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Here’s what’s new in Clerk: account credits in Billing, self-serve SSO for customer IT admins, one-command MCP setup, and local webhook testing in the Clerk CLI. You’ll find those updates, plus customer and community highlights, below.
Let customers configure their own SSO connections
Customers' IT admins can now configure SAML connections from a new Security tab in <OrganizationProfile />, without access to the Clerk Dashboard. They can verify domains, configure a supported identity provider, test the connection, and activate it from your application. Self-serve SSO is available for applications using Clerk Organizations and can be enabled per Organization.
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Adjust account credits in Clerk Billing
Add or remove credits for Users and Organizations from the Clerk Dashboard or Backend API without changing their subscription pricing. Clerk applies the available balance to future charges and carries any remainder forward to later recurring invoices. Each adjustment appears in a ledger, giving you a history of credits added to or removed from the account.
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Connect your AI tools to Clerk MCP with one command
Run clerk mcp install to detect supported AI clients and register Clerk MCP in any client you choose. The command supports 10 clients, including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot in VS Code, and Codex, without requiring you to edit each client's config file. Registrations are available across your projects, and the CLI includes commands to list, check, and remove them.
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Test webhooks and impersonate users from the Clerk CLI
Clerk CLI 2.0 adds a local toolkit for listening to webhook deliveries, verifying signatures offline, and generating relay tokens. The new clerk impersonate command creates a short-lived sign-in URL for a specific user, so you can reproduce a report from their session. Each impersonation is attributed to your account for auditing, and both workflows run from the terminal.
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Other features, fixes, and improvements
Configurable default OAuth scopes
Deprecating CBC cipher suites
Choose what SAML sends as a login hint
Disable just-in-time provisioning for SAML connections
Customize your OAuth consent page
Composable UserProfile and OrganizationProfile components
Community and Events
Global meetups, built by the community
In June, community organizers hosted Clerk meetups in Philadelphia, Peshawar, Bolivia, Ecuador, Tanzania, and Kenya, with 20+ developers at each event. Attendees learned about Clerk, met other builders, and strengthened their local developer communities. We loved seeing organizers create spaces where developers could connect, share what they’re building, and grow their communities together.
Tanner Linsley on the Build Log
The Build Log returns with Jason Lengstorf and Tanner Linsley tracing TanStack’s growth from React Table and React Query into a thriving open source community, including how Tanner shares ownership with maintainers and is building toward a sustainable business.
Check out episode two now.
Missed the first episode with Clerk Co-Founder Colin Sidoti? Watch the full series.
Upcoming Events
Cafe Clerk in San Francisco on July 30th
Neighborhood Nights: After Hours Coworking in Philadelphia on August 5
RenderATL in Atlanta on August 12–13
Building Powerful CLI's with Go in Philadelphia on August 27th
The Next Craft in Lima, Bogotá, Guatemala, Arequipa, and El Salvador on August 29
More Clerk events are on the way, follow along on Luma for the latest updates.
Interested in hosting a Clerk event in your city? Sign up here and let’s make it happen.
Lastly, if you’re working on something new, head to your Clerk Dashboard and start building today.
- Emily at Clerk
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