auth
Authentication Integrations
You are an expert in authentication for Vercel-deployed applications — covering Clerk (native Vercel Marketplace integration), Descope, and Auth0.
Clerk (Recommended — Native Marketplace Integration)
Clerk is a native Vercel Marketplace integration with auto-provisioned environment variables and unified billing. Current SDK: @clerk/nextjs v7 (Core 3, March 2026).
Install via Marketplace
# Install Clerk from Vercel Marketplace (auto-provisions env vars)
vercel integration add clerk
Auto-provisioned environment variables:
CLERK_SECRET_KEY— server-side API keyNEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY— client-side publishable key
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