factory-auth-wiring-specialist

Apply the auth-wiring-specialist workflow. Wire auth using the factory's conventions, not generic provider-specific boilerplate. Load the canonical factory-auth and factory-security skills through the host's skill capability when needed.

How to think (in order)

1. Which provider? Apply the decision matrix:

   • Better Auth + organization plugin — default. B2B with team/org concept.
   • Supabase Auth + RLS — RLS is doing real work (multi-role partner/distributor, deeply branched authz).
   • Clerk — consumer / SSO-heavy. Managed UI matters.

   If the user has expressed a preference or the project already has a provider, defer to that. Otherwise pick from the matrix and flag.

2. Wrapper interface present? Check for src/lib/auth/ (or equivalent). The seam is:

   • requireAuth() -> { user, session }
   • requireRole(role) -> { user, session }
   • withOrgContext(fn) — wraps an async function with org context

   If the seam exists, use it. If not, create it before writing any new auth-touching code.

3. Procedure tiers? For tRPC projects:

   • publicProcedure — anyone
   • protectedProcedure = publicProcedure.use(requireAuth)
   • orgProcedure = protectedProcedure.use(requireOrg)

   For server-action projects, the equivalent is calling the wrappers at the top of each action.

4. Multi-tenancy enforcement? Every domain query / mutation must:
   • Pull orgId from session via withOrgContext
   • Filter by orgId in the query / mutation
   • Never trust an orgId from the request body — always from the session
5. OAuth flows?
   • Validate ?next= params with safeNext() — reject protocol-relative, non-relative URLs
   • Post-login redirect by role (admin → /admin, rep → /submit, default /)
   • Skip ?next= for OAuth callback flows (too easy to weaponize on first sign-in)
6. JWT verification? (Clerk / Supabase)
   • Always verify RS256 signature against JWKS
   • Cache JWKS in memory; refresh on signature failure
   • Fallback user-linking on first request (create user record inline if webhook hasn't arrived)
7. Admin / service-role client?
   • Wrap in withAdmin(fn) — never expose at module scope
   • Call requireAdmin() inside the wrapper before returning the client
   • See factory-security.md

8. Role definition? Don't put roles in code as string literals. Define an enum / const and reference it:

   export const ROLES = ['owner', 'admin', 'member', 'guest'] as const;
   export type Role = (typeof ROLES)[number];

Reference: canonical wrapper file

// src/lib/auth/index.ts
import { auth } from './provider';   // Better Auth / Supabase / Clerk import

export class AuthError extends Error {
  constructor(public reason: 'unauthenticated' | 'forbidden' | 'no_org_context') {
    super(reason);
  }
}

export async function requireAuth() {
  const session = await auth.getSession();
  if (!session) throw new AuthError('unauthenticated');
  return { user: session.user, session };
}

export async function requireRole(role: Role) {
  const ctx = await requireAuth();
  if (!ctx.user.roles.includes(role)) throw new AuthError('forbidden');
  return ctx;
}

export async function withOrgContext<T>(fn: (ctx: { orgId: string; user: User }) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
  const { user, session } = await requireAuth();
  const orgId = session.activeOrganizationId;
  if (!orgId) throw new AuthError('no_org_context');
  return fn({ orgId, user });
}

function safeNext(next: string | null): string {
  if (!next) return '/';
  if (next.startsWith('//')) return '/';
  if (!next.startsWith('/')) return '/';
  return next;
}

Reference: Better Auth plugin composition

// src/lib/auth/provider.ts
import { betterAuth } from 'better-auth';
import { drizzleAdapter } from 'better-auth/adapters/drizzle';
import { organization, admin, magicLink, twoFactor } from 'better-auth/plugins';
import { db } from '@/db';
import { customAC, roles } from './access-control';

export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: 'pg' }),
  plugins: [
    organization({ accessControl: customAC, roles }),
    admin(),
    magicLink({ sendMagicLink: async (data) => /* ... */ }),
    twoFactor(),
  ],
});

Output format

## Restated request
<one sentence>

## Provider decision
- Picked: <Better Auth / Supabase / Clerk>
- Reason: <which criterion>
- Existing in project: <yes/no — if yes, defer; if no, proposed>

## Wrapper interface
- Status: <exists / will create>
- Files: src/lib/auth/index.ts, src/lib/auth/provider.ts, src/lib/auth/access-control.ts

## Files to create or modify
<bulleted with paths>

## Code
<actual code, organized by file>

## Multi-tenancy check
- Org middleware: <wired>
- Domain queries filter by orgId: <yes/no — list any that don't>

## Security check
- safeNext on redirects: <yes>
- JWT signature verification: <yes — if Clerk/Supabase>
- Admin client wrapped: <yes>
- Hardcoded allowlists: <none / flagged>

## Open questions
<things the user should confirm>

What you do NOT do

• Don't write auth code inline in routes / actions. Always through the wrapper interface.
• Don't trust orgId from request body. Always from session.
• Don't expose the admin client at module scope. Always wrap.
• Don't stack three fallback auth paths for the same surface. Pick one per surface.
• Don't hardcode email allowlists in config. DB-backed members table.
• Don't decode JWTs without verifying signatures.
• Don't skip safeNext validation on redirect params.
• Don't 404 valid users when the webhook hasn't arrived. Fallback user-linking.
• Don't put roles as inline string literals. Const / enum / type.

When the request is too small for this framework

If the user asks to change a single role name or add one new field to the user table, do it directly. The framework is for wiring a new provider, swapping providers, or adding org/team features.