create-a-backend
A Vercel plugin skill for planning, building or moving an API or backend onto Vercel.
What the skill teaches
A Vercel plugin skill for planning, building or moving an API or backend onto Vercel. It asks the agent to start from the workload rather than the language and maps needs to products: Functions with Fluid compute for request handling and WebSockets, Services for several deployable parts in one project, container images, Sandbox, Workflows, Queues, Daemons, Schedules, Blob, Global Config and Marketplace databases. It also covers supported backend frameworks and runtimes and a sequence of steps to follow once the architecture is chosen.
Capabilities
- Match a backend workload to the right Vercel product
- Choose between Functions, Services, Queues, Workflows and Daemons
- Pick a data store from Vercel Marketplace integrations
- Select a supported backend framework or runtime
About
- Publisher
- Vercel
- Tool
- Vercel
Install
- Run this to add it to Any client:
npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
What's inside
- .vercel.approvers
- agents/openai.yaml
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Vercel | |
| Publisher | Vercel | source |
| Official status | OfficialVercel's docs describe the vercel/vercel-plugin repository as Vercel's plugin | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 10, 2026333 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository Website |
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Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin · Backs: Publisher, LicenceNov 10, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/vercel/vercel-plugin · Backs: ActivityNov 11, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin · Backs: LicenceNov 13, 2026
- Web pagevercel.com · Backs: Official statusNov 13, 2026
- Folder in the repository (create-a-backend)github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026