Sep 14, 2026 / 1 fact
Create an archive snippet comparing Clerk, Auth0, and custom auth. Use this brief: Clerk supplies hosted email/password, magic links, sessions, and organizations quickly but adds a dependency. Auth0 is hosted auth that avoids an in-house build, but pricing required repeated sales conversations. Custom auth offers control over organizations, invites, and administration, but costs Devon and Rishi two to three weeks away from agent work.
Morgan Chen requested a skimmable auth comparison of Clerk, Auth0, and custom auth, with exactly three bullets per option covering what it is, its upsides, and its biggest worry, rather than a memo.
need the auth thing in a format i can skim. Clerk, Auth0, custom auth. 3 bullets each only: what it is, upsides, biggest worry. not a memo.
Message 000320 in historyfield_equals / create_doc{
"type": "field_equals",
"tool": "create_doc",
"path": "result.ok",
"value": true,
"check_id": "morgan_197_00",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
}field_markdown_bullets / create_doc{
"type": "field_markdown_bullets",
"path": "result.document.body",
"value": {
"exact_items": 9
},
"tool": "create_doc",
"check_id": "morgan_197_01",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
}field_llm_judge / create_doc{
"type": "field_llm_judge",
"path": "result.document.body",
"criterion": "Uses exactly three substantive bullets for each of Clerk, Auth0, and custom auth: what it is, upsides, and biggest worry. Allows short option labels but no extra comparison table, memo, or recommendation outside those bullets.",
"tool": "create_doc",
"check_id": "morgan_197_02",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
}{
"type": "tool_trace",
"config": {
"check_version": 2,
"today": "2026-09-14",
"assertions": [
{
"type": "field_equals",
"tool": "create_doc",
"path": "result.ok",
"value": true,
"check_id": "morgan_197_00",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
},
{
"type": "field_markdown_bullets",
"path": "result.document.body",
"value": {
"exact_items": 9
},
"tool": "create_doc",
"check_id": "morgan_197_01",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
},
{
"type": "field_llm_judge",
"path": "result.document.body",
"criterion": "Uses exactly three substantive bullets for each of Clerk, Auth0, and custom auth: what it is, upsides, and biggest worry. Allows short option labels but no extra comparison table, memo, or recommendation outside those bullets.",
"tool": "create_doc",
"check_id": "morgan_197_02",
"action_id": "morgan_197_create_doc"
}
]
}
}tests/morgan/197.yaml
SHA-256: 5450417e20299c3f72d323b7c5bb686928978b4b3fd3cae60e695a6a6fee199d