Set up Vercel MCP in VS Code
Connect to the Vercel API to manage deployments, projects, domains, and environment variables from your AI editor.
1
Locate the config file
VS Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:
.vscode/settings.json → mcp sectionCreate this file if it does not already exist. For VS Code, this is inside your workspace .vscode/settings.json file under the mcp section.
2
Add the configuration
Add the following to your VS Code config file:
json
{
"servers": {
"vercel-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vercel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VERCEL_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_VERCEL_API_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}3
Set up environment variables
Vercel MCP requires the following environment variables:
VERCEL_API_TOKENRequiredVercel API token
4
Verify it works
Restart VS Code. Vercel MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 12 tools available.
This server adds approximately 6,180 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.