aid: clerk-com
name: Clerk
description: 'Clerk is a complete user management and authentication infrastructure platform offering embeddable UI components, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards. It provides full-stack authentication including multi-factor authentication, social sign-on, passkeys, organizations for B2B SaaS, billing, session management, and machine-to-machine authentication, with SDKs spanning Next.js, React, Expo, iOS, Android, Go, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and C#.

  '
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- B2B SaaS
- CIAM
- Identity Management
- MFA
- OAuth
- OpenID Connect
- Organizations
- Passkeys
- SAML
- Security
- Sessions
- SSO
- User Management
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-22'
modified: '2026-05-22'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: clerk-com:clerk-backend-api
  name: Clerk Backend API
  description: 'The Clerk Backend API is a REST API meant to be accessed by backend servers. It exposes resources for managing users, sessions, organizations, invitations, JWT templates, OAuth applications, SAML connections, M2M tokens, API keys, and billing — wrapped by every official Clerk backend SDK.

    '
  humanURL: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
  baseURL: https://api.clerk.com/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Backend
  - Identity Management
  - REST
  - User Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clerk-backend-api-openapi.yml
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/making/jwt-templates
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/clerk-rules.yml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-actor-tokens.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-agent-tasks.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-allow-list-block-list.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-api-keys.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-beta-features.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-billing.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-clients.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-domains.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-email-addresses.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-email-sms-templates.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-enterprise-connections.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-instance-settings.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-invitations.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-jwks.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-jwt-templates.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-m2m-tokens.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-machines.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-miscellaneous.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-oauth-access-tokens.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-oauth-applications.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organization-domains.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organization-invitations.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organization-memberships.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organization-permissions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organization-roles.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-organizations.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-phone-numbers.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-proxy-checks.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-redirect-urls.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-role-sets.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-saml-connections.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-sessions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-sign-in-tokens.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-sign-ups.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-testing-tokens.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-users.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-waitlist-entries.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-backend-api-webhooks.yaml
- aid: clerk-com:clerk-frontend-api
  name: Clerk Frontend API
  description: 'The Clerk Frontend API powers Clerk''s prebuilt UI components and JavaScript SDKs. It handles sign-in, sign-up, session, organization, passkey, multi-factor, billing, and waitlist flows directly from browser, mobile, and chrome-extension contexts.

    '
  humanURL: https://clerk.com/docs
  baseURL: https://{domain}.clerk.accounts.dev
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Frontend
  - JavaScript
  - Sessions
  - Sign-In
  - Sign-Up
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clerk.com/docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clerk-frontend-api-openapi.yml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-active-sessions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-api-keys.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-backup-codes.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-checkouts.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-client.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-devbrowser.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-domains.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-email-addresses.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-environment.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-external-accounts.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-health.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-invitations.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-members.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-membership-requests.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-miscellaneous.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-oauth2-callbacks.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-oauth2-identity-provider.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-organization-creation-defaults.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-organization.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-organizations-memberships.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-passkeys.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-payment-attempts.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-payment-methods.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-phone-numbers.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-plans.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-redirect.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-roles.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-saml.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-sessions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-sign-ins.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-sign-ups.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-statements.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-subscription-items.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-subscriptions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-totp.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-user.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-waitlist.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-web3-wallets.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-frontend-api-well-known.yaml
- aid: clerk-com:clerk-platform-api
  name: Clerk Platform API
  description: 'The Clerk Platform API (beta) is a partner / reseller surface for programmatically creating and managing Clerk applications, domains, application transfers, users, JWT templates, redirect URLs, and platform configuration on behalf of end customers.

    '
  humanURL: https://clerk.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.clerk.com/v1
  tags:
  - Applications
  - Beta
  - Multi-Tenant
  - Partner
  - Platform
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clerk.com/docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clerk-platform-api-openapi.yml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-application-transfers.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-applications.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-config.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-domains.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-jwt-templates.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-redirect-urls.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/clerk-platform-api-users.yaml
- aid: clerk-com:clerk-webhooks
  name: Clerk Webhooks
  description: 'Clerk Webhooks deliver real-time events for users, sessions, organizations, invitations, email, SMS, and SAML changes via Svix, allowing applications to react asynchronously to identity lifecycle events.

    '
  humanURL: https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview
  baseURL: https://api.clerk.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Events
  - Svix
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clerk-webhooks-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Homepage
  url: https://clerk.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://clerk.com/docs
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dashboard.clerk.com/sign-up
- type: SignIn
  url: https://dashboard.clerk.com/sign-in
- type: Pricing
  url: https://clerk.com/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://clerk.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://clerk.com/privacy
- type: Security
  url: https://clerk.com/security
- type: Blog
  url: https://clerk.com/blog
- type: Changelog
  url: https://clerk.com/changelog
- type: ChangelogRSS
  url: https://clerk.com/changelog/atom.xml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.clerk.com
- type: Support
  url: https://clerk.com/support
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/clerk
- type: OpenAPIRepository
  url: https://github.com/clerk/openapi-specs
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/ClerkDev
- type: SDK
  name: Next.js / React / Astro / Remix / Vue / Nuxt JavaScript Monorepo
  url: https://github.com/clerk/javascript
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Go SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-go
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Python SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-python
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Ruby SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-ruby
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Java SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-java
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk PHP SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-php
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk C# / .NET SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-csharp
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk iOS SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-ios
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Android SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-android
- type: SDK
  name: Clerk Flutter SDK
  url: https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-flutter
- type: CLI
  name: Clerk CLI
  url: https://github.com/clerk/cli
- type: CLI
  name: Clerk Protect CLI (Early Access)
  url: https://github.com/clerk/protect-cli
- type: Integration
  name: Supabase
  url: https://clerk.com/docs/integrations/databases/supabase
- type: Integration
  name: Convex
  url: https://clerk.com/docs/integrations/databases/convex
- type: Integration
  name: Vercel
  url: https://vercel.com/integrations/clerk
- type: Tool
  name: Clerk Agent Toolkit
  url: https://github.com/clerk/agent-toolkit-example
- type: Tool
  name: AgentPass
  url: https://github.com/clerk/agentpass
- type: Tool
  name: MCP Tools
  url: https://github.com/clerk/mcp-tools
- type: Tool
  name: Migration Tool
  url: https://github.com/clerk/migration-tool
- type: Plans
  url: plans/clerk-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/clerk-com-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/clerk-com-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/clerk-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/clerk-com-context.jsonld
- type: NaftikoWorkflow
  url: capabilities/clerk-b2b-saas.yaml
- type: NaftikoWorkflow
  url: capabilities/clerk-machine-to-machine.yaml
- type: NaftikoWorkflow
  url: capabilities/clerk-user-lifecycle.yaml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-user-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-user-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-session-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-session-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-organization-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-organization-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-organizationmembership-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-organizationmembership-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-organizationinvitation-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-organizationinvitation-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-invitation-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-invitation-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-emailaddress-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-emailaddress-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-phonenumber-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-phonenumber-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-client-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-client-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-oauthapplication-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-oauthapplication-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-samlconnection-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-samlconnection-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-jwttemplate-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-jwttemplate-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-signintoken-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-signintoken-structure.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/clerk-actortoken-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/clerk-actortoken-structure.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  X: https://x.com/apievangelist