Chat SDK now supports Vercel Connect
By Steven Van ·
New adapter helpers for Slack, GitHub and Linear bots fetch short-lived tokens automatically, so there's no bot token or signing secret to manage.
Vercel's Chat SDK now integrates with Vercel Connect to manage credentials for Slack, GitHub, and Linear bots, so there is no bot token or signing secret to store or rotate. A new @vercel/connect/chat subpath adds adapter helpers for each platform: pass a connector UID and spread the result into the matching adapter factory, for example connectSlackAdapter into createSlackAdapter.
- Outbound calls use a function-form token field backed by getToken, so each request gets a fresh, short-lived token that Connect rotates automatically.
- Inbound webhook events are checked with a webhookVerifier that validates the Vercel OIDC token Connect attaches to forwarded events, replacing the need for a signing secret.
Vercel's knowledge base guide walks through building a Slack bot with Chat SDK and Connect end to end.
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