# extension-authorization

Add role-based authorization to a Motoko app, with checks for protected functions. Useful when admins and regular users need different access.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 28000 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-authorization/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/extension-authorization

## What it does

This skill guides you through adding authentication and role-based access control to a Caffeine AI app. It uses the `mo:caffeineai-authorization/access-control` library and the `MixinAuthorization` mixin, which belongs in `main.mo`. The roles are admin, user, and guest; the examples show how to check permissions before public functions run.

The setup also covers initializing access state through a migration and passing it into a custom mixin. The first authenticated user to sign in becomes an admin automatically, without a token or secret. That makes the first login consequential: that account can assign roles. The skill also explains how to handle verified Internet Identity attributes and what to remove when replacing this package with custom authentication.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-authorization -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-authorization -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-authorization -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills extension-authorization
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-authorization -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/extension-authorization
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-authorization -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/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-authorization/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- separate admin, user, and guest permissions
- guard public functions with role checks
- pass authorization state into a custom mixin
- initialize access state through a migration

## Example prompts
- Add role-based authorization to `main.mo` using `MixinAuthorization`.
- Protect profile updates so only signed-in users can save them.
- Show how to check for admin access before assigning a role.

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````text
---
name: extension-authorization
description: Authorization system with role-based access control. Must-have for all apps that manage personal or access-restricted data.
version: 1.3.3
compatibility:
  mops:
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.0"
  npm:
    "@caffeineai/core-infrastructure": "^2.0.0"
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
---

# Authorization
Authorization extendsion for [Caffeine AI](https://caffeine.ai?utm_source=caffeine-skill&utm_medium=referral).

## Overview

This skill adds an authentication and authorization system with role-based access control using the mixin pattern. The `MixinAuthorization` mixin provides standard authorization endpoints automatically.

# Backend

Authentication system with role-based access control.

There is a prefabricated library `mo:caffeineai-authorization/access-control.mo`. It provides core authentication with role-based access control.

## Module API

```mo:caffeineai-authorization/access-control.mo
module {
  public type UserRole = {
    #admin;
    #user;
    #guest;
  };

  public type AccessControlState = { /* internal state */ };

  public func initState() : AccessControlState;
  public func getUserRole(state : AccessControlState, caller : Principal) : UserRole;
  public func assignRole(state : AccessControlState, caller : Principal, user : Principal, role : UserRole);
  public func isAdmin(state : AccessControlState, caller : Principal) : Bool;
  public func hasPermission(state : AccessControlState, caller : Principal, requiredRole : UserRole) : Bool;
};
```

Initialization is handled internally by `MixinAuthorization` -- do not call `initialize` directly. The first authenticated user to log in automatically becomes admin; no token or secret is required.

IMPORTANT: The `include MixinAuthorization(accessControlState)` line MUST be placed in `main.mo`, not in a custom mixin file.

## Opting out / custom authentication

If the user asks to replace this authorization system with custom authentication (for example username/password auth, no Internet Identity, or no `MixinAuthorization`), remove the `caffeineai-authorization` mops package from the project. This is the only supported way to remove the `include-authorization` lint requirement, because that lint rule is shipped by the package. Do not add suppression comments or leave the package installed while omitting `include MixinAuthorization(accessControlState)`.

When removing the package, also remove all `mo:caffeineai-authorization/*` imports, the `accessControlState` initialization, `include MixinAuthorization(accessControlState)`, and any `AccessControl` guard calls that belonged to this component. Replace them with the custom authentication and authorization checks requested by the user.

## Setup in main.mo

```motoko filepath=src/backend/main.mo
import Map "mo:core/Map";
import Principal "mo:core/Principal";
import AccessControl "mo:caffeineai-authorization/access-control";
````
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