Access and gates

You set the mode in the base settings. Independently of the base mode, individual entries can also be public or internal.

An internal base shows a verification gate instead of content:

1. The visitor enters their email address.
2. If the address is on the allowed list, clarife sends a 6-digit one-time code.
3. After entering the correct code, the portal opens. The verification is remembered in the browser for 24 hours.

You build the allowed list from two parts:

• Allowed emails — specific people, e.g. anna@acme.com.
• Allowed domains — whole companies, e.g. acme.com (any address in that domain passes verification).

ℹ️ Info: The code expires after 30 minutes and works once. Code requests and verification attempts are rate-limited to prevent guessing.

💡 Tip: The email gate is access control, not address collection — you're verifying that the reader belongs to the right organization.

You can run one base for everyone and mark selected entries as internal:

• Regular visitors don't see them — not in the navigation, not in search.
• The portal footer has a discreet "Have extended access? Verify your email" link — after verification (against the same allowed list), internal entries appear with a lock badge.

It's a handy pattern for a help center with a "partners only" or "team only" section.

Every entry inherits the protections of its share link — they work in the portal exactly as they do at the /s/... address:

• password protection,
• the link's email gate,
• domain allowlist,
• expiry date.

A visitor who passed an article's gate in the portal has it passed at the direct /s/... link too (and vice versa).

⚠️ Warning: Content of entries with a gated link is not covered by the portal's full-text search — only their titles and descriptions appear in results. This keeps protected content from leaking through result snippets. Details in search.

Article views in the portal count toward share statistics, the same as visits from the direct link.

The base gate (internal mode) protects the whole portal with one email sign-in. Link gates protect a single article and are configured per share. They can be combined.

No — the verification is valid for 24 hours in the same browser. After that, the portal asks for a new code.

If the address isn't on the allowed list, they find out when requesting a code — with a note to contact the base's administrator.

No. Internal bases have indexing disabled regardless of settings — search engines only see the gate.