Vercel

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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

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Documentation

Fetch any Vercel docs page as markdown:

curl -s "https://vercel.com/docs/" -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'

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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 - Port/address (default: 0.0.0.0:3000)

Examples:

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

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Project Management

#### vercel link [path] Link local directory to a Vercel project.

Options:

-p, --project - 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         # create new project
vercel projects inspect [name]    # show project details
vercel projects remove      # delete project

#### vercel pull [path] Pull project settings and env vars from cloud.

vercel pull

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Environment Variables

#### vercel env Manage environment variables.

vercel env list [environment]                    # list env vars
vercel env add  [environment]              # add env var
vercel env remove  [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

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Domains & Aliases

#### vercel domains Manage domain names.

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

#### vercel alias Manage deployment aliases.

vercel alias list                                    # list aliases
vercel alias set                  # create alias
vercel alias remove                           # 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

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Deployments

#### vercel ls [app] / vercel list List deployments.

vercel ls
vercel ls my-project

#### vercel inspect [id] Display deployment information.

vercel inspect 

#### vercel logs View runtime logs for a deployment.

Options:

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

Examples:

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

#### vercel promote Promote deployment to production.

vercel promote 

#### vercel rollback [url|id] Rollback to previous deployment.

vercel rollback
vercel rollback 

#### vercel redeploy [url|id] Rebuild and deploy a previous deployment.

vercel redeploy 

#### vercel rm / vercel remove Remove a deployment.

vercel rm 

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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

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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

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Global Options

Available on all commands:

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | -h, --help | Show help | | -v, --version | Show version | | -d, --debug | Debug mode | | -t, --token | Auth token | | -S, --scope | Set scope/team | | --cwd

| Working directory | | -A, --local-config | Path to vercel.json | | --no-color | Disable colors |

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Quick Reference

| Task | Command | |------|---------| | Deploy | vercel or vercel --prod | | Dev server | vercel dev | | Link project | vercel link | | List deployments | vercel ls | | View logs | vercel logs | | Add env var | vercel env add | | Pull env vars | vercel env pull | | Rollback | vercel rollback | | Add domain | vercel domains add | | Get docs | curl -s "https://vercel.com/docs/" -H 'accept: text/markdown' | | Docs sitemap | curl -s "https://vercel.com/docs/sitemap.md" -H 'accept: text/markdown' |