What is next-upgrade?
next-upgrade is a Claude skill by vercel-labs that upgrade Next.js projects to newer versions. It is listed under Marketing & growth and has 35,395 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | vercel-labs |
| Repository | vercel-labs/skills |
| Popularity | 35,395 GitHub stars |
| Category | Marketing & growth |
| Security | Not scanned |
| Rank | #189 of 1,262 Claude skills; #16 in Marketing & growth |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Stars this week | +1,598 |
Is next-upgrade safe to install?
We have not scanned next-upgrade yet because its SKILL.md could not be fetched. Read the source before installing.
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How do I install next-upgrade?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills --skill next-upgrade
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills cp -r skills/next-upgrade ~/.claude/skills/next-upgrade
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the next-upgrade skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs next-upgrade for you:
Install the "next-upgrade" skill from https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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