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# Vercel Documentation

Connect your [Git repository](/docs/git) to deploy on every push, with [automatic preview environments](/docs/deployments/environments#preview-environment-pre-production) for testing changes before production.

## Build with AI

**AI Gateway**: Access hundreds of models through one endpoint with budgets, fallbacks, and monitoring. [Learn more →](/docs/ai-gateway)

**Eve**: Eve is a filesystem-first framework for building durable backend AI agents. [Learn more →](/docs/eve)

**Agents**: Build autonomous workflows and conversational interfaces with the AI SDK. [Learn more →](/kb/guide/how-to-build-ai-agents-with-vercel-and-the-ai-sdk)

**Sandbox**: Run untrusted code in secure, ephemeral execution environments. [Learn more →](/docs/sandbox)

## Build your applications

Use one or more of the following tools to build your application depending on your needs:

**Next.js**: Build full-stack applications with Next.js or any of our supported frameworks. [Learn more →](/docs/frameworks/nextjs)

**Functions**: API routes with Fluid compute, active CPU, and provisioned memory — perfect for AI workloads. [Learn more →](/docs/functions)

**Routing Middleware**: Customize your application's behavior with code that runs before a request is processed. [Learn more →](/docs/routing-middleware)

**Incremental Static Regeneration**: Automatically regenerate your pages on a schedule or when a request is made. [Learn more →](/docs/incremental-static-regeneration)

**Image Optimization**: Optimize your images for the web. [Learn more →](/docs/image-optimization)

**Manage Environments**: Local, preview, production, and custom environments. [Learn more →](/docs/deployments/environments)

## Use Vercel's AI infrastructure

Add intelligence to your applications with Vercel's AI-first infrastructure:

**v0**: Iterate on ideas with Vercel's AI-powered development assistant. [Learn more →](https://v0.app/docs/introduction)

**AI SDK**: Integrate language models with streaming and tool calling. [Learn more →](/docs/ai-sdk)

**AI Gateway**: Route to any AI provider with automatic failover. [Learn more →](/docs/ai-gateway)

**MCP Servers**: Create tools for AI agents to interact with your systems. [Learn more →](/docs/mcp)

**Agent Resources**: Access documentation for AI tools, MCP servers, agent skills, and more. [Learn more →](/docs/agent-resources)

**Claim Deployments**: Allow AI agents to deploy a project and let a human take over. [Learn more →](/docs/deployments/claim-deployments)

## Secure your applications

Secure your applications with the following tools:

**Deployment Protection**: Protect your applications from unauthorized access. [Learn more →](/docs/deployment-protection)

**RBAC**: Role-based access control for your applications. [Learn more →](/docs/rbac)

**Configurable WAF**: Customizable rules to protect against attacks, scrapers, and unwanted traffic. [Learn more →](/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf)

**Bot Management**: Protect your applications from bots and automated traffic. [Learn more →](/docs/bot-management)

**BotID**: An invisible CAPTCHA that protects against sophisticated bots without challenges. [Learn more →](/docs/botid)

**Platform DDoS Mitigation**: Protect your applications from DDoS attacks. [Learn more →](/docs/security/ddos-mitigation)

## Collaborate with your team

Collaborate with your team using the following tools:

**Toolbar**: An in-browser toolbar to leave feedback, manage flags, preview drafts, and inspect performance. [Learn more →](/docs/vercel-toolbar)

**Comments**: Let teams and invited collaborators comment on your preview and production environments. [Learn more →](/docs/comments)

**Draft Mode**: View your unpublished headless CMS content on your site. [Learn more →](/docs/draft-mode)

## Deploy and scale

Vercel handles infrastructure automatically and provides these tools to help you deploy and scale:

**Vercel Delivery Network**: Fast, globally distributed execution. [Learn more →](/docs/cdn)

**Rolling Releases**: Roll out new deployments in increments. [Learn more →](/docs/rolling-releases)

**Rollback Deployments**: Roll back to a previous deployment for swift recovery from production incidents. [Learn more →](/docs/instant-rollback)

**Observability Suite**: Monitor performance and debug your AI workflows and apps. [Learn more →](/docs/observability)

## Guides and tutorials

Extend your knowledge with in-depth guides, videos, and tutorials on the [Vercel Knowledge Base](/kb):

**AI**: Build AI agents, integrate language models, and deploy AI-powered apps. [Learn more →](/kb/ai)

**Backend**: Server-side patterns, API routes, database connections, and compute. [Learn more →](/kb/backend)

**Frontend**: Performance optimization, rendering strategies, and framework best practices. [Learn more →](/kb/frontend)

**Security**: Protect your apps with authentication, firewall rules, and compliance guides. [Learn more →](/kb/security)

**CDN**: Cache content globally, route requests, and run compute close to your data. [Learn more →](/kb/cdn)

**Integrations**: Connect third-party tools, CMSs, and services to your Vercel project. [Learn more →](/kb/integrations)


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