2026-08-28
Vercel adds an agent builder to its dashboard
Vercel shipped in-dashboard agent creation on August 28, 2026. The builder scaffolds the agent's code, pushes it to a connected Git repository, and creates a Vercel project wired to AI Gateway models, a web chat or Slack front end, and MCP connections, so a deployed agent exists before any local setup.
2026-08-06
Agent Plugins 1.0.0 ships as a vendor-neutral standard
Agent Plugins 1.0.0 was published on August 6, 2026 — an open specification for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers as portable plugins. A plugin is a directory with a plugin.json manifest and fixed locations for its components, so one package loads across any compatible client. Vercel initiated the proposal; AWS, Anysphere, GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI refined it collaboratively. It is supported at launch in ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, and VS Code.
2026-07-31
Vercel adds spend budgets to AI Gateway
Vercel launched spend budgets for AI Gateway on July 31, 2026, letting teams cap spend for an entire team or a single project, with email alerts and default budgets that new projects and API keys inherit automatically.
2026-07-17
Vercel Sandbox drops charges for inbound data transfer
Vercel Sandbox no longer bills for data downloaded into a sandbox — cloning repos, installing packages, or pulling external artifacts is now free. Data downloaded to a Sandbox's exposed ports is still billable, along with outbound transfer and other resource usage.
2026-07-09
GPT-5.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 land on Vercel AI Gateway
Vercel added OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Luna, Terra) and Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 as selectable models on AI Gateway, its unified routing layer for calling multiple model providers through one API and billing relationship.
