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This guide covers a managed setup on Vercel using the Neon and Upstash integrations. To use other databases, see Environment Variables for more details.

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1. Deploy on Vercel

Click here to deploy on Vercel: Deploy on Vercel Set the following environment variables: 
AUTH_SECRET= # https://generate-secret.vercel.app/32
INTERNAL_API_KEY= # https://generate-secret.vercel.app/32
EMAIL_ENCRYPT_SECRET= # https://generate-secret.vercel.app/32
EMAIL_ENCRYPT_SALT= # https://generate-secret.vercel.app/16

# LLM:
DEFAULT_LLM_PROVIDER= # openai, anthropic, openrouter, aigateway, google, etc.
LLM_API_KEY=
For secret generation you can also use openssl rand -base64 32 on macOS or Linux. To find your LLM API key, see LLM Setup.
For the full list of environment variables, see Environment Variables. We will set more environment variables later in the guide.

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2. Neon PostgreSQL Database in Vercel

Neon is a PostgreSQL database provider that offers a free tier which is enough for personal use cases.
  1. In your Vercel project, open Storage.
  2. Click Create Database.
  3. Click Neon.
Vercel injects Neon connection variables automatically. Neon option in Vercel Storage.

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3. Upstash Redis Database in Vercel

Upstash is a Redis database provider that offers a free tier which is enough for personal use cases.
  1. In your Vercel project, open Storage.
  2. Click Create Database.
  3. Click Upstash.
Vercel injects Upstash connection variables automatically.

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4. Set other environment variables

After your first deploy, Vercel assigns a project domain (for example https://your-project.vercel.app). Go to Project Settings -> Environment Variables and set: 
NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=https://your-project.vercel.app
Set Google or Microsoft environment variables based on the guides:

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5. Redeploy and verify

  1. Trigger a new Vercel deploy.
  2. Confirm build completes.
  3. Visit your project domain and verify it works.
  4. Sign in and connect an email account.