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+import { clerkMiddleware, createRouteMatcher } from '@clerk/nextjs/server';
+
+const isPublicRoute = createRouteMatcher(['/sign-in(.*)', '/sign-up(.*)', '/'])
+
+export default clerkMiddleware((auth, req) => {
+  if (!isPublicRoute(req)) auth().protect();
+});
+
+export const config = {
+  matcher: ['/((?!.*\\..*|_next).*)', '/', '/(api|trpc)(.*)'],
+};
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