Val Town
Use Val Town with AI apps and agents through Vercel Connect. Follow a complete setup guide for secure runtime access.
Install the skill
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-connectConnect to
Val Town$ vercel connect create val-town --name acme-val-townUse its data in agents(opens in new tab) and apps(opens in new tab)
import { getToken } from '@vercel/connect';const userId = 'user_123';const token = await getToken('val-town/acme-val-town', {subject: { type: 'user', id: userId },});
Use Val Town in apps and agents
Manage vals, files, databases, and email through the Val Town API.
Why use Vercel Connect with Val Town?
Credentials on demand
Request Val Town credentials only when your application or agent needs them instead of copying secrets into application code.
Access for the right subject
Support both user-authorized and app-scoped Val Town access from the same connection layer.
Centralized credential management
Manage Val Town credentials in one place and retrieve them through a consistent runtime API.
Vercel-native controls
Bind connections to the projects and environments that need them while Vercel OIDC authenticates each runtime request.
Use Val Town with your stack
Follow a complete setup for the Connect SDK or a supported agent framework.
Add Val Town to an existing Vercel application with the Connect SDK.
Install the Connect SDK
npm install @vercel/connectCreate the Val Town connector
Run these commands from the project that will use the connection.
vercel linkvercel connect create val-town --name acme-val-townvercel env pullRequest Val Town credentials
app/api/route.tsimport { getToken } from '@vercel/connect';const userId = 'user_123';const token = await getToken('val-town/acme-val-town', {subject: { type: 'user', id: userId },});