Vercel Deployment

Deploy to Vercel with automatic project naming from the folder name and auto-disable of Vercel Authentication after deployment.

Workflow

Phase 1: Pre-flight Checks

1. Verify Vercel CLI is installed (vercel --version). If not: npm i -g vercel
2. Verify authentication: vercel whoami. If not logged in: vercel login
3. Determine project name from the current working directory folder name using basename "$(pwd)"

Phase 2: Deploy

Deploy using the --yes flag to skip interactive prompts. The project name is inferred from the folder name automatically.

Preview deployment (default):

vercel --yes

Production deployment:

vercel --yes --prod

The --yes flag auto-confirms project setup using the folder name as the project name.

Phase 3: Disable Vercel Authentication

After deployment, disable Vercel Authentication (SSO protection) so the deployment is publicly accessible without Vercel login.

Option A: Using the deploy script (preferred)

Run the bundled script which handles deployment + auth disable in one step:

# Set token for API access
export VERCEL_TOKEN="<token>"
# Optional: set team ID if using a team
export VERCEL_TEAM_ID="<team-id>"

# Preview deploy
bash scripts/deploy.sh /path/to/project

# Production deploy
bash scripts/deploy.sh /path/to/project prod

Option B: Manual API call after deploying

Use the Vercel API to disable ssoProtection on the project:

PROJECT_NAME=$(basename "$(pwd)")

curl -X PATCH "https://api.vercel.com/v9/projects/$PROJECT_NAME" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ssoProtection": null}'

For team projects, append ?teamId=<TEAM_ID> to the URL.

Option C: Using Vercel CLI curl

vercel curl -X PATCH "/v9/projects/$(basename "$(pwd)")" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ssoProtection": null}'

Phase 4: Verify

1. Confirm deployment URL is accessible without Vercel login
2. Print the deployment URL for the user

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
VERCEL_TOKEN	For auth disable	API token from https://vercel.com/account/tokens
VERCEL_TEAM_ID	For team projects	Team ID from Vercel dashboard

Notes

• The --yes flag uses the folder name as the project name by default
• If VERCEL_TOKEN is not set, deployment still works but Vercel Authentication won't be auto-disabled. Inform the user they can disable it manually in: Vercel Dashboard > Project > Settings > Deployment Protection > Vercel Authentication > Off
• Setting ssoProtection to null disables Vercel Authentication for all deployments (preview and production)