Vercel Skills v1.5.7: v2 Discovery & GitHub Token Optimization
Vercel Skills v1.5.7 brings v2 skill discovery, lazy GitHub token loading, 8 new community agents, and fixes for Git LFS, symlinked directories, and large repo clones.
TL;DR
- GitHub token now lazy-loads only on rate-limit fallback, reducing unnecessary API calls
- v2 well-known skill discovery support added
- 8 community-contributed agents now included; symlinked skill directories now detected
- Git LFS, large repo clones, and dotfile preservation all fixed
New
- v2 well-known skill discovery — Support for v2 skill discovery protocol
- 8 community-contributed agents — New agents added to the ecosystem
- npx skills detection — Detect when agent is running via npx
Fixed
- GitHub token efficiency — Token now lazy-loads only when rate-limit fallback is needed, reducing unnecessary API calls
- Git LFS handling — Disable LFS filter during clone to survive missing git-lfs installations
- Large repo clones — Raise clone timeout and allow override for repositories exceeding default limits
- Symlinked skill directories — Installer now properly discovers symlinked skill directories
- Local folder updates — Respect local folders when performing project-level updates
- Dotfile preservation — Preserve dotfiles when copying skills
- Non-GitHub git sources — Compute skillFolderHash correctly for non-GitHub git sources
- License generation — Skip license generation when no package.json exists in current directory
- Agent multiselect UI — Fix spam in agent multiselect when lines wrap
- Trusted npm publishing — Restore trusted publishing for npm releases
Install or upgrade: npm install -g @vercel-labs/skills@1.5.7
Source: Vercel
