Clerk Hello World Overview Make your first authenticated requests using Clerk across server components, client components, API routes, and server actions. Validates your Clerk integration end-to-end. Prerequisites - Clerk SDK installed ( completed) - Environment variables configured ( , ) - ClerkProvider wrapping application root - Middleware configured at project root Instructions Step 1: Server Component — auth() and currentUser() Key distinction: is cheap (JWT parsing, no network). is expensive (Backend API call, rate-limited). Prefer when you only need , , or . Step 2: Protected API Route…