Clerk · Authentication Profile

Clerk Dev Authentication

Authentication

Clerk secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

AuthenticationUser ManagementIdentitySessionsOrganizationsSSOJWTMFA
Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/clerk-dev-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: 'Your Clerk instance Secret Key (starts with sk_test_ or sk_live_) passed as
    `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY`.'
  sources:
  - openapi/clerk-dev-openapi.yml