How to create a Vercel access token (team-scoped, with expiry)

Step by step: create a team-scoped Vercel access token with an expiry, connect it to Lookout, and revoke it when you're done. Takes about a minute.

Last updated October 15, 2026

Before you start

  • You need a Vercel account that belongs to the team whose projects you want to see.
  • The projects should have Web Analytics enabled in Vercel. Lookout lists the others but can’t track them.
  • You need a Lookout account. Sign up free if you don’t have one yet.

Create the token

  1. Open your Vercel tokens page (Account Settings → Tokens) and click Create Token.
  2. Name it Lookout, so you can recognize it later.
  3. Set Scope to the team you want to track. A token scoped to one team can only see that team’s projects, which is what you want.
  4. Pick an expiration, for example 1 year. You can always create a new one later.
  5. Click Create and copy the token. It starts with vcp_, and Vercel shows it only once.

Connect it to Lookout

  1. In Lookout, open Connect Vercel. You land there after creating your workspace; later, use Add team in Settings. Only workspace owners can connect Vercel.
  2. Paste the token and click Verify token.
  3. Pick the team, then the projects to track (up to 100 per workspace). Projects with Web Analytics are preselected.

Your dashboard fills in within a few seconds. To connect another team, repeat this with a token scoped to that team.

What Lookout does with it

Lookout encrypts the token with AES-256-GCM, decrypts it only in memory to call Vercel, and never shows it again. It only calls Vercel’s read endpoints for projects, deployments and Web Analytics: it never deploys, changes settings or reads environment variables.

Revoke it

  • In Lookout: Settings → Disconnect next to the team deletes Lookout’s copy.
  • In Vercel: delete the token on your tokens page. It stops working everywhere at once.

Common problems

  • The team you expected isn’t listed, or “This token can’t see any Vercel team”: the token is scoped to a different team. Create one scoped to the right team.
  • “Vercel rejected this token”: it was mistyped, revoked or has expired. Copy the whole token again, or create a new one.
  • A project can’t be tracked: it doesn’t have Web Analytics enabled. Turn it on in the project’s Analytics tab in Vercel.
  • The dashboard says Lookout lost access: the token was revoked or expired. Create a new one and reconnect from the banner.

Vercel’s own documentation covers tokens in more detail: creating an access token.