# convex-auth

This skill adds passkey, OAuth, or password sign-in to a Convex app. Use it when auth needs to reach the server config, client hooks, and route guards.

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- Author: convex
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/convex/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/convex-auth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/convex-auth

## What it does

The skill installs `@convex-dev/auth`, adds a provider in `convex/auth.ts`, updates `convex.config.ts`, and writes `auth.config.ts`. Passkeys are the default; OAuth or password can be selected when requested. On the client, it wires `ConvexAuthProvider`, a sign-in component, and route guards.

It generates an RS256 key pair with `jose`, produces `JWT_PRIVATE_KEY` and `JWKS`, then sets them with `SITE_URL` on the deployment. With `pnpm`, `jose` must also be added separately. Do not run the interactive `npx @convex-dev/auth` wizard: it hangs in headless or anonymous runs. Any imported shadcn/ui primitives must be added before the import. The workflow ends by checking a real sign-in round trip.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install convex/agent-skills convex-auth
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/convex/agent-skills --path skills/convex-auth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-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/convex/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/convex-auth/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add passkey sign-in to a Convex app
- switch the provider to OAuth or password
- wire `auth.config.ts` into the auth setup
- generate `JWT_PRIVATE_KEY` and `JWKS` without the interactive wizard
- connect sign-in UI and route guards

## Example prompts
- Add passkey sign-in to the current Convex app and verify a real sign-in round trip.
- Set up Google OAuth in `convex/auth.ts`, write `auth.config.ts`, and guard the authenticated routes.
- Wire `ConvexAuthProvider`, create the sign-in UI, and generate the auth keys with `jose` without using the interactive wizard.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: convex-auth
description: "Add authentication (passkeys/OAuth) to the current Convex app, including the auth.config.ts wiring."
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# Add sign-in to the app

Install and wire @convex-dev/auth for the current app: a provider (passkeys by default, or OAuth/password), the server config, the client hooks, and a sign-in UI — correctly, including the auth.config.ts that's the #1 real-world auth footgun.

## Workflow

1. Install @convex-dev/auth (pinned build) and add it to convex.config.ts. With pnpm, also `pnpm add jose` (it won't hoist otherwise); you need it for step 3.
2. Add the provider in convex/auth.ts (Passkey by default; Password or OAuth like Google on request).
3. Generate the auth keys HEADLESSLY. Do NOT run the interactive `npx @convex-dev/auth` wizard: it needs a login/TTY and hangs in non-interactive, anonymous, or CI runs (the #1 auth time-sink). Generate JWT_PRIVATE_KEY + JWKS deterministically with `jose`:
   node -e 'import("jose").then(async({generateKeyPair,exportPKCS8,exportJWK})=>{const k=await generateKeyPair("RS256",{extractable:true});const priv=await exportPKCS8(k.privateKey);const pub=await exportJWK(k.publicKey);process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({JWT_PRIVATE_KEY:priv.trimEnd().replace(/\n/g," "),JWKS:JSON.stringify({keys:[{use:"sig",...pub}]})}))})' > .auth-keys.json
   Then set JWT_PRIVATE_KEY and JWKS (from .auth-keys.json) plus SITE_URL on the deployment. Prefer the Convex MCP `envSet` tool, one call per var, to avoid shell-quoting the multi-line key. CLI fallback: use the NAME=VALUE form (`npx convex env set "JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=$JWT"`), NEVER `env set JWT_PRIVATE_KEY "$JWT"` (the value starts with `-----BEGIN` and the CLI parses the leading `-` as an unknown flag). SITE_URL is the dev URL (e.g. http://localhost:3000). Delete .auth-keys.json after.
4. Write convex/auth.config.ts (the silently-always-signed-out bug lives here if it's wrong).
5. Wire the client: ConvexAuthProvider, the sign-in component, and route guards. If you import shadcn/ui primitives (button, input, textarea, label, and so on), add them first with `npx shadcn@latest add <name>`; a missing @/components/ui/* is a hard build error.
6. Verify a sign-in round-trips before declaring done.

## Rules

- Generate JWT_PRIVATE_KEY/JWKS with `jose` (extractable RS256; PKCS8 newlines to spaces; JWKS = {keys:[{use:"sig", ...publicJwk}]}). Do NOT run the interactive `npx @convex-dev/auth` wizard: it hangs headless/anonymous. Set the vars via the MCP `envSet` tool or the NAME=VALUE CLI form.
- Always write auth.config.ts: a missing/incorrect one makes the app silently always-signed-out with no error.
- Passkeys by default; only switch to password/OAuth on explicit request.
- Install any shadcn/ui primitive you import up front (`npx shadcn@latest add ...`); a missing @/components/ui/* is a hard build failure.
- Verify a real sign-in works before finishing.
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