# better-auth-best-practices

- **Publisher**: Better Auth (Verified Publisher)
- **Repository**: https://github.com/better-auth/skills
- **skills.sh URL**: https://skills.sh/better-auth/skills/better-auth-best-practices
- **License**: MIT
- **Stars**: 18,400
- **Canonical Web Page**: https://builderthread.dev/skill/better-auth/skills/better-auth-best-practices
- **Parent Topic**: [auth](https://builderthread.dev/skill/for/auth.md)
- **Last Verified**: 2026-11-02
- **Supported Coding Agents**: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf

## Description
Complete implementation guidelines for Better Auth in Next.js App Router, covering server session validation, social logins, and multi-tenant organizations.

## Install Command
```bash
npx skills add better-auth/skills --skill better-auth-best-practices
```

## When to Use This Skill
- Setting up authentication in a full-stack Next.js or React application
- Configuring GitHub, Google, or custom OAuth sign-in providers
- Managing user sessions in server components, server actions, and middleware

## Files Inside Package
- `SKILL.md`
- `references/sessions.md`
- `references/oauth.md`

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