# configure-auth

Adds authentication and authorization to a Blazor Web App based on its render mode. It prevents runtime crashes with Identity and interactive routing.

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- Author: dotnet
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/configure-auth

## What it does

The skill directs coding agents on implementing auth workflows in Blazor Web App projects. It starts by checking `AGENTS.md` at the workspace root to inspect the interactivity scope. Then it configures cascading auth state, registers ASP.NET Core Identity in `Program.cs`, and wires `AuthorizeRouteView` inside routing components.

A major pain point in Blazor stems from render modes. `SignInManager` and `UserManager` rely on `HttpContext` and throw exceptions when executed inside interactive server or client components. The skill resolves this by keeping login and register pages on static SSR and adding `[ExcludeFromInteractiveRouting]` in globally interactive setups.

For WebAssembly and Auto interactivity, it configures `AddAuthenticationStateSerialization` on the server and client-side deserialization. Skipping these calls drops authenticated users to an anonymous state once WebAssembly takes over.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill configure-auth -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/configure-auth/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill configure-auth -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill configure-auth -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dotnet/skills configure-auth
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill configure-auth -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills --path plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/configure-auth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill configure-auth -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/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/configure-auth/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- register ASP.NET Core Identity and cascading auth state in Blazor
- resolve SignInManager crashes inside interactive components
- serialize user authentication state from server to WebAssembly
- restrict page access via [Authorize] and conditional AuthorizeView markup

## Example prompts
- Configure ASP.NET Core Identity auth for this globally interactive Blazor Web App
- Fix the InvalidOperationException from SignInManager on the Account/Login page
- Set up auth state serialization between server and client for WebAssembly render mode

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
license: MIT
name: configure-auth
description: >
  Add authentication and authorization to a Blazor Web App, accounting for the app's render mode.
  USE WHEN the user needs [Authorize] on pages, AuthorizeView, role or policy-based access,
  login/logout Identity pages, or AuthenticationStateProvider.
  Also USE WHEN auth state is null after WebAssembly loads, SignInManager throws in an interactive
  component, NotAuthorized content never renders in static SSR, or HttpContext.User is null in
  an interactive component.
  DO NOT USE for general component authoring (see author-component), for prerendering concerns
  unrelated to auth (see support-prerendering), or for managing non-auth cascading state
  (see coordinate-components).
---

# Configure Auth

## Step 1 — Read AGENTS.md

Read `AGENTS.md` at the workspace root for the project's interactivity mode and scope before making changes.

## Step 2 — Register auth services in Program.cs

```csharp
// Program.cs (server project)
builder.Services.AddCascadingAuthenticationState();
builder.Services.AddAuthorization();
```

For ASP.NET Core Identity add the Identity services:

```csharp
builder.Services.AddAuthentication(options =>
{
    options.DefaultScheme = IdentityConstants.ApplicationScheme;
    options.DefaultSignInScheme = IdentityConstants.ExternalScheme;
})
.AddIdentityCookies();

builder.Services.AddIdentityCore<ApplicationUser>()
    .AddRoles<IdentityRole>()
    .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
    .AddSignInManager()
    .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
```

## Step 3 — Wire App.razor for auth and render mode

The `App.razor` component must use `AuthorizeRouteView` and conditionally apply the render mode so that pages excluded from interactive routing render statically.

```razor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <HeadOutlet @rendermode="RenderModeForPage" />
</head>
<body>
    <Routes @rendermode="RenderModeForPage" />
    <script src="_framework/blazor.web.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

@code {
    [CascadingParameter]
    public HttpContext HttpContext { get; set; } = default!;

    private IComponentRenderMode? RenderModeForPage =>
        HttpContext.AcceptsInteractiveRouting()
            ? InteractiveServer   // replace with the app's render mode
            : null;
}
```

In `Routes.razor` (or wherever the router lives), use `AuthorizeRouteView`:

```razor
<Router AppAssembly="typeof(Program).Assembly">
    <Found Context="routeData">
        <AuthorizeRouteView RouteData="routeData"
                            DefaultLayout="typeof(Layout.MainLayout)">
            <NotAuthorized>
                @if (context.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated != true)
                {
                    <RedirectToLogin />
                }
                else
````
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