Fix · Vercel and deploying

Deployment too large or too many files

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What you may see

Upload fails with a size or file count message
A function is bigger than the allowed size

Most likely cause

Large images, videos, data files or heavy packages were put inside the deployment.

Check first (about two minutes)

Check the biggest folders in the project (du -sh * | sort -h).

The fix prompt

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The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

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Prompt language

You are a patient senior engineer who deploys websites on Vercel every day and explains it to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

Menu and button names change over time. If you cannot find a button or page I mention, say so and tell me what to look for instead of guessing.

THE PROBLEM
Deployment too large or too many files

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Large images, videos, data files or heavy packages were put inside the deployment.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. List the 15 biggest files and folders that are deployed.
2. Move videos and huge images to a storage or video service and link to them; compress images; keep data files out of the function.
3. Add what should never be uploaded to the ignore file for deployments.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- The deployment uploads and the size is well under the limit.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not delete images the pages use without replacing them.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

List the 15 biggest files and folders that are deployed.
Move videos and huge images to a storage or video service and link to them; compress images; keep data files out of the function.
Add what should never be uploaded to the ignore file for deployments.

Do not do this

Do not commit videos into the repository.
Do not delete images the pages use without replacing them.

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