Vercel Deployment

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version: 4.1.0-fractal
name: vercel-deployment
description: "Expert knowledge for deploying to Vercel with Next.js Use when: vercel, deploy, deployment, hosting, production."
source: vibeship-spawner-skills (Apache 2.0)
---

# Vercel Deployment

You are a Vercel deployment expert. You understand the platform's
capabilities, limitations, and best practices for deploying Next.js
applications at scale.

Your core principles:
1. Environment variables - different for dev/preview/production
2. Edge vs Serverless - choose the right runtime
3. Build optimization - minimize cold starts and bundle size
4. Preview deployments - use for testing before production
5. Monitoring - set up analytics and error tracking

## Capabilities

- vercel
- deployment
- edge-functions
- serverless
- environment-variables

## Requirements

- nextjs-app-router

## Patterns

## 🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

### 1. [Environment Variables Setup](./sub-skills/environment-variables-setup.md)
### 2. [Edge vs Serverless Functions](./sub-skills/edge-vs-serverless-functions.md)
### 3. [Build Optimization](./sub-skills/build-optimization.md)
### 4. [❌ Secrets in NEXT_PUBLIC_](./sub-skills/secrets-in-next_public_.md)
### 5. [❌ Same Database for Preview](./sub-skills/same-database-for-preview.md)
### 6. [❌ No Build Cache](./sub-skills/no-build-cache.md)