Clerk

Clerk TOTP API

Used to interact with One Time Password authenticators of the current user.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /v1/me/totp Set up an authenticator app secret · Create TOTP #
Ask an LLM
“How do I enable an authenticator app for two-step verification on my account?”
“Can I create a second TOTP secret if I already have one?”
Tell an agent
Generate a new TOTP secret for my authenticator app.
Start authenticator app setup on my account.
DELETE /v1/me/totp Remove my authenticator app · Delete TOTP #
Ask an LLM
“How do I turn off authenticator-app two-factor on my account?”
“What happens to my existing authenticators when I delete my TOTP secret?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete my TOTP secret.
Disable my authenticator app two-factor.
POST /v1/me/totp/attempt_verification Confirm authenticator app setup with a code · Attempt TOTP Verification #
Ask an LLM
“How do I finish setting up my authenticator app with the six-digit code?”
“What do I send to verify a newly created TOTP secret?”
Tell an agent
Verify my authenticator app with code {code}.
Confirm my TOTP setup using code {code}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
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APIReference
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
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GettingStarted
https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview
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Authentication
https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/making/jwt-templates
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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs
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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/clerk-com-totp-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SpectralRuleset
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/rules/clerk-rules.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

clerk-com-totp-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Frontend TOTP API
  version: v1
  description: The Clerk REST Frontend API, meant to be accessed from a browser or native environment.
  x-logo:
    url: https://clerk.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fclerk-logo.svg&w=96&q=75
    altText: Clerk docs
    href: https://clerk.com/docs
  contact:
    email: support@clerk.com
    name: Clerk Team
    url: https://clerk.com/support
  termsOfService: https://clerk.com/terms
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://{domain}.clerk.accounts.dev
  variables:
    domain:
      default: example-destined-camel-13
      description: Your Development Instance Frontend API Domain.
security:
- {}
- DevBrowser: []
- ProductionBrowser: []
- ProductionNativeApp: []
  ProductionNativeFlag: []
tags:


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