Clerk Hello World

Overview

Make your first authenticated request using Clerk to verify the integration works.

Prerequisites

• Clerk SDK installed (clerk-install-auth completed)
• Environment variables configured
• ClerkProvider wrapping application

Instructions

Step 1: Create Protected Page

// app/dashboard/page.tsx
import { auth, currentUser } from '@clerk/nextjs/server'

export default async function DashboardPage() {
  const { userId } = await auth()
  const user = await currentUser()