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Applies Permix authorization once a schema exists: permix.check() paths and ReBAC callbacks, frontend bindings (permix/react, permix/vue, permix/solid, permix/svelte) with SSR dehydrate/hydrate for Next.js and TanStack Start, and server middleware (permix/express, hono, fastify, trpc, orpc, node, elysia). Use for anything past initial setup — checking permissions, gating UI, or protecting routes. For creating the schema and first `permix.setup()`, use permix-getting-started first.

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Permix — check, frontend, server

Assumes a permix instance already exists (see permix-getting-started). Load the reference file that matches the task instead of reading everything:

TaskReference
permix.check() paths, callbacks, ~all/~any, ReBAC/ABAC with entity data, isReadyreferences/check.md
React, Vue, Solid, or Svelte UI — PermixProvider, usePermix, createComponents, SSR dehydrate/hydrate for Next.js / TanStack Startreferences/frontend.md
Protecting Express, Hono, Fastify, tRPC, oRPC, Node, or Elysia routes — setupMiddleware, checkMiddlewarereferences/server.md

Rules that apply everywhere

  • Authorization must run on the server. Client-side check (React/Vue/Solid/Svelte) is UX only — mirror every path with checkMiddleware in references/server.md.
  • Use the same schema and path strings (post.update, not ad-hoc strings) across client hooks and server middleware, or types and behavior drift apart.
  • check before isReady throws PermixNotReadyError — gate UI with isReady/isReadyAsync, and call setupMiddleware before checkMiddleware on the server.
  • SSR hydrate alone is not enough. It only restores booleans; call setup again on the client for function-based/ReBAC rules — see the SSR section of references/frontend.md.