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What is Vercel?

GitHub stores your code. Vercel takes that code and puts it on the internet.

Every time you save new work to GitHub, Vercel picks it up automatically and updates your live site. You don't have to do anything — it just happens.

Step 1: Create a Vercel account

Go to vercel.com and sign up

Go to vercel.com and click Sign Up.

They'll probably first ask you some questions about what you're building.
Answer them and then they'll let you create an account.
When it asks how you want to sign up, choose Continue with GitHub. This connects your Vercel account to the GitHub account you just created.

Verification

You'll come to a page that says "Let's build something new".

Step 2: Connect your project

Now you link your GitHub repository to Vercel so it knows which project to deploy.

Import your repository

Click Continue with GitHub (or it might already be configured).
You'll see a list of your GitHub repositories. Find linktree-clone and click Import.

Deploy

You'll get to a New Project page. You don't need to configure anything — just click Deploy on the bottom.

Step 3: Go to Dashboard

Vercel will take a minute to build your project.

Continue to dashboard

Once it's done, you'll see a "Congratulations" screen. Click Continue to dashboard.

On the dashboard, you'll see your deployment and the Domain (the live URL) that you can click on.

Step 4: Check if it works

Click your domain

Click on that domain link. You should see your live site!

But wait... you might get an error page like this instead.

If you see an error, don't panic! Just say this to the agent:

I tried deploying on Vercel. This is the page I'm getting: [Copy what you're seeing above and paste it here]

The Agent will immediately know what's missing and fix it for you.

That's it

From now on, every time you save new work to GitHub, Vercel will automatically update your live site. You push (to GitHub), it publishes (on Vercel). You never have to think about this step again.