vercel-deploy-preview

# Vercel Deploy Preview ## Overview Deploy preview environments for branches and pull requests. Every `git push` to a non-production branch generates a unique preview URL. Covers CLI-based previews, API-based previews, deployment protection, and comment integration. ## Prerequisites - Completed `vercel-install-auth` setup - Project linked via `vercel link` - Git repository connected in Vercel dashboard ## Instructions ### Step 1: Deploy Preview via CLI ```bash # Deploy current directory to a preview URL (default — not --prod) vercel # Output: # 🔗 Linked to your-team/my-app # 🔍 Inspect: https://vercel.com/your-team/my-app/AbCdEfG # ✅ Preview: https://my-app-git-feature-branch-your-team.vercel.app # Deploy a specific directory vercel ./dist # Deploy and wait for build to complete (useful in CI) vercel --no-wait # returns immediately with deployment URL ``` ### Step 2: Deploy Preview via REST API ```bash # Create a deployment via API — useful for custom CI pipelines curl -X POST "https://api.vercel.com/v13/deployments" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "name": "my-app", "target": "preview", "gitSource": { "type": "github", "repoId": "123456789", "ref": "feature/new-feature", "sha": "abc123def456" } }' ``` ### Step 3: Check Deployment Status ```bash # Poll deployment status until READY curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \ "https://api.vercel.com/v13/d...