Install
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill auth
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install vercel-plugin@vercel
This skill is part of the plugin “vercel-plugin”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the auth skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Works with Vercel
Questions about auth
What does the auth skill do?
Authentication integration guidance — Clerk (native Vercel Marketplace), Better Auth, Descope, and Auth0 setup for Next.js applications, plus Sign in with Vercel, Vercel Passport, and Vercel KMS. Covers server config, route handlers, proxy.ts auth patterns, sign-in/sign-up flows, and Marketplace provisioning. Use when implementing user authentication, sessions, protected routes, or protecting deployments.
How do I install auth?
In a terminal: npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill auth. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use auth?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is auth safe to use?
Our automatic check found patterns worth a look (see “Check”). That is not proof of anything bad – read the SKILL.md and scripts before installing.
Which tool is auth for?
auth comes from the makers of Vercel and helps your agent work with it.
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