Agent, MCP, Skills, and AI Gateway
Use these commands for AI-agent setup and AI Gateway key management. Confirm flags with vercel <command> --help before scripting client-specific setup.
Agent Instructions
vercel agent generates an AGENTS.md file with Vercel deployment best practices.
vercel agent init
vercel agent init --yesMCP Setup
vercel mcp sets up MCP agents and configuration for Vercel integration.
vercel mcp # interactive setup
vercel mcp --project # project-specific access
vercel mcp --clients "Cursor,VS Code with Copilot"In non-interactive mode, pass --clients. Supported client labels are listed in vercel mcp --help.
Skill Discovery
vercel skills discovers agent skills relevant to a project.
vercel skills
vercel skills nextjs --format json
vercel skills --jsonAI Gateway
vercel ai-gateway manages AI Gateway API keys, routing rules, and models.
vercel ai-gateway api-keys create
vercel ai-gateway api-keys create --name my-key --budget 500 --refresh-period monthly
vercel ai-gateway api-keys create --include-byok
vercel ai-gateway rules ls
vercel ai-gateway rules add --type rewrite --source anthropic/claude-fable-5 --destination anthropic/claude-opus-4.8
vercel ai-gateway models ls
vercel ai-gateway models endpoints anthropic/claude-opus-4.8Use the dashboard or vercel api only when first-class CLI commands do not expose the needed operation.