eve

eve is a framework where an AI agent is just a folder of files — its instructions, its tools, its schedule — and this builds, changes or debugs one, always from the documentation shipped inside the installed package.

WHEN TO USE

SCOPE

USE FOR

Scaffold a new eve agent and read its bundled docs before writing any code.
Debug a deployed eve agent's live runs, tool calls, and token usage.
Decide eve is the right framework for a new durable, backend AI agent.

NOT FOR

A passing mention of agents with no eve project involved.
An established non-eve agent stack, unless you're comparing or migrating to eve.

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In this document (2)

eve is a filesystem-first framework for durable backend AI agents. An agent is a directory on disk — instructions, skills, tools, connections, channels, subagents, and schedules are all files — and eve compiles and runs it.

Source of truth

The complete documentation ships inside the eve package. Do not rely on this skill for guidance — always read the bundled docs, which match the installed version exactly:

node_modules/eve/docs/

Start with node_modules/eve/docs/README.md. It contains the full index and recommended reading order. Before writing any eve code, read the relevant guide there first.

If eve is not installed yet, install it (npm install eve) or scaffold a new agent with npx eve init <agent-name>, then read the bundled docs.

Local tool required

1 FOR YOU

01
Install Node.js and the eve package
Have Node.js and npm installed, then run npm install eve (or scaffold a new one with npx eve init <agent-name>) so the bundled docs in node_modules/eve/docs and the eve CLI are available.
```
npm install eve
```

This skill ships inside the Vercel Plugin. Listed package contents include 4 slash commands, 3 agents, hooks and an MCP server. Installed components and skill versions may vary by AI tool.

Install just this skill

Run this outside your AI tool, using Node.js 22.20.0 or newer. Skills CLI 1.7.2 skips skill selection; prompts cancel installation without an interactive terminal. If choosing Project when asked about installation scope, open your project's folder before running this.

Install checklist

Check selected tools if a picker appears; Claude Code may be unchecked under Additional agents. ↑/↓ moves, Space toggles selections, Enter confirms.
Without a tool picker, check Installing to: for your intended tool. Stop if it names a different tool.
If asked, choose Symlink (Recommended) for shared files or Copy to all agents for separate copies; review the summary before confirming installation.
Install the find-skills skill? defaults to Yes, adding another skill for all projects. Choose No if you don't want that extra installation.

Skills CLI 1.7.2 sends install data to skills.sh by default, including the source, skill names, target tools and file details; GitHub sources are reported only when GitHub confirms the repository is public, while other remote sources can also be reported. Confirmed-public GitHub sources also trigger a security-audit request. Before installing, set the environment variable DO_NOT_TRACK=1 or DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 to disable both.

npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill "eve" --full-depth

After installing for Claude Code, open it in the installation project if you chose Project; Global makes the skill available across projects on this computer. Once Claude Code loads the skill, its description helps Claude decide when to use it.

If installation created a top-level skills folder that did not exist when your Claude Code session started, run /reload-skills in that session. Run it again after later changes in that folder.

Install the whole plugin

This route installs the Vercel Plugin package selected for your AI tool.

Run this command in a terminal

npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin

Plugins CLI 1.3.4 sends an install report by default, including the source exactly as entered, plugin names, target tools and scope; it does not check whether repositories are public or private. Before installing, set the environment variable DO_NOT_TRACK=1 or DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 to disable this report. For data sent by an installed plugin, check that plugin's documentation.

Open plugin page ↗

What's inside

Files included with this skill.

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eve

eve

Source of truth

Local tool required

Install just this skill

Install the whole plugin

Run this command in a terminal

What's inside

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