Handles the tricky parts of Clerk auth in Next.js that trip up most developers. Shows you when to use `await auth()` vs `useAuth()` hooks, how to protect Server Actions properly, and middleware patterns for public-first vs protected-first routing. The caching guidance alone will save you from serving the wrong user's data. Includes JWT verification patterns for external APIs and covers the Core 2 vs current SDK differences inline. If you're beyond basic Clerk setup and hitting auth edge cases or performance issues, this cuts through the confusion with concrete patterns.
npx skills add https://github.com/clerk/skills --skill clerk-nextjs-patterns