{
  "slug": "vercel-deploy-creates-temporary-anonymous-projects-for-credential-free-deploymen-73b7d9667b12",
  "title": "vercel deploy creates temporary anonymous projects for credential-free deployments",
  "tools": [
    "vercel"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-13T06:34:35.678Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-13T06:34:35.678Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When no Vercel credentials are configured and anonymous deployments are available, run `vercel deploy --yes` for non-interactive use; it builds locally if needed and deploys the output. Interactive use confirms the first temporary deployment; `--yes` skips that prompt.",
    "examples": [
      "vercel deploy --yes",
      "vercel build\nvercel deploy --prebuilt --yes"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 58.11.0",
      "--yes: Skips prompts, answering with inferred or default values. The release note says to use it for non-interactive anonymous deployment until `.vercel/anonymous.json` records the temporary project.",
      "--prebuilt: Deploys build output already generated in `.vercel/output`, typically by `vercel build`.",
      "vercel build: Builds the project locally and produces `.vercel/output` for prebuilt deployment.",
      "Prerequisite: Install the CLI with `pnpm i -g vercel`.",
      "Prerequisite: For `--prebuilt`, the project must have build output in `.vercel/output`, typically generated with `vercel build`.",
      "Requires no credentials for the anonymous deployment flow.",
      "Anonymous deployment availability is conditional; when unavailable, the previous login behavior applies.",
      "Interactive users confirm before the first deployment; `--yes` skips the prompt.",
      "Non-interactive use requires `--yes` until `.vercel/anonymous.json` records the temporary project.",
      "The anonymous credential is reused until it expires."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Deploy prebuilt output from a repository when no Vercel credentials are configured.",
  "before": "When anonymous deployments are unavailable, use the previous login behavior.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/vercel/vercel/blob/main/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md#58110",
    "https://vercel.com/docs/cli/deploy",
    "https://vercel.com/docs/cli/deploying-from-cli",
    "https://vercel.com/docs/cli"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96047,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "vercel-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "vercel-20261007:vercel-20261007-3c73a82ffe468ef5-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "73c61ecd2fa186863f49c2d0c21ac4406789035ed9a445300b226983fd1ad74d"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "8e99b174dffc70d1d9f0b664d5bc759c4c041d463b3879220a6cb9127539f9cc",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "vercel-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.72 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}