# encore-go-auth

This skill helps secure Encore Go endpoints and identify callers. Use it for JWTs, API keys, bearer tokens, or session cookies.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 557 installs · ★ 30
- Author: encoredev
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/encoredev/skills/tree/HEAD/encore/go-auth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/encore-go-auth

## What it does

The skill explains Encore Go’s built-in authentication flow. An `//encore:authhandler` function receives request parameters and returns an `auth.UID`, auth data, and an error. It can read the `Authorization` header, validate a bearer token or API key, and return `errs.Unauthenticated` when credentials fail.

Endpoint access is declared with `//encore:api auth`; public routes use `//encore:api public`. Handler code can call `auth.UserID()` and `auth.Data()` to obtain the caller’s ID, email, and role. Authentication parameters may also come from cookies or query strings.

The handler signature is fixed: `context.Context`, a pointer to a parameter struct, and `(auth.UID, *AuthData, error)`. Without `//encore:authhandler`, Encore will not treat the function as an authentication handler.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install encoredev/skills go-auth
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/encoredev/skills --path encore/go-auth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- protect an Encore Go endpoint with authentication
- validate a bearer token or JWT from `Authorization`
- read the current caller’s ID, email, and role
- return a 401 response for invalid credentials
- accept authentication from a cookie or API key

## Example prompts
- Add `//encore:api auth` to the profile endpoint and read the caller with `auth.UserID()` and `auth.Data()`.
- Create an `//encore:authhandler` that validates a bearer token from `Authorization` and returns `errs.Unauthenticated` on failure.
- Show how to authenticate an Encore Go request with a session cookie.

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

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---
name: encore-go-auth
description: Protect Encore Go endpoints with authentication and authorize callers. Covers `auth.AuthHandler`, `auth.UserID`, the `Authorization` header, and `//encore:api auth`.
when_to_use: >-
  User wants to require login on a Go endpoint, restrict an endpoint to authenticated/signed-in users, validate a bearer token / JWT / API key from an `Authorization` header, read the current user inside a handler (`auth.UserID()` / `auth.Data()`), define an `auth.AuthHandler`, return `errs.Unauthenticated` from a handler, or use `//encore:api auth` on a handler. Trigger phrases: "protect this endpoint", "only authenticated users", "require login", "Authorization header", "bearer token", "401", "403", "who is calling", "current user".
---

# Encore Go Authentication

## Instructions

Encore Go provides a built-in authentication system using the `//encore:authhandler` annotation.

### 1. Create an Auth Handler

```go
package auth

import (
    "context"
    "encore.dev/beta/auth"
    "encore.dev/beta/errs"
)

// AuthParams defines what the auth handler receives
type AuthParams struct {
    Authorization string `header:"Authorization"`
}

// AuthData defines what authenticated requests have access to
type AuthData struct {
    UserID string
    Email  string
    Role   string
}

//encore:authhandler
func Authenticate(ctx context.Context, params *AuthParams) (auth.UID, *AuthData, error) {
    token := strings.TrimPrefix(params.Authorization, "Bearer ")
    
    payload, err := verifyToken(token)
    if err != nil {
        return "", nil, &errs.Error{
            Code:    errs.Unauthenticated,
            Message: "invalid token",
        }
    }
    
    return auth.UID(payload.UserID), &AuthData{
        UserID: payload.UserID,
        Email:  payload.Email,
        Role:   payload.Role,
    }, nil
}
```

### 2. Protect Endpoints

```go
package user

import "context"

// Protected endpoint - requires authentication
//encore:api auth method=GET path=/profile
func GetProfile(ctx context.Context) (*Profile, error) {
    // Only authenticated users reach here
}

// Public endpoint - no authentication required
//encore:api public method=GET path=/health
func Health(ctx context.Context) (*HealthResponse, error) {
    return &HealthResponse{Status: "ok"}, nil
}
```

### 3. Access Auth Data in Endpoints

```go
package user

import (
    "context"
    "encore.dev/beta/auth"
    myauth "myapp/auth"  // Import your auth package
)

//encore:api auth method=GET path=/profile
func GetProfile(ctx context.Context) (*Profile, error) {
    // Get the user ID
    userID, ok := auth.UserID()
    if !ok {
        // Should not happen with auth endpoint
    }
    
    // Get full auth data
    data := auth.Data().(*myauth.AuthData)
    
    return &Profile{
        UserID: string(userID),
        Email:  data.Email,
        Role:   data.Role,
    }, nil
}
```

## Auth Handler Signature
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