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Pull Environment Variables from Vercel

Use Vercel CLI to pull environment variables from your project into a local .env file.

Peter Shaan

May 18, 2026

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Instead of manually copying env vars from the Vercel dashboard, pull them directly via CLI.

Install Vercel CLI

npm i -g vercel

vercel login

vercel env pull .env.local

This creates a .env.local file with all your environment variables from the Vercel project.

If your project isn't linked yet:

vercel link

Then pull again.

Make sure .env.local is in your .gitignore.