Alex Rapp

I help @clerk grow | Go Sox | Go Bills | I like sharks

[Robert Soriano @wobsoriano]

Sign in on devices where signing in is a pain.

Powered by @Clerk’s OAuth Device Authorization Grant.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

It just keeps getting easier to build with @clerk

[Colin Sidoti @tweetsbycolin]

The last domino!

I don't have to tell you to `npx plugins add clerk/skills` anymore 🚀

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

♥️ @Max33Verstappen

[Formula 1 @F1]

Too good, Max 😂

#F1 #BrazilGP @redbullracing

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

It's important to be selective as to who you partner with.

Not everyone is thinking about optimizing their content for agents.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

Over the last 3 years at @clerk, I’ve worked with 70+ YouTube creators. That content is evergreen on YT and in organic search.

It shows up in AI answers, too. In the answers we track, YT content featuring Clerk gets cited nearly as often as competitor content that mentions us.

[Aaron Cort (AC) @aaronjcort]

https://t.co/IUxIJrljIg

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

We’ve been on an agent rampage at @clerk

One example: Ask your agent to find a user instead of opening the dashboard

The curiosity: When we share workflows like this on X, do the docs behind them get cited more often in prompt responses?

[Clerk @clerk]

1. Users and orgs from your agent

Josh lists orgs and finds a user, all from his agent. Demo below.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

Excited to test this. We've been working closely with the @gauge_sh team over the last few months.

This gives you the ability to run Claude Code, Codex, Pi or OpenCode against your product on your own machine, find where agents struggle, and test fixes before you ship.

[Caelean @the1024th]

Today we're open-sourcing the Gauge CLI.
@gauge_sh helps you make something agents want, for free.

Why are we doing this?

Just a year ago, the capabilities in this CLI could have justified a SaaS fee, and might have even been the core business.

But coding agents have completely changed the game.

More than 85% of the coding sessions that users run on our platform are initiated through the CLI, triggered by their coding agent.

Users just want their agent to solve problems, whether that means building from scratch or picking the best vendor for their problem. We know that the tools they pick are the ones with zero-friction onboarding, and legitimate value up-front.

The bar to sell software has risen, and agents need to try it before users do.

Make something agents want with the Gauge CLI. Get started now for free.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

The takeaway: Before trying to “write for AI,” check whether your best evidence is easy to find for an agent, current, & consistent across the whole content library.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

A practical AEO lesson from auditing our content library:

A piece of content can be accurate on its own & still contribute to a confusing answer when other owned content describes the same feature, price, or limitation differently.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

In AEO reporting, separate a brand mention from a citation. Then inspect which pages were cited and whether the answer represented them accurately.

Visibility alone can hide a wrong or incomplete explanation.

[Colin Sidoti @tweetsbycolin]

Native mobile vs web have very different attack vectors, so it's common to want different session lifetimes on each

Now you can 👇

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

Great founder led growth

[dax @thdxr]

adam and david are being perfectionists and refusing to release the new website so i'm having opencode make our current one worse every 10min

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

@Yerbamatt How far out are we from a 'filter AI content' option in browsers/apps?

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

@adrknapp @clerk @adrknapp you found the van! Shoot me a DM & I'll send you a link for your very own mini Clerk van

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

@dominikkoch Needs a @clerk sticker. DM me & I'll shoot you a link for some swag, including stickers 😎

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

@theHankTaylor Ha! I love this. Mental fuel. I've had a couple but these are the ones that still push me:
"You'll be back. The grass isn't greener."
"He's a one-trick pony."
"That's not your job. Stay in your lane."

The last one resonates most. That's culture I'll run from any day.

[Alex Rapp @_Dapp]

@chrissev @bot @Muse So clever but yet so simple