Vercel CLI for AI Agents

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP. With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Vercel, agents can deploy latest changes to your project, add api key as production environment variable, check if mydomain.com is available for purchase, and more — all without worrying about authentication. This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Vercel automation.

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Introduction

CLIs are eating MCPs. The industry is converging on the very same idea. MCPs for all their merit can be token hungry, slow, and unreliable for complex tool chaining. However, coding agents have become incredibly good at working with CLIs, and in fact they are far more comfortable working with CLI tools than MCP.

With Composio's Universal CLI, your coding agents can talk to over 1000+ SaaS applications. With Vercel, agents can deploy latest changes to your project, add api key as production environment variable, check if mydomain.com is available for purchase, and more — all without worrying about authentication.

This guide walks you through Composio Universal CLI and explains how you can connect it with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc, for end-to-end Vercel automation.

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What is Universal CLI and why use it?

The idea behind building the universal CLI is to give agents a single command interface to interact with all your external applications. Here's what you'll get with it:

  • Agent-friendly: Coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode can use CLI tools natively — no MCP setup required.
  • Authentication handled: Connect once via OAuth or API Key, and all CLI commands work with your credentials automatically.
  • Tool discovery: Search, inspect, and execute 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps from one interface.
  • Trigger support: Use triggers to listen for events across your apps, powered by real-time webhooks or polling under the hood.
  • Type generation: Generate typed schemas for autocomplete and type safety in your projects.

Prerequisites

Install the Composio CLI, authenticate, and initialize your project:

bash
# Install the Composio CLI
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash

# Authenticate with Composio
composio login

During login you'll be redirected to sign in page, finish the complete flow and you're all set.

Composio CLI authentication flow

Connecting Vercel to Coding Agents via Universal CLI

Once it is installed, it's essentially done. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, or any other agent will be able to access the CLI. A few steps to give agents access to your apps.

  1. Launch your Coding Agent — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, anything you prefer.
  2. Prompt it to "Authenticate with Vercel"
  3. Complete the authentication and authorization flow and your Vercel integration is all set.
  4. Start asking anything you want.

Universal CLI Commands for Vercel

You can also manually execute CLI commands to interact with your Vercel.

Connect your Vercel account

Link your Vercel account and verify the connection:

bash
# Connect your Vercel account (opens OAuth flow)
composio connected-accounts link vercel

# Verify the connection
composio connected-accounts list --toolkits vercel

Discover Vercel tools

Search and inspect available Vercel tools:

bash
# List all available Vercel tools
composio tools list --toolkit vercel

# Search for Vercel tools by action
composio tools search "vercel"

# Inspect a tool's input schema
composio tools info VERCEL_ADD_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE

Common Vercel Actions

Add Environment VariableTool to add an environment variable to a vercel project

bash
composio tools execute VERCEL_ADD_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE \
  --key "API_KEY" \
  --type "encrypted" \
  --value "my-secret-value" \
  --idOrName "my-project"

Check Cache Artifact ExistsTool to check if a cache artifact exists by its hash

bash
composio tools execute VERCEL_CHECK_CACHE_ARTIFACT_EXISTS \
  --hash "12HKQaOmR5t5Uy6vdcQsNIiZgHGB"

Check Domain AvailabilityTool to check if a domain is available for registration

bash
composio tools execute VERCEL_CHECK_DOMAIN_AVAILABILITY \
  --name "example.com"

Check Domain PriceTool to check the price for a domain before purchase

bash
composio tools execute VERCEL_CHECK_DOMAIN_PRICE \
  --name "example.com"

Generate Type Definitions

Generate typed schemas for Vercel tools to get autocomplete and type safety in your project:

bash
# Auto-detect language
composio generate --toolkits vercel

# TypeScript
composio ts generate --toolkits vercel

# Python
composio py generate --toolkits vercel

Tips & Tricks

  • Always inspect a tool's input schema before executing: composio tools info <TOOL_NAME>
  • Pipe output with jq for better readability: composio tools execute TOOL_NAME -d '{}' | jq
  • Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY as an environment variable for CI/CD pipelines
  • Use composio dev logs tools to inspect execution logs and debug issues

Next Steps

  • Try asking your coding agent to perform various Vercel operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Set up triggers for real-time automation
  • Use composio generate for typed schemas in your projects
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Vercel action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Environment Variable

Tool to add an environment variable to a Vercel project.

Add Domain to Project

Tool to attach a custom domain to a Vercel project.

Assign Alias to Deployment

Tool to assign an alias to a specific Vercel deployment.

Batch Remove Project Environment Variables

Tool to batch remove environment variables from a Vercel project.

Buy Domains

Tool to purchase multiple domains through Vercel's domain registrar.

Buy Single Domain

Tool to purchase a domain through Vercel's domain registrar.

Check Artifact Exists

Tool to check if a cache artifact exists by its hash.

Check Domain Availability

Tool to check if a domain is available for registration.

Check Domain Price

Check pricing for a domain including purchase, renewal, and transfer costs.

