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Introducing eve

Vercel just shipped eve: an open-source agent framework that treats agents like Next.js treated web apps. One file per tool. One command to Slack. Durable execution built in.

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Why it matters

Vercel is productizing agent infrastructure the same way it productized web deployment—removing the plumbing so teams can ship agents in minutes instead of months. This signals a major shift: agents are moving from research/prototype phase to commodity infrastructure, accessible to non-ML engineers.

The key facts

13 to know
  1. eve is open-source agent framework launched by Vercel

  2. Supports durable workflows with checkpointing and crash recovery

  3. Built-in sandbox execution for agent-generated code (Vercel Sandbox, Docker, microVM)

  4. Human-in-the-loop approval gates configurable per action

  5. Multi-channel support: Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, Twilio, GitHub, Linear via single agent codebase

  6. Integrations with Slack, GitHub, Snowflake, Salesforce, Notion, Linear via Vercel Connect

  7. OpenTelemetry tracing exported to Braintrust, Honeycomb, Datadog, Jaeger

  8. Vercel runs 100+ agents in production internally

  9. d0 data agent handles 30,000+ questions/month in Slack

  10. Lead Agent (autonomous SDR) returns 32x annual cost (~$5,000/year)

  11. Vertex support agent solves 92% of tickets autonomously

  12. Agents triggered 3% of Vercel deployments 1 year ago; now ~29%

  13. Public preview launched June 17, 2026

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: Today, we are proud to introduce , an open-source agent framework for building, running, and scaling agents. eve is designed around the idea that building an agent should mean defining what it does without assembling all of the pieces that it needs to run in production. Instead, eve comes with…
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