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Vercel Skills CLI

by vercel-labs · vercel-labs/skills

The open agent skills tool — npx skills, an npm-like installer for agent capabilities.

Vercel Skills CLI is a skill that the open agent skills tool — npx skills, an npm-like installer for agent capabilities Use it from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP-compatible / skills-compatible agent.

Why use it

Key features

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use Vercel Skills CLI

Use Vercel Skills CLI for its core workflow

👤 Engineers and power users ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

When to use: You want skill integration for skill work without writing glue code.

Prerequisites
  • Repo installed / cloned — See repo README
Flow
  1. Install
    Set up the Vercel Skills CLI skill.✓ Copied
    → skill listed in your agent config
  2. Invoke
    Use Vercel Skills CLI to run a representative task in skill.✓ Copied
    → Tool call succeeds; result returned

Outcome: Real skill work completed via Vercel Skills CLI with one chat.

Pitfalls
  • Auth/credential setup is the most common blocker. — Follow the repo README for env vars and tokens.
Combine with: filesystem

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

vercel-skills-cli + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for skill workflows that need local file IO.

Use Vercel Skills CLI together with filesystem.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

ToolInputsWhen to callCost
primary_call task-specific For the main use case Varies

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota
Provider rate limits apply
Tokens per call
Varies
Monetary
Free / pay provider directly
Tip
Cache results; batch calls.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: Use environment variables or your OS keychain.
Data egress: Depends on integration

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Confirm install and restart your agent.

More

Resources

📖 Read the official README on GitHub

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