Create Auth Token

Tool to create a new authentication token.

Create DNS Record

Tool to create a new DNS record for a domain.

Create Edge Config

Creates a new Edge Config for storing key-value data at the edge.

Create Edge Config Token

Create a read access token for a specific Edge Config.

Create new deployment

Tool to create a new deployment.

Create or Transfer Domain

Tool to add an existing domain to the Vercel platform.

Create Vercel Project (v2)

Tool to create a new Vercel project with comprehensive configuration options.

Create Project Transfer Request

Tool to create a project transfer request.

Create Shared Environment Variable

Tool to create one or more shared environment variables in Vercel.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a webhook for receiving notifications about Vercel events.

Dangerously Delete By Source Images

Tool to dangerously delete edge cache by source image URLs.

Dangerously Delete Cache By Tags

Tool to dangerously delete edge cache by tags.

Delete Vercel Alias

Tool to delete an alias from Vercel.

Delete Auth Token

Tool to delete an authentication token.

Purge All Data Cache

Tool to purge all data cache entries for a specific project.

Delete Deployment (V2)

Permanently delete a Vercel deployment by its ID or URL.

Delete DNS Record

Tool to delete a DNS record from a domain.

Delete Domain

Tool to remove a domain by name from Vercel.

Delete Edge Config

Tool to delete an Edge Config by its unique identifier.

Delete Edge Config Tokens (v2)

Tool to delete one or more Edge Config tokens.

Delete Vercel Project (v2)

Tool to delete a Vercel project by ID or name.

Remove Project Environment Variable

Tool to remove an environment variable from a Vercel project.

Delete Rolling Release Configuration

Tool to delete rolling release configuration for a project.

Delete Shared Env Variable

Tool to delete one or more shared environment variables.

Delete Vercel Webhook

Delete a webhook by its unique ID to stop receiving event notifications.

Download Cache Artifact

Download a cache artifact from Vercel's Remote Cache by its hash.

Edit Project Environment Variable

Tool to edit an environment variable in a Vercel project.

Filter Project Environment Variables

Tool to retrieve environment variables of a Vercel project by id or name.

Get Active Attack Status

Tool to read active attack data from Vercel Firewall for a specific project.

Get Vercel Alias

Tool to retrieve information about a Vercel alias by ID or alias name.

Query Artifact Information

Tool to query information about artifacts by their hashes.

Get Auth Token Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for an authentication token.

Get Authenticated User

Tool to get the authenticated user's profile.

Get Bulk Domain Availability

Tool to check availability for multiple domains at once.

Get Remote Caching Status

Tool to get the status of Remote Caching for the principal.

Get SSL/TLS Certificates

Tool to retrieve SSL/TLS certificates for the authenticated user or team.

Get Integration Configurations

Tool to get configurations for the authenticated user or team.

Get Contact Info Schema

Tool to retrieve the contact information schema for a domain's top-level domain (TLD).

Get Deployment by ID or URL

Tool to get a deployment by ID or URL.

Get Deployment Events

Tool to get deployment events for a specific Vercel deployment by ID or URL.

Get Deployment File Contents

Retrieve the contents of a specific file from a Vercel deployment.

Get Deployment Runtime Logs

Tool to retrieve runtime logs for a specific Vercel deployment by project and deployment ID.

Get Deployments

Tool to list deployments from Vercel.

Get Domain Information

Tool to retrieve complete information for a single domain.

Get Domain Configuration

Tool to get a domain's configuration details from Vercel.

Get Domain Transfer Info

Tool to get information required to transfer a domain to Vercel.

Get All Drains

Tool to retrieve a list of all drains.

Get Edge Config

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific Edge Config by ID.

Get Edge Config Backup

Tool to retrieve a specific backup version of an Edge Config.

Get Edge Config Item

Tool to retrieve a specific item within an Edge Config.

Get Edge Config Schema

Tool to retrieve the JSON schema of a specific Edge Config.

Get Edge Config Token

Tool to retrieve details of a specific token associated with an Edge Config.

Get Firewall Configuration

Tool to retrieve firewall configuration for a Vercel project.

List Git Namespaces

Tool to list Git namespaces (organizations/users) by provider.

Find Project by ID or Name

Tool to find a project by ID or name with comprehensive details.

Get Project Domain

Tool to retrieve details about a specific domain attached to a Vercel project.

List Project Domains

Tool to retrieve all domains attached to a Vercel project.

Get Project Environment Variable

Tool to retrieve the decrypted value of an environment variable from a Vercel project.

Get Projects

Tool to retrieve a list of projects from Vercel.

List Promote Aliases

Tool to get a list of aliases with status for the current promote operation.

Get Rolling Release

Tool to retrieve active rolling release information for a Vercel project.

Get Rolling Release Billing Status

Tool to retrieve the rolling release billing status for a Vercel project.

Get Rolling Release Config

Tool to get rolling release configuration for a Vercel project.

Get Shared Environment Variable

Tool to retrieve the decrypted value of a Shared Environment Variable by id.

