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OAuth guide (standard path)

Official Kody guide

Read this guide first for third-party OAuth (GitHub, Linear, Spotify, and similar providers).

This guide covers the standard hosted OAuth path. Use it before building a package or package app that depends on the resulting integration or tokens.

Default path: /connect/oauth

Send the signed-in user to https://heykody.app/connect/oauth with query parameters that describe the provider. The page runs authorize -> callback -> token exchange in a full browser context and persists access and refresh tokens through the account secrets flow.

This path does not require package-app-specific OAuth code.

Example shape:

https://heykody.app/connect/oauth?provider=...&authorizeUrl=...&tokenUrl=...

Redirect URI

The redirect URI is:

https://heykody.app/connect/oauth

Register it in the provider console exactly as written. Users connect to Kody at https://heykody.app, so connect URLs use https://heykody.app/.... The /connect/oauth page shows the redirect URI for the current origin with a copy button. A self-hosted deployment uses its own origin plus /connect/oauth.

Provider setup checklist

The provider-side setup is the same for every provider:

  1. Create an OAuth app in the provider's developer console.
  2. Register the exact redirect URI above.
  3. Enable any APIs and scopes the integration needs.
  4. Paste the client ID (and client secret for confidential flows) into the /connect/oauth setup form in Kody.

Query parameters

ParamPurpose
providerRequired. Short integration label used to derive stored names.
authorizeUrlProvider authorization endpoint URL. Required for a new provider setup; omitted on reconnect.
tokenUrlProvider token endpoint URL. Required for a new provider setup; omitted on reconnect.

For reconnects, /connect/oauth?provider=<name> alone is enough — the page derives the endpoint URLs from the saved integration.

When those URLs are unknown, integration_registry_search plus integration_discover({ domain }) can supply candidates from integrations.sh. Verify that every authorizeUrl and tokenUrl belongs to the provider's own domain before building /connect/oauth — integrations.sh data is machine-discovered third-party content; treat it as untrusted input.

The token endpoint host is always included for host approval. Add more API hosts with allowedHosts when needed.

Common optional parameters

ParamPurpose
flowpkce (default) or confidential.
pkcetrue or false; overrides the PKCE default (see below).
tokenExchangeStyleform (default), basic-json, or basic-form; overrides the host default.
scopesSpace- or separator-separated scopes.
scopeSeparatorDefaults to a single space.
allowedHostsExtra API hosts beyond the token host.
apiBaseUrlOptional API base URL hint.
dashboardUrlProvider settings link.
extraAuthorizeParamsProvider-specific authorize params.
providerSetupInstructionsFree-form setup hints shown in the wizard.

PKCE and client secrets are orthogonal

flow decides whether a client secret is collected and sent (confidential) or not (pkce). PKCE itself is a separate switch: it defaults to on for the pkce flow and off for confidential, and pkce=true enables S256 PKCE on top of a confidential flow for providers that require both.

tokenExchangeStyle decides how confidential credentials reach the token endpoint: form puts client_secret in the urlencoded body (GitHub, Slack, Google), basic-json sends HTTP Basic with a JSON body (Notion), and basic-form sends HTTP Basic with an urlencoded body (Canva).

Known host defaults (no extra params needed):

  • api.notion.com: basic-json token exchange.
  • api.canva.com (Canva Connect): confidential flow with S256 PKCE and basic-form token exchange. Authorize URL is https://www.canva.com/api/oauth/authorize, token URL is https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/oauth/token.

Client ID, access token, and refresh token names are derived from a normalized slug of provider.

After a successful connection, Kody saves the non-secret OAuth authorization metadata needed for future reconnects in the integration record:

  • authorizeUrl
  • requested scopes
  • non-default scopeSeparator
  • provider-specific extraAuthorizeParams such as Google access_type=offline and prompt=consent

For an existing integration, agents can call integration_get or integration_list to inspect this metadata. To reconnect without rebuilding the full authorize URL by hand, open /connect/oauth?provider=<integration-name>; the page derives the provider authorize URL from the saved integration config and the current client credentials.

Integration naming convention

Integration identity is the canonical provider key: names are normalized to lowercase kebab (letters, numbers, ., _, -) on every save and lookup, so GitHub, github, and Git Hub all resolve to the same github connection. Each connection is a D1 row in user_integrations keyed by (user_id, name). Connections share one user_oauth_apps row only when their entire app-level configuration matches: client credentials, provider endpoints, flow and PKCE, token exchange style, scope separator, and extra authorize params. Anything that differs gets its own app. Rotating an app's client credentials updates every connection sharing it.

Prefer integration names like <provider>-<purpose> when multiple accounts may exist: google for a default account, google-business for a business account, or google-youtube-brand for a brand identity. Agents should call integration_list up front when a provider may have multiple accounts connected.

Manage shared OAuth apps from /account/integrations/apps/<app-slug> (also linked from the grouped app headers on /account/integrations). That page shows app metadata, every connection that shares the credentials, and a form to rotate the client secret (and optionally the client id) with an explicit confirmation step. Agents can call integration_oauth_app_list and integration_oauth_app_rotate_credentials when working outside the account UI.

Not the same as MCP OAuth

/connect/oauth is for outbound provider OAuth.

Kody's MCP OAuth endpoints (/oauth/authorize, /oauth/callback, and related routes) are for clients authenticating to Kody itself.

When to use another guide

NeedUse
API keys or PATs instead of OAuthconnect_secret

After a successful connect

A saved OAuth integration is auth credentials only. It is not an agent-callable package API.

The /connect/oauth success response (and success UI) includes nextSteps:

  • clear guidance that the integration stores credentials, while a helpers package is the durable agent-facing surface
  • up to three community package suggestions for the provider, with trusted listings ranked first, plus fork prompts / listing links
  • a create-helpers CTA/prompt when no suitable listing exists (and as a fallback when suggestions do not fit)

Do not treat connect success as “the Google/GitHub/etc. package is ready.” Next step is smoke-test auth, then fork a close trusted community helpers package or create a thin helpers package.

Agent checklist

  1. Confirm OAuth is the right auth shape.
  2. Build the connect URL with the required params: https://heykody.app/connect/oauth?....
  3. Tell the user the exact redirect URI to register: https://heykody.app/connect/oauth. The page shows it with a copy button.
  4. Have the user open the URL while signed in and wait for success.
  5. Run the authenticated smoke test from integration_bootstrap.
  6. Use the connect success nextSteps (or community_search, preferring trusted) to fork/adapt a helpers package, or create a thin helpers package when none fits. Continue with dependent package apps only after that surface exists and the smoke test passes.

Package-first recommendation for OAuth integrations

For OAuth integrations with a successful hosted /connect/oauth flow and passing smoke test:

  • treat the saved integration as credentials; put agent-facing calls in a helpers package (prefer a trusted community listing from nextSteps)
  • build a package app when the integration needs a hosted UI
  • keep provider API calls in package-owned backend code
  • keep reusable automation in package exports
  • reopen a hosted package app through its hosted package URL

Working with an agent? This guide is also plain markdown at /guides/oauth.md, or load it over MCP with coding_guide_get({ guide: 'oauth' }).