Next Best Practices

The vercel-next-best-practices skill ensures Next.js applications adhere to Vercel’s official performance, security, and reliability standards. It automatically validates configurations against industry benchmarks to prevent common deployment errors before they reach production.

When to use it

• Before deploying a new Next.js project to ensure optimal build settings.
• When refactoring existing codebases to align with current framework best practices.
• During CI/CD pipeline setup to enforce strict quality gates on pull requests.
• To verify that server-side rendering and static generation strategies are correctly implemented.

Key capabilities

• Validates Next.js configuration files for compliance with Vercel guidelines.
• Checks for proper usage of React Server Components and App Router patterns.
• Identifies potential performance bottlenecks related to image optimization and fonts.
• Ensures security headers and environment variable handling meet production requirements.

Example prompts

• "Run a full best-practices audit on my Next.js project before deployment."
• "Check if my current setup follows the latest Vercel recommendations for App Router."
• "Identify any performance issues in my build configuration based on industry standards."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your Next.js version is up to date, as best practices evolve with each release. This skill focuses specifically on Vercel-hosted environments and may not catch issues unique to other hosting providers.