diff --git a/packages/shared/src/errors/apiResponseError.ts b/packages/shared/src/errors/apiResponseError.ts
index e3541649735..e60d15b7cc5 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/errors/apiResponseError.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/errors/apiResponseError.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
 
 import { parseErrors } from './parseError';
 
-interface ClerkAPIResponseOptions {
+export interface ClerkAPIResponseOptions {
   data: ClerkAPIErrorJSON[];
   status: number;
   clerkTraceId?: string;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/errors/future/clerkApiError.ts b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/clerkApiError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2d449a518b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/clerkApiError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* eslint-disable jsdoc/require-jsdoc */
+import type { ClerkAPIErrorJSON, ClerkApiErrorResponseJSON } from '@clerk/types';
+
+import { parseError } from '../parseError';
+import { ClerkError } from './future';
+
+/**
+ * A ClerkError subclass that represents the shell response of a Clerk API error.
+ * This error contains an array of ClerkApiError instances, each representing a specific error that occurred.
+ */
+export class ClerkApiResponseError extends ClerkError {
+  readonly name = 'ClerkApiResponseError';
+  readonly retryAfter?: number;
+  readonly errors: ClerkApiError[];
+
+  constructor(data: ClerkApiErrorResponseJSON) {
+    const errorMesages = data.errors.map(e => e.message).join(', ');
+    const message = `Api errors occurred: ${errorMesages}. Check the \`errors\` property for more details about the specific errors.`;
+    super({ message, code: 'clerk_api_error', clerkTraceId: data.clerk_trace_id });
+    this.errors = data.errors.map(e => new ClerkApiError(e));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type guard to check if an error is a ClerkApiResponseError.
+ * Can be called as a standalone function or as a method on an error object.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * // As a standalone function
+ * if (isClerkApiResponseError(error)) { ... }
+ *
+ * // As a method (when attached to error object)
+ * if (error.isClerkApiResponseError()) { ... }
+ */
+export function isClerkApiResponseError(error: Error): error is ClerkApiResponseError;
+export function isClerkApiResponseError(this: Error): this is ClerkApiResponseError;
+export function isClerkApiResponseError(this: Error | void, error?: Error): error is ClerkApiResponseError {
+  const target = error ?? this;
+  if (!target) {
+    throw new TypeError('isClerkApiResponseError requires an error object');
+  }
+  return target instanceof ClerkApiResponseError;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This error contains the specific error message, code, and any additional metadata that was returned by the Clerk API.
+ */
+export class ClerkApiError extends ClerkError {
+  readonly name = 'ClerkApiError';
+
+  constructor(json: ClerkAPIErrorJSON) {
+    const parsedError = parseError(json);
+    super({
+      code: parsedError.code,
+      message: parsedError.message,
+      longMessage: parsedError.longMessage,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type guard to check if a value is a ClerkApiError instance.
+ */
+export function isClerkApiError(error: Error): error is ClerkApiError {
+  return error instanceof ClerkApiError;
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/errors/future/future.ts b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/future.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a1a5936360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/future.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+export interface ClerkErrorParams {
+  /**
+   * A message that describes the error. This is typically intented to be showed to the developers.
+   * It should not be shown to the user or parsed directly as the message contents are not guaranteed
+   * to be stable - use the `code` property instead.
+   */
+  message: string;
+  /**
+   * A machine-stable code that identifies the error.
+   */
+  code: string;
+  /**
+   * A user-friendly message that describes the error and can be displayed to the user.
+   * This message defaults to English but can be usually translated to the user's language
+   * by matching the `code` property to a localized message.
+   */
+  longMessage?: string;
+  /**
+   * A trace ID that can be used to identify the error in the Clerk API logs.
+   */
+  clerkTraceId?: string;
+  kind?: string;
+  /**
+   * The cause of the error, typically an `Error` instance that was caught and wrapped by the Clerk error handler.
+   */
+  cause?: Error;
+  /**
+   * A URL to the documentation for the error.
+   */
+  docsUrl?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A temporary placeholder, this will eventually be replaced with a
+ * build-time flag that will actually perform DCE.
+ */
+const __DEV__ = true;
+
+export class ClerkError extends Error {
+  readonly clerkError = true as const;
+  readonly name: string = 'ClerkError';
+  readonly code: string;
+  readonly longMessage: string | undefined;
+  readonly clerkTraceId: string | undefined;
+  readonly kind: string;
+  readonly docsUrl: string | undefined;
+  readonly cause: Error | undefined;
+
+  constructor(opts: ClerkErrorParams) {
+    const formatMessage = (msg: string, code: string, docsUrl: string | undefined) => {
+      msg = `${this.name}: ${msg.trim()}\n\n(code="${code}")\n\n`;
+      if (__DEV__) {
