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id: clerk/skills/clerk-tanstack-patterns
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install: manual
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# Clerk Tanstack Patterns — This skill covers authentication patterns for TanStack React Start, showing how to protect routes with beforeLoad guards, implement auth in server functions, and configure Clerk middleware on Vinxi. Learn the mental model of two-layer auth flow and avoid common setup mistakes.

Publisher: clerk · Stars: 63 · Updated: 2026-07-23

Install (manual): `git clone https://github.com/clerk/skills`

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