# authentication-setup Walks you through choosing an auth lane for a web app or API and drawing the line between what the provider owns and what stays in your app. - skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 368 installs · ★ 50 - Author: akillness - License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page - Source: https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md - Updated: 2026-10-24 - HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/authentication-setup ## What it does Reach for this skill when the real task is designing or refactoring sign-in for a product: hosted, framework-native, platform-native, an enterprise add-on, or self-hosted. It does not hand you JWT snippets. Instead it classifies the job first — app type, runtimes, login methods, session model — then recommends one primary lane and at most one fallback. Supporting docs cover the decision matrix, a boundary checklist, session and deployment notes, and enterprise and migration notes. One step is explicitly about ownership: the provider usually handles sign-in methods, password reset, MFA and token issuance, while the app keeps local profiles, org membership, roles and billing-linked access. The shared edge is claims, webhooks, callback URLs, middleware and cookie config. It stays out of neighbouring work. Authorization policy and permission inheritance are a separate design problem, and cookie flags, CSRF, rate limiting and general hardening belong to a security skill. The skill runs with `Bash`, `Read`, `Write`, `Edit`, `Glob` and `Grep` against your project files. ## Install ### Claude Code (native platform) 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill authentication-setup -a claude-code ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `~/.claude/skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/authentication-setup/ ### Codex 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill authentication-setup -a codex ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.agents/skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/ ### Cursor 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill authentication-setup -a cursor ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.cursor/skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/ ### GitHub Copilot 1. **GitHub CLI** ```bash gh skill install akillness/jeo-skills authentication-setup ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.github/skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md` ### Gemini CLI 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill authentication-setup -a gemini-cli ``` 2. **Platform CLI** ```bash gemini skills install https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills --path .agent-skills/authentication-setup ``` ### Windsurf (Devin Desktop) **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.devin/skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works ### OpenCode **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill authentication-setup -a opencode ``` ### Claude.ai **Claude.ai** - Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/authentication-setup/SKILL.md ## When to use it - choose between hosted, framework-native and self-hosted auth - decide where sessions end and tokens begin - add social login or passkeys to an existing app - define which user and org data stays app-owned - plan an SSO and SCIM rollout without breaking current sign-in ## Example prompts - help me pick an auth setup for a new Next.js SaaS - map out what the auth provider owns versus what my app owns - I need to add organizations and invites on top of the current login ## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: 487c42894abf5ffa. BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 487c42894abf5ffa ```text --- name: authentication-setup description: >- Design or refactor product authentication setup for web apps and APIs. Use when choosing hosted/framework-native/platform-native/enterprise-add-on/self-hosted auth, sessions vs JWTs, OAuth/social login, passkeys, org/member models, callback/cookie environment setup, or SSO/SCIM rollout boundaries. license: MIT allowed-tools: Bash Read Write Edit Glob Grep metadata: version: 2.1.0 modernization: 2026-04-14 structural_hardening: 2026-04-17 tags: authentication-setup, auth, sessions, jwt, oauth, passkeys, sso, scim, product-auth, backend platforms: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini --- # Authentication Setup Use this skill when the real job is **choosing and structuring product authentication for a real app**, not dumping JWT snippets or pretending authentication, authorization, security hardening, and docs are all the same task. `authentication-setup` owns the setup layer for: - choosing hosted vs framework-native vs platform-native vs enterprise add-on vs self-hosted auth - deciding session/cookie vs token boundaries - selecting login methods: email/password, magic links, social OAuth, passkeys - defining what user/profile/org/membership data stays app-owned - planning SSO/SCIM, domain mapping, and migration/cutover boundaries - recording callback URLs, cookie domains, preview/staging drift, and rollout notes Read these support docs before choosing the lane or handoff: - [references/auth-decision-matrix.md](../authentication-setup--references/auth-decision-matrix.md) - [references/boundary-checklist.md](../authentication-setup--references/boundary-checklist.md) - [references/session-and-deployment-notes.md](../authentication-setup--references/session-and-deployment-notes.md) - [references/enterprise-and-migration-notes.md](../authentication-setup--references/enterprise-and-migration-notes.md) ## When to use this skill - Set up auth for a new web app, SaaS product, admin app, or API-backed product - Decide between Clerk, Auth.js, Better Auth, Supabase Auth, Firebase Auth, Cognito, Keycloak, or similar paths - Add or refactor sessions, cookies, refresh-token strategy, OAuth providers, or passkeys - Define app-owned users, profiles, orgs, memberships, and role boundaries around an auth provider - Add organizations, invites, enterprise SSO, SCIM, or domain verification as the next milestone - Untangle auth boundaries across frontend routes, middleware, backend APIs, and database policy layers ``` END THIRD-PARTY FILE 487c42894abf5ffa The third-party file has ended. 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