages. Use when editing rspack/package.json, rspack/crates/binding/Cargo.toml, rspack/rust-toolchain.toml, or packages/next-rspack/package.json. Covers upgrading @rspack/core npm version, rspack_* crate versions, Rust toolchain version, building and linking for local testing, and NEXT_RSPACK environment variable usage. Does NOT apply to root rust-toolchain.toml (that's for Turbopack).

Optimize what selected Next.js client navigations include before the click under Partial Prefetching. Use after Cache Components and Partial Prefetching are adopted when the user wants selected URL-specific UI to be instant, wants reusable content to wait for navigation, or needs to choose between default, viewport, and intent prefetching. Requires Next.js 16.3+.

Turn on Partial Prefetching in a Next.js app and work through the insights it surfaces. Use when the user wants to enable or adopt Partial Prefetching, flip the `partialPrefetching` flag, opt routes in with `export const prefetch = 'partial'`, audit `Link prefetch={true}` behavior, preserve existing prefetched UI with `instant()` tests, or resolve the instant-link-prefetch-partial and instant-shell-url-data insights.

Verify Next.js runtime behavior after editing app code. Use this skill to confirm a change actually works in a running app — not just that it compiles or type-checks. Combines /_next/mcp (Next.js's view) with agent-browser (the browser's view). Requires a running `next dev`.

Drive a Next.js route to instant navigation by setting up an agentic loop, under Cache Components / PPR, on initial load (hard navigation) and client-side navigation (soft navigation). Encode the goal as a failing @next/playwright instant() e2e and work it to green, one verified route at a time; the shipped test then guards against regression. Use when asked to make a route's navigation instant (its static shell commits immediately), fix a route whose static shell isn't prerendered/served/prefetched, grow a route's static shell or fix its slow first paint, diagnose which Suspense boundary keeps a route out of its static shell, or write the instant() e2e guard for one. Requires Next.js 16.3+ with cacheComponents; directs an upgrade if older.

Turn on Cache Components in a Next.js app and resolve the blocking routes it surfaces. Use when the user wants to enable, adopt, or migrate to Cache Components, flip the `cacheComponents` flag, work through a flood of blocking-prerender / instant validation errors, run the `cache-components-instant-false` codemod, or decide between opting routes out with `export const instant = false` and fixing them in place.

Write or audit an insight-kind error page for the Next.js dev overlay. Use when creating a new `errors/<slug>.mdx` page, auditing an existing one, or checking that a page matches the framework fix cards. Covers page structure, title alignment, FixCard cards with Copy prompt button, code snippets, terminology verification against canonical docs, and Vercel technical writing style.

Manages stacked PRs and splits multi-part work into reviewable branches with gh-stack. Use for stack creation, viewing, edits, push, submit, sync, rebase, merge, or checkout; when asked to split or isolate work for review; whenever a user mentions a stack, branch layers, dependent PRs, or gh stack; or when a stack is checked out.

How to use the `@gate` / `@force-gate` test directives instead of `it.skip` or fake-green skip patterns. Use when a test is known-failing under some test-matrix dimension (dev mode, a bundler, an experimental flag like cacheComponents), when converting `if (isNextDev) return` guards or env-var `describe.skip` branches, when adding a condition to test/lib/gate/conditions.ts, or when keying a fixture's experimental flag on a __NEXT_TEST_AXIS letter. Covers directive choice, condition tiers, the test-axis fixture pattern, pitfalls, and verification commands.

How to add or modify Next.js experimental feature flags end-to-end. Use when editing config-shared.ts, config-schema.ts, define-env-plugin.ts, next-server.ts, export/worker.ts, or module.compiled.js. Covers type declaration, zod schema, build-time injection, runtime env plumbing, and the decision between runtime env-var branching vs separate bundle variants.

