Clerk guides

Clerk offers a variety of guides to help you build and work with Clerk. These guides cover a broad range of topics, from authentication flows and user management to security, billing and deployment. This overview will help you quickly find the right guide for your needs, whether you're just getting started or looking to implement advanced features.

Authentication flows

Learn how to implement and customize authentication flows in your application using Clerk. Our guides cover everything from basic sign-up and sign-in to advanced authentication strategies like social providers, enterprise connections, and Web3 wallets. Each guide provides step-by-step instructions to help you tailor authentication to your specific needs.

User management

Learn how to manage users with Clerk, including sending invitations, updating and maintaining user profiles, extending user data beyond the default fields, and securely impersonating users. These guides provide best practices for efficient and secure user management.

Session management

Learn how to manage session tokens, including creating, verifying, customizing, and revoking sessions. These guides cover manual JWT verification, using JWT templates, and forcing token refreshes, providing best practices for secure session handling and token management.

Customizing Clerk

Learn how to customize Clerk's UI components, email templates, and other aspects of the user experience. These guides help you tailor Clerk to match your application's branding and user interface.

Securing your application

Learn how to enhance the security of your application with Clerk, including restricting access, performing authorization checks, and configuring session options. These guides also cover enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA), password policies, machine authentication, bot protection, preventing brute force attacks, and ensuring legal compliance.

B2B (Organizations)

Learn how to manage organizations in Clerk, including setting up verified domains, defining roles and permissions, sending invitations, and managing enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) connections. These guides also cover using organization slugs in URLs and managing metadata, helping you build secure and scalable B2B workflows.

Billing

Learn how to set up and manage billing for your application using Clerk's billing features. These guides cover B2C and B2B billing, setting up free trials, and working with webhook events related to subscription plans and payments.

Development

Learn how to develop and maintain your application with Clerk, covering everything from managing environments and building custom authentication flows

to using third-party integrations and making API requests. These guides also cover testing, troubleshooting, deployment, data migration, upgrading Clerk, and leveraging AI prompts, providing a complete toolkit for developers working with Clerk.

Clerk Dashboard

Learn how to navigate and use the Clerk Dashboard, including managing your Clerk instance, configuring settings, and monitoring usage. These guides help you make the most of the Clerk Dashboard's features and capabilities.

How Clerk works

Learn about the underlying concepts and technologies that power Clerk, including authentication protocols, token management, and security practices. These guides provide a deeper understanding of how Clerk works and how to leverage its features effectively.