Add Xero as a social connection

Enable Xero as a social connection

1. In the Clerk Dashboard, navigate to the SSO connections⁠ page.
2. Select Add connection and select For all users.
3. In the Choose provider dropdown, select Xero.
4. Ensure that both Enable for sign-up and sign-in and Use custom credentials are toggled on.
5. Save the Redirect URI somewhere secure. Keep this modal and page open.

Create a Xero app

1. In the top-right of the Xero Developer⁠ home page, select New app. The Add a new app modal will open.
2. Fill out the necessary information. In the Redirect URI field, paste the Redirect URI value you saved from the Clerk Dashboard.
3. Select Create app. You'll be redirected to the app's App details page.
4. In the left sidebar, select Configuration.
5. Select Generate a secret. Save the Client ID and Client Secret somewhere secure.

Set the Client ID and Client Secret in the Clerk Dashboard

1. Navigate back to the Clerk Dashboard where the modal should still be open. Paste the Client ID and Client Secret values that you saved into the respective fields.
2. Select Add connection.

Test your connection

The simplest way to test your connection is to visit your Clerk app's Account Portal, which is available for all Clerk apps out-of-the-box.

1. In the Clerk Dashboard, navigate to the Account Portal⁠ page.
2. Next to the Sign-in URL, select Visit. The URL should resemble:

• For development – https://your-domain.accounts.dev/sign-in
• For production – https://accounts.your-domain.com/sign-in

1. Sign in with your connection's credentials.