Vercel Agent now installs private packages from npm and custom registries
Vercel Agent can now install private dependencies from npm and custom registries using team-shared environment variables. Credentials are securely stored outside the sandbox, and npm, pnpm, and classic Yarn authenticate the same way as in Vercel builds.
Vercel Agent can install private dependencies from npm and custom registries using credentials stored as shared environment variables on Vercel. , , and classic Yarn running in Agent sessions authenticate as they do in Vercel builds.npmpnpm
To get started, add a for Development or Preview:shared environment variable
Vercel Agent reads only team-shared variables, not project-scoped ones. Credential values stay outside the sandbox, so the agent cannot read them.
Learn more in the .private dependencies docs
Use for private packages hosted on .
NPM_TOKENregistry.npmjs.orgUse to configure custom or multiple registries.
NPM_RC
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