vercel

Deploy and manage applications on Vercel from the command line.

Quick Reference

vercel              # Deploy current directory
vercel --prod       # Deploy to production
vercel dev          # Start local dev server
vercel link         # Link directory to Vercel project
vercel ls           # List all deployments
vercel logs <url>   # View deployment logs
vercel rollback     # Revert to previous deployment

Key Commands

| Command | Purpose | |---------|----------| | deploy [path] | Deploy directory (default) | | dev | Start local dev server | | link [path] | Link project to Vercel | | ls/list | List deployments | | logs [url] | View deployment logs | | env | Manage environment variables | | rollback [url\|id] | Revert to previous deployment | | inspect [id] | Show deployment details | | build | Build locally to ./vercel/output | | open | Open project in dashboard |

Key Flags

| Flag | Purpose | |------|----------| | --prod | Create production deployment | | -e/--env KEY=VALUE | Set runtime environment variable | | -b/--build-env KEY=VALUE | Set build-time environment variable | | -f/--force | Force deployment despite no changes | | -y/--yes | Skip all confirmation prompts | | --cwd <DIR> | Set working directory | | --listen <URI> | Dev server address (e.g., 127.0.0.1:8080) | | --token <TOKEN> | Use authentication token | | --debug | Enable debug output |

Common Patterns

# Deploy with environment variables
vercel -e NODE_ENV=production -e API_URL=https://api.example.com

# Production deployment with no prompts
vercel --prod -y

# Dev server on custom port
vercel dev --listen 8080

# Force redeploy
vercel --force

# Capture deployment URL to file
vercel > deployment-url.txt