Publish to GitHub + Vercel Skill

End-to-end workflow for pushing a web project to GitHub and deploying it live on Vercel with zero hiccups. Incorporates all known gotchas and best practices.

When to Use This Skill

• User asks to "publish", "deploy", "make live", or "push" a website
• User wants to create a GitHub repo for a project
• User wants to deploy to Vercel
• User says "go live", "host this", or "put it online"
• User wants to update an already-deployed site

Prerequisites

Required Tools

Verify these are installed and authenticated before starting:

# GitHub CLI
which gh && gh auth status 2>&1

# Vercel CLI
which vercel && vercel whoami 2>&1

If GitHub CLI is NOT installed

brew install gh
gh auth login --web --git-protocol https

Enter a device code at github.com/login/device. Wait for ✓ Logged in confirmation before proceeding.

If Vercel CLI is NOT installed or NOT authenticated

npm i -g vercel
vercel login

Enter a device code at vercel.com/device. Wait for Congratulations! You are now signed in. confirmation before proceeding.