Expert patterns for Clerk auth implementation, middleware, organizations, webhooks, and user sync Use when: adding authentication, clerk auth, user authentication, sign in, sign up.
Complete Clerk setup for Next.js 14/15 App Router.
Includes ClerkProvider, environment variables, and basic sign-in/sign-up components.
Key components:
Protect routes using clerkMiddleware and createRouteMatcher.
Best practices:
Access auth state in Server Components using auth() and currentUser().
Key functions:
| Issue | Severity | Solution |
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| Issue | critical | See docs |
| Issue | high | See docs |
| Issue | high | See docs |
| Issue | high | See docs |
| Issue | medium | See docs |
| Issue | medium | See docs |
| Issue | medium | See docs |
| Issue | medium | See docs |
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.