List Shared Environment Variables

Tool to list all shared environment variables for a team.

Get Team Details

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Vercel team by its ID or slug.

Get All Teams

Tool to list all teams accessible to the authenticated user with detailed information.

Get TLD Info

Tool to get information about a specific top-level domain (TLD).

Get TLD Price

Tool to get pricing information for a specific top-level domain (TLD).

List User Events

Tool to list user events.

Get Webhook

Tool to retrieve details of a specific webhook by ID.

Invalidate Cache By Source Images

Tool to invalidate edge cache by source image URLs.

Invalidate Cache By Tags

Tool to invalidate edge cache by tags.

List Vercel Aliases

Tool to list aliases from Vercel API.

List Auth Tokens

Tool to list authentication tokens.

List Deployment Aliases

Tool to list all aliases assigned to a specific deployment.

List Deployment Checks

Tool to retrieve a list of checks for a specific deployment.

List Deployment Files

Tool to list all files in a specific deployment.

List DNS Records

Tool to list existing DNS records for a domain.

Get Domains

Tool to list all domains from Vercel.

Get Edge Config Backups

Tool to retrieve backups for a specific Edge Config.

Get Edge Config Items

Tool to retrieve all items from a specific Edge Config.

Get Edge Configs

Tool to retrieve all Edge Configs for an account or team.

Get Edge Config Tokens

Tool to get all tokens of an Edge Config.

Get Firewall Events by Project

Retrieve firewall events and security actions for a specific Vercel project.

Get Integration Log Drains

Retrieves a list of Integration log drains for a team or account.

Get Project Custom Environments

Tool to retrieve custom environments for a Vercel project.

Get Project Members

Tool to list all members of a Vercel project.

Get Supported TLDs

Tool to retrieve all TLDs (top-level domains) supported by Vercel for domain registration.

Get Team Members

Tool to list all members of a Vercel team.

Get List of Webhooks

Tool to retrieve a list of all webhooks for the authenticated account or team.

Move Project Domain

Tool to move a domain from one Vercel project to another.

Pause Vercel Project

Tool to pause a Vercel project.

Read Firewall Configuration

Tool to read firewall configuration for a Vercel project.

Record Artifacts Cache Events

Tool to record artifacts cache usage events.

Remove Domain from Project

Tool to remove a domain from a Vercel project.

Update Vercel Firewall Configuration

Tool to update firewall configuration for a Vercel project.

Request Delete User Account

Tool to initiate user account deletion on Vercel.

Promote Deployment to Production

Tool to promote a deployment to production by pointing all production domains for a project to the given deployment.

Search Git Repositories

Tool to search and list Git repositories linked to a namespace by provider.

Test Drain Configuration

Tool to validate a drain delivery configuration by sending a test request.

Transfer In Domain

Tool to transfer a domain to Vercel from another registrar.

Unlink Shared Environment Variable

Tool to disconnect a shared environment variable from a Vercel project.

Unpause Vercel Project

Tool to unpause a specific project by its ID.

Update Attack Challenge Mode

Tool to update Attack Challenge mode for a Vercel project.

Update DNS Record

Tool to update an existing DNS record.

Patch Domain

Tool to update or move an apex domain on Vercel.

Update Edge Config

Tool to update an Edge Config by changing its slug.

Update Edge Config Items

Tool to update items within a specific Edge Config.

Update Edge Config Schema

Tool to update the JSON Schema for an Edge Config.

Update Firewall Configuration

Tool to incrementally update Vercel Firewall configuration for a project using PATCH.

Update Vercel Project (v2)

Tool to update an existing Vercel project configuration.

Update Project Data Cache

Tool to update the data cache feature for a Vercel project.

Update Project Domain

Tool to update a project domain in Vercel.

Update Project Protection Bypass

Tool to update protection bypass for automation on a Vercel project.

Update Shared Env Variable

Tool to update one or more shared environment variables.

Update Project Static IPs

Tool to configure Static IPs for a Vercel project.

Update Team

Tool to update a Vercel team's configuration.

Update URL Protection Bypass

Tool to update the protection bypass for a URL.

Upload Cache Artifact

Tool to upload a cache artifact to Vercel.

Upload Deployment File

Tool to upload deployment files to Vercel.

Verify Project Domain

Attempts to verify a project domain by checking if DNS challenges are correctly configured.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The Composio Universal CLI is a single command-line interface that lets coding agents and developers interact with 1000+ SaaS applications. It handles authentication, tool discovery, action execution, and trigger setup — all from the terminal, without needing to configure MCP servers.

Any coding agent that can run shell commands works with the Composio CLI — including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and others. Once the CLI is installed, agents automatically discover and use the composio commands to interact with Vercel and other connected apps.

MCP servers require configuration and can be token-heavy for complex workflows. The CLI gives agents a direct, lightweight interface — no server setup needed. Agents simply call composio commands like any other shell tool. It's faster to set up, more reliable for multi-step tool chaining, and works natively with how coding agents already operate.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Vercel data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials for full control.

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