# Manage Vercel Container Registry with Vercel CLI

DevFeed: [Manage Vercel Container Registry with Vercel CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/manage-vercel-container-registry-with-vercel-cli-1004.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vercel.com/changelog/manage-vercel-container-registry-with-vercel-cli>)

Author: Andy Waller

Published: 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Vercel News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/vercel-news.md>)

Topics: [Vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vercel.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [buildah](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildah.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [container-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-registry.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [podman](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podman.md>), [registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/registry.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

Vercel CLI now provides a vcr command group for managing Vercel Container Registry. Developers can connect existing container tools, authenticate with a short-lived project-scoped token, build and push images, create repositories, and inspect repositories, images, and tags.

## Source excerpt

You can now manage Vercel Container Registry with Vercel CLI. The new vercel vcr command group lets you: Connect your existing container tooling Build and push images in one step Create and inspect repositories, images, and tags Authenticate your container tooling, such as Docker, Podman, or Buildah, with a short-lived token scoped to your project. Then build and push: The credentials go to Docker itself, so your existing tooling can push to VCR with standard commands: Repositories are created automatically the first time you push, or explicitly with vercel vcr add. From there, you can list what's stored and inspect individual images and tags: Update to the latest Vercel CLI with pnpm i -g vercel@latest and read the Container Registry docs to get started. Read more