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Above-the-fold capture of clerk.com
their above-the-fold, as captured

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clerk.com

clerk-com-2026-07-09-desktop

saas · desktop · 2026-07-09

50 /100

Thin ★★☆☆☆ 5 measured categories

Score breakdown

  • Offer clarity 8/8
  • Action path 11/20
  • Trust & proof 6/11
  • Friction reduction 4/10
  • Value reinforcement 0/10

The funnel, frame by frame

see their whole funnel without clicking through it — scored step by stepmeasured
Homepage / Lander
01

Homepage / Lander

5 tactics

$50 +5 more  ·  subscription

SubscriptionFree trialLogo wallPricing tiersDemo / docs
Pricing
02

Pricing

▲ strongest
8 tactics

$0.02 +20 more  ·  subscription  ·  1 proof point

Sticky CTASubscriptionTrust badgesFree trialNo cardLogo wallPricing tiersDemo / docs
Startups
03

Startups

▼ thinnest
3 tactics

$5 +2 more

Free giftTrust badgesDemo / docs

Why it scores what it does

the score explained category by category — expand any for the on-page language they usemeasured

Clerk scores 50/100 — thin evidence coverage. Strong on offer clarity, action path, and trust & proof; thin on value reinforcement. Expand any category for the on-page language.

Offer clarityhighpricing tiers
  • Pricing tiers
Action pathpartialfree trial / freemium and demo / docs entry
  • Free trial / freemiumfree trial / no credit card
  • Demo / docs entry

Not detected — proof above the fold and lead-capture form.

Trust & proofpartialtrusted-by logo wall
  • Trusted-by logo walltrusted-by / logo cloud

Not detected — usage / adoption proof.

Friction reductionpartialfree trial / freemium
  • Free trial / freemiumfree trial / no credit card

Not detected — FAQ / objection handling — 25 of 35 teardowns run FAQ / objection handling.

Value reinforcementnoneno signals detected

Not detected — us-vs-them comparison and usage / adoption proof.

Their design system

palette by on-page usage · type rendered live · the radius scalemeasured
full palette ordered by on-page usage %
primary#212126
accent#212126
bg#f7f7f8
surface#ffffff
text#131316
accent

Body copy in their text role, on a surface card.

the roles, doing their job
The quick brown fox64px
Jumps over the lazy dog32px
A subheading in their voice18px

Body copy set at their measured paragraph size. This is how their product reads to a first-time visitor — same family, same scale, same weight.

  • List item one, at body scale
  • List item two
  • List item three
3px
4px
6px
8px
12px
16px

Build brief — copy for your agent

the whole teardown as one grounded spec: tokens · proof language · detected tactics · funnel facts
clerk.com · 4/9 tactics · 1 proof templates · tokens ✓
# Agent Brief — build in the style of clerk.com

> Machine-extracted from a live funnel teardown (2026-07-09). 100% facts — measured
> tokens, detected patterns, harvested proof strings. No LLM interpretation.
> Tokens: `tokens.json` / `tailwind.css`.

**Category (label):** —
**Funnel:** Homepage / Lander → Pricing → Startups

## Palette (area-weighted from live CSS)
| Hex | Usage | Likely role |
|-----|------:|-------------|
| `#f7f7f8` | 36.9% | background |
| `#131316` | 30.5% | support |
| `#ffffff` | 20.6% | background |
| `#0a0a0b` | 7.1% | support |
| `#212126` | 3.3% | support |
| `#f8f8f8` | 0.6% | background |
| `#2f3037` | 0.3% | support |
| `#25252a` | 0.2% | support |

Curated roles: `primary=#212126` · `accent=#212126` · `bg=#f7f7f8` · `surface=#ffffff` · `text=#131316`

## Type
- Display: `geistNumbers`
- Body: `geistNumbers`
- Size scale (px): 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32, 64
- Radius (px): 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16

## Patterns detected (fact-based) — 4/9
- **Free trial / freemium** — A free trial, free tier, or "no credit card" entry offer. _(home: free trial / no credit card; p2: free trial / no credit card)_
- **Trusted-by logo wall** — Customer/company logos or a "trusted by / used by" claim. _(home: trusted-by / logo cloud; p2: trusted-by / logo cloud)_
- **Pricing tiers** — Named plan tiers with per-month / per-seat pricing. _(home: pricing tiers; p2: pricing tiers)_
- **Demo / docs entry** — A "book a demo" or documentation / API entry point. _(home: demo / docs; p2: demo / docs; p3: demo / docs)_

## Proof language (harvested strings → templates)
- `over {N} members` — e.g. "over 10,000 members"

## Funnel facts
- Depth reached: 3 steps
- Proof points: 1 across 1 steps
- Free-gift line items (max on a step): 0
- Discount/anchor pricing: no · Countdown: no · Subscription: yes
- Price continuity lander→checkout: not detected

## To replicate
Match the palette + type tokens above, deploy the detected patterns at the same funnel positions, and reuse the proof-language templates with your own numbers.