Tools

After code changes, has the agent check routes, errors and page behavior in the running Next.js app via /_next/mcp and agent-browser to confirm the change really works. Maintained by Next.js; needs Next.js 16.3+ (Turbopack) and agent-browser.

Official Next.js plugin shipped in the vercel/next.js repo: guides enabling and tuning Cache Components and Partial Prefetching, and verifies changes on a running dev server with the Next.js MCP and agent-browser.

Vercel's guide to React composition patterns: replaces boolean prop sprawl with compound components, lifted state and clean Context interfaces, including React 19 API changes. Useful for refactoring component libraries and reviewing component architecture.

React and Next.js performance rules from Vercel's engineering team: 70 rules ranked by impact covering request waterfalls, bundle size, server performance and re-renders, for writing, reviewing and refactoring. Maintained by Vercel.

Vercel's official CLI: deploy frontend and full-stack projects with one command and manage preview environments, environment variables, domains and logs. Requires a Vercel account (free tier available).

From Vercel: discovers locally running Next.js 16+ dev servers and hands the runtime errors, routes and logs from their built-in MCP endpoint to the agent, and points the agent to docs matching your installed version.

Vercel's official plugin: a knowledge graph of the Vercel ecosystem, dozens of skills, expert subagents for deployment and performance, and commands for deploys, env vars and project status, covering Next.js, the AI SDK, storage and CI/CD. Needs Node.js 18+ and Bun; telemetry is opt-out.