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# About checkpoints
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Cap's Checkpoints (previously known as middlewares) allow you to replicate Cloudflare's browser check interstitial. This helps prevent bots, LLMs and automated abuse from ever reaching your website.
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They're extremely simple to set up and use, with you only having to add a few lines of code to your server, unlike moving your entire website over to Cloudflare. Note that this is kind of a nuclear solution, as it _will_ also impact good bots such as search engine crawlers.
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## How do Checkpoints work?
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Checkpoints work by intercepting requests to your server and checking if the user has a valid `__cap_clearance` cookie. If the cookie is present and valid, the request is allowed to proceed. If not, the user is redirected to a challenge page. |