One-Click Vercel Deployment: Publish Apps Fast with Zero Auth

What You'll Learn

• Deploy projects to Vercel with a single prompt, no manual configuration needed
• Get accessible preview URLs and ownership transfer links
• Auto-detect project frameworks (Next.js, React, Vue, Svelte, and 40+ others)
• Handle static HTML websites, including single-file renaming

Your Current Problem

Every time you want to share a project, you need to:

1. Manually log in to Vercel website
2. Create a new project
3. Connect Git repository
4. Wait for build completion
5. Remember a long URL to share with others

If you just want to quickly show a demo or prototype, these steps are too cumbersome.

When to Use This

Suitable for these scenarios:

• 🚀 Quickly create project previews to share with your team
• 📦 Show demos to clients or friends
• 🔄 Automatically generate preview deployments in CI/CD
• 🌐 Deploy static HTML pages or single-page applications

Core Concept

The workflow for the Vercel Deploy skill is simple:

Your speech → Claude detects keyword → Activates deployment skill
      ↓
          Detect framework type (from package.json)
      ↓
          Package project (exclude node_modules and .git)
      ↓
          Upload to Vercel API
      ↓
          Return two links (preview + claim)

Why do you need two links?

• Preview URL: Immediately accessible preview address
• Claim URL: Transfer this deployment to your Vercel account for management

The benefit of this design: the deployer (Agent) doesn't need your account permissions, and you can claim ownership later through the Claim URL.

🎒 Preparation

Prerequisites

• ✅ Completed Agent Skills Installation
• ✅ Complete project directory structure (has package.json or is a static HTML project)
• ✅ Claude.ai network permissions configured (if using claude.ai)

Network Permissions Reminder

If you're using claude.ai (web version), you need to allow access to *.vercel.com domain:

1. Go to https://claude.ai/settings/capabilities
2. Add *.vercel.com to the whitelist
3. Save settings and retry

If your deployment fails with a network error, check this setting.

Follow Along

Step 1: Switch to Project Directory

# Enter your project directory
cd /path/to/your/project

Why The deployment script needs to find your project's package.json and source files, so directory positioning is important.

Step 2: Tell Claude to Deploy

Enter in Claude conversation:

Deploy my app to Vercel

You can also try these trigger words:

• "Deploy this to production"
• "Deploy and give me the link"
• "Push this live"
• "Create a preview deployment"

Step 3: Observe Deployment Process

You'll see similar output:

Preparing deployment...
Detected framework: nextjs
Creating deployment package...
Deploying...
✓ Deployment successful!

Preview URL: https://skill-deploy-abc123.vercel.app
Claim URL:   https://vercel.com/claim-deployment?code=...

View your site at the Preview URL.
To transfer this deployment to your Vercel account, visit the Claim URL.

At the same time, Claude will also output in JSON format (convenient for script parsing):

{
  "previewUrl": "https://skill-deploy-abc123.vercel.app",
  "claimUrl": "https://vercel.com/claim-deployment?code=...",
  "deploymentId": "dpl_...",
  "projectId": "prj_..."
}

What you should see:

• Deployment success message ✓
• Two URLs (preview and claim)
• If it's a code project, it will also show the detected framework name

Step 4: Access Preview Link

Click Preview URL, and you can see the website live!

If this is a demo or temporary display, the task is complete.

Step 5: (Optional) Transfer Ownership

If you want to manage this deployment long-term:

1. Click Claim URL
2. Log in to your Vercel account
3. Confirm transfer
4. Deployment now belongs to your account, you can continue editing and managing

What you should see:

• Deployment appears under your Vercel account
• You can view logs, redeploy, etc. in Vercel Dashboard

Checkpoint ✅

After deployment is complete, confirm the following:

• [ ] Preview URL is accessible in browser
• [ ] Page displays normally (no 404 or build errors)
• [ ] If it's a code project, framework detection is correct (Next.js, Vite, etc.)
• [ ] If long-term management is needed, ownership has been transferred via Claim URL

Supported Frameworks

The Vercel Deploy skill can automatically detect 40+ frameworks:

Category	Frameworks (partial examples)
React	Next.js, Gatsby, Create React App, Remix
Vue	Nuxt, Vitepress, Vuepress
Svelte	SvelteKit, Svelte
Angular	Angular, Ionic Angular
Node.js Backend	Express, Hono, Fastify, NestJS
Build Tools	Vite, Parcel
Other	Astro, Solid Start, Ember, Astro, Hexo, Eleventy

Framework Detection Principle

The script reads your package.json and checks package names in dependencies and devDependencies.

