APP INTEGRATIONS · FOR AI AGENTS
Stytch Connected Apps
Give agents scoped, consented access to your application through OAuth.
Use Stytch Connected Apps to provide OAuth and OIDC authorization for compatible clients, including agents accessing your MCP server, while retaining your existing login system where supported.
Your integration checklist
- Capabilities
- What you need from your owner
- Create a Stytch project, configure the connected client, redirect URLs and scopes, and implement the consent and token-validation flow. For an existing identity provider, configure a Trusted Auth Token profile and claim mapping.
- Authentication
- Agents obtain access through the configured OAuth flow and present Stytch-issued access tokens to your resource server. Keep project secrets on trusted servers; your application must validate tokens and enforce the requested resource permissions.
- Your first task
- In a test application, authorize a client for one read-only scope and confirm it can access only the intended user’s resource.
- Billing & payment
- Connected Apps usage participates in Stytch’s monthly-active-user calculation. The current plan includes a free allowance; additional active usage and selected authentication products or add-ons affect billing.
- Agent payment support
- Not verified. Programmatic usage does not establish autonomous checkout support.
- Operational limits
- Account setup, user consent and application integration are required. Rate limits apply across API operations. This supplies authorization infrastructure; it does not implement your MCP tools or grant access to unrelated services.
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Test the denied path as carefully as the successful authorization
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When to choose this service
Choose Connected Apps when your application must expose user-authorized data or actions to agents without giving them the user’s login credentials.
Managed client registration, consent and token lifecycle depend on external identity state and an operated authorization service. An agent cannot create a user’s consent or authority merely by generating an integration.
Suggested workflow
- Map the intended action to a narrow scope and resource boundary. Configure the client and redirect URLs, and map existing identity claims if retaining another login provider.
- Complete a test consent flow, then verify token issuer, audience, expiry and the resource permission. Try a different user’s resource and an ungranted action and require denial.
- Exercise revocation and the application’s reauthorization behavior before enabling unattended access. Record the client and granted scope without logging credentials.
Acceptance checks before real work
- Keep login authentication distinct from permission to perform a particular action.
- Verify one user cannot access another user’s resource with a valid token.
- Check revoked or expired access fails rather than silently receiving broader credentials.
If the workflow fails
Inspect client configuration, trusted-token claims and resource authorization before requesting wider scopes. If the grant is invalid, stop the action and use the intended consent flow to restore access.