# Cross-link map: How Vercel builds your application (/docs/fundamentals/builds)

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- [Builds](https://vercel.com/docs/builds?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=semantic) — Understand how the build step works when creating a Vercel Deployment.
- [How requests flow through Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/infrastructure?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=semantic) — Learn how Vercel routes, secures, and serves requests from your users to your application.
- [Deploying to Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=semantic) — Create, verify, and manage preview and production deployments on Vercel from Git, Vercel CLI, or the REST API.
- [Frameworks on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=semantic) — Vercel supports a wide range of the most popular frameworks, optimizing how your application builds and runs no matter w
- [Getting started with Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/getting-started-with-vercel?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=semantic) — Install the Vercel CLI, add the Vercel Plugin or agent skills, and deploy your first project.

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- [Build Output API](https://vercel.com/docs/build-output-api?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — The Build Output API is a file-system-based specification for a directory structure that can produce a Vercel deployment
- [Builds](https://vercel.com/docs/builds?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Understand how the build step works when creating a Vercel Deployment.
- [Build image overview](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/build-image?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn about the container image used for Vercel builds.
- [Build Queues](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/build-queues?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Understand how concurrency and same branch build queues manage multiple simultaneous deployments.
- [Configuring a Build](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/configure-a-build?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Vercel automatically configures the build settings for many front-end frameworks, but you can also customize the build a
- [Managing Builds](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/managing-builds?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Vercel allows you to increase the speed of your builds when needed in specific situations and workflows.
- [Vercel CDN overview](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Vercel's CDN is a globally distributed platform that handles routing, caching, security, and compression for every deplo
- [Vercel CLI Overview](https://vercel.com/docs/cli?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to use the Vercel command-line interface \\(CLI\\) to manage and configure your Vercel Projects from the command
- [Deploying to Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Create, verify, and manage preview and production deployments on Vercel from Git, Vercel CLI, or the REST API.
- [Troubleshooting Build Errors](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/troubleshoot-a-build?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to resolve common scenarios you may encounter during the Build step, including build errors that cancel a depl
- [Domains Overview](https://vercel.com/docs/domains?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn the fundamentals of how domains, DNS, and nameservers work on Vercel.
- [Environment variables](https://vercel.com/docs/environment-variables?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn more about environment variables on Vercel.
- [Frameworks on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Vercel supports a wide range of the most popular frameworks, optimizing how your application builds and runs no matter w
- [Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Build API routes, webhooks, and agent request handlers with Vercel Functions, then test and debug them with Vercel CLI.
- [Configuring regions for Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/configuring-functions/region?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to configure regions for Vercel Functions.
- [How requests flow through Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/infrastructure?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how Vercel routes, secures, and serves requests from your users to your application.
- [Deploying Git Repositories with Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/git?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Vercel automatically deploys supported Git repositories on every branch push and when changes merge into the production
- [System Headers](https://vercel.com/docs/headers?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — This reference covers the list of request, response, cache-control, and custom response headers included with deployment
- [Project Configuration](https://vercel.com/docs/project-configuration?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to configure your Vercel projects using vercel.json, vercel.toml, vercel.ts, or the dashboard to control build
- [Vercel REST API Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Interact programmatically with your Vercel account using the SDK or direct HTTP requests.
- [Redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/redirects?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to use redirects on Vercel to instruct Vercel's platform to redirect incoming requests to a new URL.
- [Rewrites on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/rewrites?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=outbound) — Learn how to use rewrites to send users to different URLs without modifying the visible URL.

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- [Vercel fundamental concepts](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals?from=graph&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Ffundamentals%2Fbuilds&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=inbound) — Learn about the core concepts of Vercel