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title: Introduction
description: Manage user roles and permissions with SuperTokens.
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## Overview

**SuperTokens** provides a way to set different levels of authorization control through the `User Roles` feature.
With it, you can create roles and permissions, assign them to your users and limit access based on your application logic.

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## Getting started

You can go through the *Initial Setup* page for a quick tutorial on how to configure the feature. 

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  <Card title="Quickstart" href="/additional-verification/user-roles/initial-setup">
Go through a quick tutorial that shows you how to add the **Email Verification** recipe to your application.
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## Customization 

To adjust the functionality to fit your use case you can explore different sections from the documentation. 

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  <Card title="Protect frontend and backend routes" href="/additional-verification/user-roles/protecting-routes">
Limit the access to your frontend and backend routes based on roles and permissions.
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  <Card title="Manage roles and permissions" href="/additional-verification/user-roles/role-management-actions">
Create new roles and permissions, assign them to users and manage them.
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