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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Amazon Verified Permissions is a scalable service for managing fine-grained perm
It helps secure applications by moving authorization logic outside the app and managing policies in one place, using the [Cedar policy language](https://docs.cedarpolicy.com/) to define access rules.
It checks if a principal can take an action on a resource in a specific context in your application.

LocalStack allows you to use the Verified Permissions APIs in your local environment to test your authorization logic, with integrations with other AWS services like Cognito.
LocalStack allows you to use the Verified Permissions APIs in your local environment to test your authorization logic, with integrations with other AWS services like Cognito. LocalStack uses the Cedar engine to evaluate permissions, ensuring authorization testing closely matches AWS Verified Permissions behavior.
The supported APIs are available on our [API Coverage section](#api-coverage), which provides information on the extent of Verified Permissions' integration with LocalStack.

## Getting started
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