Use the Vercel Connect registry entry for the Kernel connector

README.md

@@ -16,22 +16,22 @@ Authenticate through Vercel Connect — no key touches your app, env, or the mod
 pnpm add @onkernel/eve-extension
 ```
 
-**2. Create and attach the Kernel connector** in Vercel Connect — name it `eve-extension` so the snippet below works unedited:
+**2. Create and attach the Kernel connector** in Vercel Connect — name it `kernel-mcp` so the snippet below works unedited:
 
 ```bash
-vercel connect create mcp.onkernel.com --name eve-extension
-vercel connect attach mcp.onkernel.com/eve-extension
+vercel connect create kernel --name kernel-mcp --connection-method mcp
+vercel connect attach kernel/kernel-mcp
 ```
 
-(or add it from the dashboard → Connectors → "Browse all" → Kernel). Confirm the UID with `vercel connect list`.
+`kernel` is Kernel's entry in Vercel's connector registry, so Vercel fills in the MCP URL and branding and opens your browser for the authorization step. `--connection-method mcp` is the part that matters: the registry entry also offers `api-key`, and only `mcp` gives you the per-user OAuth this extension expects. Omit the flag and the CLI prompts you to choose. (Or add it from the dashboard → Connectors → "Browse all" → Kernel.) Confirm the UID with `vercel connect list`.
 
 **3. Mount the extension** — one line, passing the connector UID:
 
 ```ts
 // agent/extensions/kernel.ts
 import kernel from "@onkernel/eve-extension";
 
-export default kernel({ connect: "mcp.onkernel.com/eve-extension" });
+export default kernel({ connect: "kernel/kernel-mcp" });
 ```
 
 **4. Run it:**
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ npx eve dev     # or: npx eve deploy
 
 Leave `KERNEL_API_KEY` unset. The first time a user drives the browser, eve surfaces a Connect consent prompt; they approve once, and it's cached from then on (persists across threads and sessions). Each user authenticates as themselves — a good fit for Kernel's per-user managed auth.
 
+Already have a connector from before Kernel was in the registry? It keeps working — leave it alone and point `connect` at whatever UID `vercel connect list` prints for it (e.g. `mcp.onkernel.com/eve-extension`).
+
 ## What you get
 
 Once mounted, the agent has (namespaced under your mount, e.g. `kernel__browser__*` — discover exact names via `connection_search`):
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ Both are one-line mounts — no override needed:
 
 | Model | Mount | Consent behavior |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| **Per-user via Vercel Connect** (recommended; each person authenticates as themselves) | `kernel({ connect: "mcp.onkernel.com/<name>" })` | Each user consents **once, ever**; the grant persists across threads/sessions. No key in your app or env. |
+| **Per-user via Vercel Connect** (recommended; each person authenticates as themselves) | `kernel({ connect: "kernel/<name>" })` | Each user consents **once, ever**; the grant persists across threads/sessions. No key in your app or env. |
 | **Shared API key** ([bottom section](#authenticate-with-an-api-key-instead)) | `kernel({ apiKey })` or set `KERNEL_API_KEY` | One key for everyone, no prompts, no connector setup. |
 
 ## Overriding the connection
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ You only need this for **advanced** customization — widening the tool allowlis
 
 ```
 agent/extensions/kernel/
-  extension.ts             # export default kernel({ connect: "mcp.onkernel.com/eve-extension" })
+  extension.ts             # export default kernel({ connect: "kernel/kernel-mcp" })
   connections/browser.ts   # shadows the extension's "browser" connection
 ```
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ import { always } from "eve/tools/approval";
 export default defineMcpClientConnection({
   url: "https://mcp.onkernel.com/mcp",
   description: "Kernel cloud browser.",
-  auth: connect("mcp.onkernel.com/eve-extension"), // or { getToken: async () => ({ token: process.env.KERNEL_API_KEY! }) }
+  auth: connect("kernel/kernel-mcp"), // or { getToken: async () => ({ token: process.env.KERNEL_API_KEY! }) }
   tools: {
     allow: [
       "manage_browsers",
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ export default defineMcpClientConnection({
 - **Node 24+**
 - **eve `>= 0.25`** in the consuming agent — extensions need it. Older eve silently ignores `agent/extensions/` (you'll see a "discover/unsupported-directory" warning and nothing mounts). The extension declares `eve` as a peer dependency floored at `>=0.25`, so the consumer's installed eve is the one that runs.
 - A **Kernel account** — a Vercel Connect Kernel connector (above) or a Kernel API key (below).
+- For the Connect path, **Vercel CLI `>= 58.8.0`** — `--connection-method` landed there. Older CLIs reject the flag.
 - `@vercel/connect` ships as a dependency of this extension (used for the Connect path) — no separate install.
 
 ## Authenticate with an API key instead

extension/extension.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 // plus the read -> act -> observe loop as a skill. Pick auth at the mount:
 //
 //   // Vercel Connect, per-user (recommended) — no API key:
-//   export default kernel({ connect: "mcp.onkernel.com/<your-connector>" });
+//   export default kernel({ connect: "kernel/<your-connector>" });   // --connection-method mcp
 //
 //   // Static API key (or omit and set KERNEL_API_KEY in the env):
 //   export default kernel({ apiKey: process.env.KERNEL_API_KEY });
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export default defineExtension({
     // `connect` is unset) the connection falls back to the KERNEL_API_KEY env var.
     apiKey: z.string().optional(),
     // Authenticate through Vercel Connect instead of an API key: pass the
-    // connector UID, brokered per-user (interactive consent). Uses `@vercel/connect`.
+    // connector UID (e.g. "kernel/kernel-mcp"), brokered per-user (interactive
+    // consent). Uses `@vercel/connect`.
     connect: z.string().optional(),
   }),
 });

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/eve-extension",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Kernel cloud browser extension for Vercel eve agents — mount one line and get session management, Playwright execution, and human-like computer controls as kernel__* tools.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",