@vercel/cli-exec

Helpers for locating and executing the Vercel CLI from other Node packages.

API

findVercelCli(options?)

Resolves the Vercel CLI executable without running it.

• Prefers the nearest node_modules/.bin/vercel
• Falls back to the provided PATH
• Returns null when no usable CLI installation is found

execVercelCli(args, options?)

Resolves and runs the Vercel CLI, returning:

• stdout
• stderr
• invocation

It preserves access to local node_modules/.bin entries and Node itself even when the caller passes a sanitized PATH.

clearVercelCliCache()

Clears cached CLI lookups. Use this when a long-lived process needs to pick up an install or uninstall that happened after an earlier resolution attempt.

VercelCliError

Thrown when resolution or execution fails. The code field is one of:

• VERCEL_CLI_INVALID_CWD
• VERCEL_CLI_NOT_FOUND
• VERCEL_CLI_PERMISSION_DENIED
• VERCEL_CLI_ERRORED
• VERCEL_CLI_TIMED_OUT
• VERCEL_CLI_CANCELED
• VERCEL_CLI_SIGNALED
• VERCEL_CLI_EXEC_FAILED

Available fields:

• message: human-readable error message
• code: stable machine-readable error code
• invocation: resolved CLI command metadata when a command was selected
• stdout: captured standard output when the child process produced output
• stderr: captured standard error when the child process produced output
• exitCode: numeric exit code for non-zero process exits
• cause: original underlying error when available