+        msg += `\n\nDocs: ${docsUrl}`;
+      }
+      return msg;
+    };
+
+    super(formatMessage(opts.message, opts.code, opts.docsUrl), { cause: opts.cause });
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, ClerkError.prototype);
+
+    this.code = opts.code;
+    this.kind = opts.kind ?? 'ClerkError';
+    this.docsUrl = opts.docsUrl;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type guard to check if a value is a ClerkError instance.
+ */
+export function isClerkError(val: unknown): val is ClerkError {
+  return !!val && typeof val === 'object' && 'clerkError' in val && val.clerkError === true;
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/errors/future/globalHookError.ts b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/globalHookError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e309ac47a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/errors/future/globalHookError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { isClerkApiResponseError } from './clerkApiError';
+import type { ClerkError } from './future';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a ClerkGlobalHookError object from a ClerkError instance.
+ * It's a wrapper for all the different instances of Clerk errors that can
+ * be returned when using Clerk hooks.
+ */
+export function ClerkGlobalHookError(error: ClerkError) {
+  const predicates = {
+    isClerkApiResponseError,
+  } as const;
+
+  for (const [name, fn] of Object.entries(predicates)) {
+    Object.assign(error, { [name]: fn });
+  }
+
+  return error as ClerkError & typeof predicates;
+}
+
+const ar = ClerkGlobalHookError({} as any);
+
+console.log(ar.retryAfter);
+if (ar.isClerkApiResponseError()) {
+  console.log(ar.retryAfter);
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/errors/parseError.ts b/packages/shared/src/errors/parseError.ts
index ee343bbbb5a..9191c58683c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/errors/parseError.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/errors/parseError.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function parseError(error: ClerkAPIErrorJSON): ClerkAPIError {
     code: error.code,
     message: error.message,
     longMessage: error.long_message,
+    clerkTraceId: error.clerk_trace_id,
     meta: {
       paramName: error?.meta?.param_name,
       sessionId: error?.meta?.session_id,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api.ts b/packages/types/src/api.ts
index bd1c3cfc3c7..42f47175025 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export interface ClerkAPIError {
    * A more detailed message that describes the error.
    */
   longMessage?: string;
+  /**
+   * A trace ID that can be used to identify the error in the Clerk API logs.
+   */
+  clerkTraceId?: string;
   /**
    * Additional information about the error.
    */
diff --git a/packages/types/src/errors.ts b/packages/types/src/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c66ace0514b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { ClientJSON } from './json';
+
+export interface ClerkApiErrorResponseJSON {
+  errors: ClerkAPIErrorJSON[];
+  clerk_trace_id?: string;
+  meta?: { client?: ClientJSON };
+}
+
+export interface ClerkAPIErrorJSON {
+  code: string;
+  message: string;
+  long_message?: string;
+  clerk_trace_id?: string;
+  meta?: {
+    param_name?: string;
+    session_id?: string;
+    email_addresses?: string[];
+    identifiers?: string[];
+    zxcvbn?: {
+      suggestions: {
+        code: string;
+        message: string;
+      }[];
+    };
+    plan?: {
+      amount_formatted: string;
+      annual_monthly_amount_formatted: string;
+      currency_symbol: string;
+      id: string;
+      name: string;
+    };
+    is_plan_upgrade_possible?: boolean;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index b0f51eec6fc..84360a39bac 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export * from './router';
 /**
  * TODO @revamp-hooks: Drop this in the next major release.
  */
+export * from './errors';
 export * from './runtime-values';
 export * from './saml';
 export * from './samlAccount';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/json.ts b/packages/types/src/json.ts
index 9ab16c1540c..11f5d5334ca 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/json.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/json.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type {
 import type { CommerceSettingsJSON } from './commerceSettings';
 import type { DisplayConfigJSON } from './displayConfig';
 import type { EnterpriseProtocol, EnterpriseProvider } from './enterpriseAccount';
+import type { ClerkAPIErrorJSON } from './errors';
 import type { EmailAddressIdentifier, UsernameIdentifier } from './identifiers';
 import type { ActClaim } from './jwtv2';
 import type { OAuthProvider } from './oauth';
@@ -359,32 +360,6 @@ export interface SignUpVerificationJSON extends VerificationJSON {
   channel?: PhoneCodeChannel;
 }
 
-export interface ClerkAPIErrorJSON {
-  code: string;
-  message: string;
-  long_message?: string;
-  meta?: {
-    param_name?: string;
-    session_id?: string;
-    email_addresses?: string[];
-    identifiers?: string[];
-    zxcvbn?: {
-      suggestions: {
-        code: string;
-        message: string;
-      }[];
-    };
-    plan?: {
-      amount_formatted: string;
-      annual_monthly_amount_formatted: string;
-      currency_symbol: string;
-      id: string;
-      name: string;
-    };
-    is_plan_upgrade_possible?: boolean;
-  };
-}
-
 export interface TokenJSON extends ClerkResourceJSON {
   object: 'token';
   jwt: string;