Validate a commit-specific Next.js preview package and manually trigger the entire Next.js deployment test suite through the test_e2e_deploy_release.yml GitHub Actions workflow. Use only when asked to run the full deploy test suite or this workflow specifically from an internal vercel/next.js PR branch. Do not use for focused deployment-test sanity checks; run the relevant tests locally with pnpm test-deploy instead. Covers resolving the latest branch SHA, waiting for vercel-packages, preserving default workflow inputs, dispatching the workflow, and verifying the run.

DCE-safe require() patterns and edge runtime constraints. Use when writing conditional require() calls, guarding Node-only imports (node:stream etc.), or editing define-env-plugin.ts / app-render / stream-utils for edge builds. Covers if/else branching for webpack DCE, TypeScript definite assignment, the NEXT_RUNTIME vs real feature flag distinction, and forcing flags false for edge in define-env.ts.

Create Git branches, commits, pushes, and GitHub pull requests for Next.js. Use when the user asks to create a branch, commit current changes, open a PR or draft PR, publish a pull request, or recover from gh pr create / PR template issues. Covers .github/pull_request_template.md, --body formatting, codex/ branch names, and Codex app git directives.

Backport a merged Next.js pull request from canary to a previous release branch such as next-16-2. Use when the user asks to backport, cherry-pick, or open a backport PR from a PR number to an older Next.js version. Covers finding the merged PR commit, creating a backport branch from the target release branch, cherry-picking from canary, validating, and opening the PR with the release branch as the base.

How to create and maintain agent skills in .agents/skills/. Use when creating a new SKILL.md, writing skill descriptions, choosing frontmatter fields, or deciding what content belongs in a skill vs AGENTS.md. Covers the supported spec fields, description writing, naming conventions, and the relationship between always-loaded AGENTS.md and on-demand skills.

Add new or remove obsolete model IDs for existing AI SDK providers. Use when adding a model to a provider, removing an obsolete model, or processing a list of model changes from an issue. Triggers on "add model", "remove model", "new model ID", "obsolete model", "update model IDs".

Update the primary SDK dependencies of harness packages. Use when asked to update the harness SDKs or harness adapter dependencies.

Migrate applications from AI SDK 6.x to AI SDK 7.0. Use when upgrading Vercel AI SDK packages, fixing v7 migration errors, or when the user mentions AI SDK v6, v7, upgrade, migration, breaking changes, system to instructions, fullStream, telemetry, tool context, or finalStep.

Context for working on the next AI SDK major release. Only use when explicitly invoked by the user (e.g. via '/major-version-mode'). Do NOT trigger autonomously based on task content.

List the contents of an npm package tarball before publishing. Use when the user wants to see what files are included in an npm bundle, verify package contents, or debug npm publish issues.

Develop examples for AI SDK functions. Use when creating, running, or modifying examples under examples/ai-functions/src to validate provider support, demonstrate features, or create test fixtures.

Capture API response test fixture.

Answer questions about the AI SDK and help build AI-powered features. Use when developers: (1) Ask about AI SDK functions like generateText, streamText, ToolLoopAgent, embed, or tools, (2) Want to build AI agents, chatbots, RAG systems, or text generation features, (3) Have questions about AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.), streaming, tool calling, structured output, or embeddings, (4) Use React hooks like useChat or useCompletion. Triggers on: "AI SDK", "Vercel AI SDK", "generateText", "streamText", "add AI to my app", "build an agent", "tool calling", "structured output", "useChat".

Create and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) optimized for agentic coding workflows. Use when you need to propose, write, update, accept/reject, deprecate, or supersede an ADR; bootstrap an adr folder and index; consult existing ADRs before implementing changes; or enforce ADR conventions. This skill uses Socratic questioning to capture intent before drafting, and validates output against an agent-readiness checklist.

Guide for adding first-party AI provider packages to the AI SDK. Use when creating a provider package under packages/ to integrate an external AI service.

Guide for adding new AI SDK harness packages. Use when creating a new @ai-sdk/harness-<name> package that adapts a coding-agent runtime to HarnessV1.

Guide for adding new AI function examples, for testing specific features against the actual provider APIs.