---
title: "Clerk JavaScript Backend SDK for Server-Side Auth Workflows"
description: "Clerk’s JavaScript backend SDK gives agents a real server-side interface for auth and user management. It is useful for verifying sessions, fetching users, issuing invitations, and integrating Clerk into custom backend or edge workflows."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/clerk/javascript"
author: "clerk"
category:
  - "Security & Verification"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "clerk/javascript"
  github_stars: 1690
---

# Clerk JavaScript Backend SDK for Server-Side Auth Workflows

Clerk’s JavaScript backend SDK gives agents a real server-side interface for auth and user management. It is useful for verifying sessions, fetching users, issuing invitations, and integrating Clerk into custom backend or edge workflows.

## Prerequisites

npm, pnpm, yarn, go, java

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Documentation

- https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/clerk-javascript-backend-sdk-server-side-auth-workflows/)