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Vercel

Complete Vercel CLI reference and documentation access.

When to Use

• Deploying applications to Vercel
• Managing projects, domains, and environment variables
• Running local development server
• Viewing deployment logs and status
• Looking up Vercel documentation

Documentation

Fetch any Vercel docs page as markdown:

curl -s "https://vercel.com/docs/<path>" -H 'accept: text/markdown'

Get the full sitemap to discover all available pages:

curl -s "https://vercel.com/docs/sitemap.md" -H 'accept: text/markdown'

CLI Commands

Deployment

vercel / vercel deploy [path]

Deploy the current directory or specified path.

Options:

• --prod - Deploy to production
• -e KEY=VALUE - Set runtime environment variables
• -b KEY=VALUE - Set build-time environment variables
• --prebuilt - Deploy prebuilt output (use with vercel build)
• --force - Force new deployment even if unchanged
• --no-wait - Don't wait for deployment to finish
• -y, --yes - Skip prompts, use defaults

Examples:

vercel                          # deploy current directory
vercel --prod                   # deploy to production
vercel /path/to/project         # deploy specific path
vercel -e NODE_ENV=production   # with env var
vercel build && vercel --prebuilt  # prebuilt deploy

vercel build

Build the project locally into ./vercel/output.

vercel build

vercel dev [dir]

Start local development server.

Options:

• -l, --listen <URI> - Port/address (default: 0.0.0.0:3000)

Examples:

vercel dev                  # start on port 3000
vercel dev --listen 8080    # start on port 8080

Project Management

vercel link [path]

Link local directory to a Vercel project.

Options:

• -p, --project <NAME> - Specify project name
• -y, --yes - Skip prompts

Examples:

vercel link
vercel link --yes
vercel link -p my-project

vercel projects

Manage projects.

vercel projects list              # list all projects
vercel projects add <name>        # create new project
vercel projects inspect [name]    # show project details
vercel projects remove <name>     # delete project

vercel pull [path]

Pull project settings and env vars from cloud.

vercel pull

Environment Variables

vercel env

Manage environment variables.

vercel env list [environment]                    # list env vars
vercel env add <name> [environment]              # add env var
vercel env remove <name> [environment]           # remove env var
vercel env pull [filename]                       # pull to .env.local

Environments: development, preview, production

Examples:

vercel env list production
vercel env add DATABASE_URL production
vercel env pull .env.local

Domains & Aliases

vercel domains

Manage domain names.

vercel domains list                          # list domains
vercel domains add <domain> <project>        # add domain
vercel domains inspect <domain>              # show domain info
vercel domains remove <domain>               # remove domain
vercel domains buy <domain>                  # purchase domain
vercel domains transfer-in <domain>          # transfer domain to Vercel

vercel alias

Manage deployment aliases.

vercel alias list                                    # list aliases
vercel alias set <deployment> <alias>                # create alias
vercel alias remove <alias>                          # remove alias

Examples:

vercel alias set my-app-abc123.vercel.app my-app.vercel.app
vercel alias set my-app-abc123.vercel.app custom-domain.com

Deployments

vercel ls [app] / vercel list

List deployments.

vercel ls
vercel ls my-project

vercel inspect [id]

Display deployment information.

vercel inspect <deployment-url-or-id>

vercel logs <url|id>

View runtime logs for a deployment.

Options:

• -j, --json - Output as JSON (compatible with jq)

Examples:

vercel logs my-app.vercel.app
vercel logs <deployment-id> --json
vercel logs <deployment-id> --json | jq 'select(.level == "error")'

vercel promote <url|id>

Promote deployment to production.

vercel promote <deployment-url-or-id>

vercel rollback [url|id]

Rollback to previous deployment.

vercel rollback
vercel rollback <deployment-url-or-id>

vercel redeploy [url|id]

Rebuild and deploy a previous deployment.

vercel redeploy <deployment-url-or-id>

vercel rm <id> / vercel remove

Remove a deployment.

vercel rm <deployment-url-or-id>

Authentication & Teams

vercel login [email]      # log in or create account
vercel logout             # log out
vercel whoami             # show current user
vercel switch [scope]     # switch between scopes/teams
vercel teams              # manage teams

Other Commands

vercel open               # open project in dashboard
vercel init [example]     # initialize from example
vercel install [name]     # install marketplace integration
vercel integration        # manage integrations
vercel certs              # manage SSL certificates
vercel dns                # manage DNS records
vercel bisect             # binary search for bug-introducing deployment

Global Options

Available on all commands:

Quick Reference