nextjs
Next.js App Router expert guidance. Use when building, debugging, or architecting Next.js applications — routing, Server Components, Server Actions, Cache Components, layouts, middleware/proxy, data fetching, rendering strategies, and deployment on Vercel.
This skill ships only metadata — no inline instructions. See the source repo for details.
Install this skill
One command (all agents)
Runs the npx skills CLI which auto-detects every AI coding agent you have installed (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Windsurf, Copilot, and 51 more).
npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/vercel-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/nextjsAlternative: shorthand form
npx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjsInstall to a specific agent
Pick the agent you use. The CLI writes the skill to that agent's standard skill directory.
npx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent claude-codenpx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent cursornpx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent codexnpx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent opencodenpx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent github-copilotnpx skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill nextjs --agent windsurfManual install (no CLI)
Prefer to skip the CLI? Clone the repo and drop the skill folder into your agent's skills directory.
git clone https://github.com/vercel-labs/vercel-plugin.gitcp -r vercel-plugin/skills/nextjs ~/.claude/skills/ For other agents, replace ~/.claude/skills/ with their skill directory — see the full list.
Use it
Once installed, ask your agent to "use the nextjs skill" or describe what you want (e.g. "Next.js App Router expert guidance. Use when building, debugging, or architectin"). Most agents auto-discover the skill from its SKILL.md description — no slash command needed.
npx skills. Skill files are MIT-style permissive by default — check the source repo for the actual license.
SKILL.md source
--- name: nextjs description: Next.js App Router expert guidance. Use when building, debugging, or architecting Next.js applications — routing, Server Components, Server Actions, Cache Components, layouts, middleware/proxy, data f ---
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