If multiple matches exist, the script will select the most specific framework by priority (e.g., Next.js takes priority over generic React).

Static HTML Projects

If your project does not have package.json (pure static website), the deployment skill will handle it intelligently:

• Auto-detect: Detect .html files in the root directory
• Rename: If there's only one .html file and it's not index.html, it will automatically be renamed to index.html
• Direct deploy: Host as a static site on Vercel

Example scenario:

my-static-site/
└── demo.html  # Will automatically be renamed to index.html

After deployment, visit the preview link to see the content of demo.html.

Common Pitfalls

Issue 1: Deployment Failed with Network Error

Symptom:

Error: Network Egress Error

Cause: claude.ai blocks access to external domains by default.

Solution:

1. Go to https://claude.ai/settings/capabilities
2. Add *.vercel.com to whitelist
3. Retry deployment

Issue 2: Inaccurate Framework Detection

Symptom:

Detected framework: vite
# But you expected nextjs

Cause: The script matches by dependency priority and may stop after detecting vite.

Solution:

• Check the dependency order in package.json
• If it doesn't affect deployment, you can ignore it (Vercel will build automatically)
• The project can still deploy normally, just possibly using default Vite configuration

Issue 3: Static Website 404

Symptom: Single .html file returns 404 after deployment.

Solution: Ensure the HTML file is in the project root. If the file is in a subdirectory, Vercel won't route it to the root path by default.

Correct structure:

project/
└── my-site.html  # Single file in root, will automatically be renamed to index.html

Incorrect structure:

project/
└── dist/
    └── my-site.html  # Won't auto-rename, access will return 404

Issue 4: Deployment Successful but Page Errors

Symptom: Deployment successful, but page shows build error or runtime error when accessed.

Solution:

• Run npm run build locally to check if it passes
• Check deployment logs (if transferred to your own Vercel account)
• Check environment variables (if project depends on .env)

Auto-excluded Files

The deployment script automatically excludes:

• node_modules/ (avoid uploading dependencies)
• .git/ (avoid uploading version history)

If your project needs to exclude other files (like .env), it's recommended to handle them when manually packaging.

Advanced Usage

Specify Deployment Path

You can also specify deployments for other directories:

Deploy the project at ./my-app

Claude will use that path for deployment.

Deploy from Existing tarball

If you already have a packaged .tgz file:

Deploy /path/to/project.tgz to Vercel

The script will directly upload the existing archive, skipping the packaging step.

Summary

The Vercel Deploy skill makes deployment simpler than ever:

Core Value:

• ✅ Deploy with a single prompt, no manual configuration needed
• ✅ Auto-detect frameworks, support 40+ tech stacks
• ✅ Zero-auth deployment, high security
• ✅ Return preview link + ownership transfer link

Use Cases:

• 🚀 Quickly share demos or prototypes
• 📦 Internal team previews
• 🔄 Automated CI/CD workflows
• 🌐 Static site hosting

Next Steps: If you want to delve deeper into how the skill works, check out React Performance Best Practices or learn how to develop custom skills.

Next Lesson Preview

In the next lesson, we'll learn React/Next.js Performance Best Practices.

You'll learn:

• 57 React performance optimization rules
• How to eliminate waterfalls and optimize bundle size
• How Agent automatically checks code and provides fix suggestions

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Appendix: Source Code Reference

Click to expand source code locations

Last updated: 2026-01-25

Function	File Path	Lines
Deployment script entry	skills/claude.ai/vercel-deploy-claimable/scripts/deploy.sh	1-250
Framework detection logic	deploy.sh	12-156
Package and upload to API	deploy.sh	208-222
Static HTML rename	deploy.sh	192-205
Skill definition document	skills/claude.ai/vercel-deploy-claimable/SKILL.md	1-113
Network error troubleshooting	SKILL.md	102-112

Key constants:

• DEPLOY_ENDPOINT = "https://claude-skills-deploy.vercel.com/api/deploy": Vercel deployment API endpoint

Key functions:

• detect_framework(): Detect 40+ frameworks from package.json

Supported framework detection (sorted by priority):

• React family: Next.js, Gatsby, Remix, React Router
• Vue family: Nuxt, Vitepress, Vuepress
• Svelte family: SvelteKit, Svelte
• Others: Astro, Angular, Express, Hono, Vite, Parcel, etc.