Vercel
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What is Vercel?
Vercel is a cloud platform that builds and hosts web frontends, deploying every Git push to a global edge network with serverless functions included. It is made by the team behind Next.js.
A cloud platform specialized in hosting frontend frameworks and static sites, providing seamless serverless deployment and global edge network delivery.
Vercel is the creator of Next.js and provides a highly optimized hosting environment for frontend applications. Developers simply connect their GitHub repository, and Vercel automatically builds and deploys every commit to a global edge network, seamlessly handling serverless functions and asset caching without manual infrastructure configuration.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit shows Vercel deploy health, logs, and failure snippets in a project’s Git/Deploy area. See Project Window for details.
When you would use it
You use Vercel when you want zero-configuration, instant deployment for a modern JavaScript frontend application, prioritizing developer experience and fast global load times.
Common operations
- Deploying a Next.js or React web application globally.
- Automatically generating preview URLs for every pull request to review UI changes.
Frequently asked questions
Can Orbit show my Vercel deploys?
Yes. A project linked to Vercel gets a live deploy-health dot (live, failed, building or unknown) that opens a panel with logs and failure snippets. See Watch Deploy Health for the steps.
Does Orbit fix a failed Vercel deploy on its own?
No. The Deploy Health panel offers an Apollo draft-fix action, but it never queues a fix automatically. You review the drafted prompt and approve it like any other.
Can AI clients read Vercel status through Orbit?
Yes. Orbit’s MCP server includes orbit_vercel_status and orbit_vercel_logs, so a connected AI client can check a deploy without leaving the chat. See MCP Tool Catalog.