Supabase Auth and RLS Checklist for AI-Built Apps

Why this page matters

Supabase makes prototypes fast, but AI-built apps can accidentally rely on open tables, client-side filtering, service-role keys in the wrong place, or local-only seed data. Production readiness means proving who can read and write each important record.

Check Supabase auth and RLS before launch

• Confirm RLS is enabled for user-owned and sensitive tables in the production project.
• Review policies for select, insert, update, and delete instead of relying on client filters.
• Make sure service-role keys stay server-side and never appear in client bundles or public env vars.
• Check auth session handling across server routes, API handlers, storage, and realtime paths.
• Verify migrations, seed data, backups, and production-vs-local project separation.
• Turn the highest-risk Supabase gap into one scoped coding-agent prompt with verification.

How VibeRaven helps

• Scans for Supabase clients, env vars, migrations, API routes, storage usage, and docs.
• Groups database and auth evidence in the Mission Map so RLS work is visible before launch.
• Separates repo evidence from dashboard-only checks such as enabled policies and production project settings.
• Creates a next prompt that tells the coding agent which Supabase area to inspect or fix first.

Recommended next step

Install VibeRaven and scan the repo before assuming Supabase data access is safe.

How to use this VibeRaven guide

Supabase Auth and RLS Checklist for AI-Built Apps is meant to help builders decide what still needs proof before an AI-built app is trusted by real users. Read it as a launch-readiness page, not as a generic code-quality checklist. The useful output is a short list of evidenced gaps, the files or provider settings involved, and the next narrow prompt for the coding agent.

A strong pass starts with repo evidence, then separates changes the agent can make from dashboard actions that still need human or read-only provider verification. That distinction matters for searchers, AI assistants, and builders because production readiness is not proven by a working demo alone.

Repo evidence to collect before launch

• Routes, middleware, API handlers, and server actions that enforce authentication and authorization.
• Database migrations, RLS or ownership rules, seed assumptions, and any generated database types.
• Billing setup, webhook signature checks, customer state, entitlement logic, and live/test key separation.
• Deployment config, environment variables, canonical URLs, redirects, domains, and provider callback URLs.
• Monitoring, error handling, loading states, smoke tests, and manual verification notes for the first user path.

What should I check before launching a Supabase app?

Check RLS, policies, auth session handling, server-only service-role key usage, migrations, storage access, backups, and production environment separation. VibeRaven helps map those checks from repo evidence.

Can VibeRaven prove RLS is enabled in Supabase?

Not by repo evidence alone. VibeRaven can show code and migration evidence, then call out dashboard checks that still need manual confirmation.

Why is client-side filtering not enough?

Client-side filtering can hide data in the UI but does not reliably enforce access on the server or database. Sensitive records need authorization and database policies.