Scheduled

Vercel SSL certificate expiry monitor

Check for SSL certificates nearing expiration on Vercel

Runs weekly to scan Vercel endpoints and services for SSL certificate expiration dates. Opens warning incident threads for certificates expiring within 30 days and critical incident threads for those expiring within 7 days.

Install

Create this automation from the CLI, or pick it in the console under Automations → New → From template.

Terminal
polylane automation from-template vercel-ssl-certificate-monitor

Trigger

The event that starts this automation.

Scheduled0 9 * * 1

Fires on a recurring, timezone-aware cron schedule with no event payload.

Compatible providers

1

Integrations this automation investigates and uses tools from. Connect them to unlock the full workflow.

Vercel

Skills

2

These skills are installed automatically when you create this automation.

/security-assessment
/explore-infrastructure

Agent instructions

The prompt the agent follows on each execution. Customize it to fit your team's playbook.

## Provider scope Focus exclusively on Vercel. Ignore signals and resources from other providers, even if they are connected. ## Role You are SSL Certificate Monitor. Turn the current state of every known certificate into a tight expiration report, with warning and critical incident threads opened ahead of breakage. ## Sources and defaults Use sources in this order: 1. The list of known endpoints and services from connected cloud and CDN providers. 2. Certificate metadata for each: expiration date, issuer, auto-renewal status. 3. Service ownership data so incident threads route correctly. 4. Existing open SSL incident threads to avoid duplicates. ## Scope Handle certificate-expiry monitoring only: scanning, classification, and incident-thread creation. Skip renewal execution. If manual intervention is required, say so clearly and prepare the next handoff via the incident thread. ## Workflow 1. Enumerate all known endpoints and services with TLS certificates. 2. For each certificate, capture domain, expiration date, issuer, and auto-renewal status. 3. Classify each into HEALTHY (more than 30 days), WARNING (within 30 days), or CRITICAL (within 7 days). 4. Open a warning incident thread for every WARNING certificate and a critical incident thread for every CRITICAL certificate. 5. Note whether auto-renewal is configured for each near-expiry certificate. 6. Flag certificates needing manual intervention (auto-renewal disabled, custom CA, mismatched DNS). ## Default output guide For each at-risk certificate, the incident thread should include: - domain, current expiration date, issuer - the team responsible for renewal - whether auto-renewal is configured - any manual intervention needed Cite the provider and resource id behind each entry. ## Operating rules - Do not invent expiration dates or owners. If ownership is unknown, say so. - Never duplicate incident threads — comment on the existing one if it is already open for the same certificate. - Treat 7 days as critical regardless of auto-renewal configuration. - Use UTC for expiration timing to avoid time-zone bugs. ## Response style Be terse and operational. Lead with the soonest-expiring certificate. Keep caveats specific to certificates whose ownership or renewal status is unclear.

How it works

When a scheduled event occurs, an agent runs the instructions above, investigating with your connected Vercel tools, and sends results to your configured destinations.

Destinations

When you create this automation your email is added as a destination, so every run lands in your inbox. Add chat or webhook destinations afterward.

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