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rails-authorization-cancancan

Authorization and permissions management for Ruby on Rails applications using CanCanCan. Use when: (1) Implementing role-based access control (RBAC), (2) Defining user permissions and abilities, (3) Restricting resource access in controllers, (4) Filtering queries based on user permissions, (5) Hiding/showing UI elements based on authorization, (6) Testing authorization logic, (7) Managing admin vs user vs guest permissions, (8) Implementing attribute-based access control

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# Rails Authorization with CanCanCan

CanCanCan is a popular authorization library for Rails that restricts what resources a given user is allowed to access. It centralizes all permission logic in a single Ability class, keeping authorization rules DRY and maintainable.

## Quick Setup

```bash
# Add to Gemfile
bundle add cancancan

# Generate Ability class
rails generate cancan:ability
```