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clerk-auth

Expert patterns for Clerk auth implementation, middleware, organizations, webhooks, and user sync Use when: adding authentication, clerk auth, user authentication, sign in, sign up.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a sparse, sectioned outline of Clerk patterns rather than actionable guidance: it names APIs and components but contains no executable code, no sequenced workflow, and a placeholder 'Sharp Edges' table. It is lean but largely unhelpful for execution.

Suggestions

Add concrete, copy-paste-ready code: a minimal middleware.ts with createRouteMatcher, the required environment variables, and a ClerkProvider wrapper example.

Replace the placeholder 'Sharp Edges' rows with real issues and solutions (or remove the table) instead of eight 'Issue | See docs' rows.

Provide a sequenced setup workflow with a validation checkpoint (e.g. verify the session resolves via auth() before protecting routes).

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean with no concept over-explanation, but tokens are wasted on the all-placeholder 'Sharp Edges' table (eight rows of 'Issue | See docs') and the filler line 'This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.'

3 / 5

Actionability

It names relevant APIs and components (ClerkProvider, clerkMiddleware, auth(), currentUser(), auth.protect()) but provides no executable code, no actual middleware.ts, and lists 'environment variables' without naming them, leaving only high-level hints.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sections imply a rough topical order (setup, middleware, server components) but there is no sequenced multi-step workflow and no validation checkpoints for risky auth/middleware configuration.

2 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body has section structure (Patterns subsections, Sharp Edges, When to Use) and no bundle files exist, but the 'See docs' references are unsignaled external pointers and the structure is thin rather than well-organized.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description successfully pairs a 'what' and a 'when' with mostly natural trigger terms and a clearly Clerk-scoped niche. It loses points for the buzzwordy 'Expert patterns' framing and topic-noun rather than action-verb specificity.

Suggestions

Replace the padded 'Expert patterns for' lead with concrete action verbs, e.g. 'Implement Clerk auth: set up middleware, configure organizations, handle webhooks, and sync users.'

Add missing natural trigger synonyms such as 'login', 'log in', 'register', and 'session' to the 'Use when' clause.

Tighten the 'what' so it reads as actions rather than a noun list, which would lift specificity and completeness.

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Specificity

The description enumerates concrete Clerk domains ('implementation, middleware, organizations, webhooks, and user sync') but frames them as noun-topics under the padded lead 'Expert patterns for' rather than concrete action verbs, so it names the domain and several areas without action-level specificity.

3 / 5

Completeness

It answers both 'what' (the listed Clerk capability areas) and 'when' ('Use when: adding authentication...'), but the 'what' is a topic list rather than crisp actions, so it falls just below the explicit/concrete anchor 5.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user phrases are present ('adding authentication, clerk auth, user authentication, sign in, sign up'), giving good keyword coverage, though common synonyms like 'login', 'log in', and 'register' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'clerk auth' anchors a clear niche with minimal conflict risk, but generic triggers like 'user authentication, sign in, sign up' could overlap with non-Clerk auth skills, leaving minor overlap risk.

4 / 5

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Validation

93%

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