Vercel MCP server

Last verified: 2026-09

Projects and deployments on Vercel.

Community Cloud & infra Needs a secret Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code

What it does

Community Vercel MCP: list and inspect deployments and files, plus a create-deployment tool. Needs VERCEL_API_TOKEN.

It sits in Cloud & infra: Most of these are admin APIs.

Good for

List deployments on a preview project.
Inspect one deployment and its files.
Leave vercel-create-deployment unused until you want the model to ship.
Scope the token to one team/project.

Tools

vercel-list-all-deployments / vercel-get-deployment / vercel-list-deployment-files — Read deploys.
vercel-create-deployment — Write — ships a deploy.

Config (Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf)

Paste the JSON below. Same mcpServers shape. Replace placeholder paths and secrets. Windows paths look like C:\\Users\\you\\project, not /path/to. Host-side steps →

Claude Desktop

OS	Config file
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json` (usually `C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\`)
Linux	`~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

Cursor

Scope	macOS / Linux	Windows
This project	`.cursor/mcp.json` in the repo root
This user	`~/.cursor/mcp.json`	`%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json`

Windsurf

OS	Config file
macOS / Linux	`~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`
Windows	`%USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json`

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vercel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vercel-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VERCEL_API_TOKEN": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf remote MCP: use serverUrl instead of url if the block below is HTTP.

One-liner: npx -y vercel-mcp

Secrets it wants: VERCEL_API_TOKEN

Source repo →

How to get started

Create a Vercel token scoped to one team/project.
List deployments on a preview project first.
Leave create-deployment unused until you want the model to ship.

Access risk

create-deployment is production if the project is. Tokens can also read env vars on some scopes.

When to skip it

Skip it for Netlify or Cloudflare Workers, or if git-push is your only deploy path.

Instead: Netlify, Cloudflare, GitHub.

Cloud & infraNetlifySites and deploys on Netlify. Cloud & infraCloudflareWorkers, KV, R2, and DNS via Cloudflare. OfficialGitHubRepos, issues, PRs, and file contents on GitHub.

Vs alternatives

Server	Official?	Needs a secret?	Best for
Vercel	No	Yes	Projects and deployments on Vercel.
Netlify	No	Yes	Sites and deploys on Netlify.
Cloudflare	No	Yes	Workers, KV, R2, and DNS via Cloudflare.
GitHub	Yes	Yes	Repos, issues, PRs, and file contents on GitHub.

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FAQ

Can it read env vars?

Some token scopes can. Treat a Vercel token as the project, including secrets.

Community or Vercel official?

Community (nganiet/mcp-vercel). Confirm it still matches Vercel's current MCP docs.

Vercel or Netlify?

Match the host. create-deployment is production if the project is.

Git-push is enough — do I need this?

No. Skip it if git-push is your only deploy path.