vercel-deploy

You can deploy to Vercel without authentication by packaging your project directory into a tarball, uploading it directly, and retrieving a preview URL alongside a claim URL to transfer project ownership later.

Yes, deploying an existing tarball to Vercel is supported. The process accepts both a raw project directory and a pre-packaged tarball, automatically extracting and uploading the contents to generate a live preview URL.

When packaging a project for Vercel deployment, the system automatically excludes the node_modules and .git directories from the uploaded tarball to minimize package size and avoid uploading unnecessary dependencies or repository metadata.

Yes, the Vercel deployment process detects the framework automatically by reading the package.json file. This ensures the correct build settings are applied to generate the preview URL without requiring manual framework configuration.

To transfer ownership of a Vercel preview deployment, access the claim URL returned in the JSON output alongside the previewUrl, deploymentId, and projectId. This claim URL allows you to assign the generated deployment to your own Vercel account.

Yes, you need curl and tar installed. These dependencies are required to package the project directory into a tarball and execute the HTTP upload to Vercel's API, which returns the JSON output containing the preview and claim URLs.