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MCP Vercel Server

Vercel publishes an official MCP server so that Claude, Cursor, or v0 can inspect your Vercel projects, list deployments, read build logs, and even trigger redeploys through Model Context Protocol. It uses a Vercel personal access token for auth and is offered both as a local stdio server and a hosted HTTP endpoint at mcp.vercel.com. Great for 'why did this deploy fail?' debugging sessions.

MCP facts

Kind: server
Ecosystem: anthropic-mcp
Language: TypeScript / Node.js
Transports: stdio, http

Capabilities

Tools: list_projects, list_deployments, get_deployment_logs, redeploy, list_domains
Resources: project, deployment, and log URIs
Auth: Vercel access token scoped by team and project

Install

npx -y @vercel/mcp-server

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vercel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@vercel/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "VERCEL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "...",
        "VERCEL_TEAM_ID": "team_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Does Vercel host an MCP endpoint?

Yes. Vercel provides a hosted MCP endpoint at mcp.vercel.com so you can connect Claude Desktop or Cursor without running a local process — pass your access token in the Authorization header.

What can the model do through this server?

Typical operations include listing projects, reading deployment metadata, streaming build logs, and triggering redeploys. Dangerous actions like deleting projects are either gated or omitted — check the current tool list in the repo.

How does it relate to v0?

v0 is Vercel's generative UI product; it uses MCP under the hood so that it can interact with your Vercel account and external services. The Vercel MCP server is one piece of that puzzle.

Sources

Vercel MCP docs — accessed 2026-04-20
Vercel MCP GitHub — accessed 2026-04-20