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:
- Create an OAuth app in the provider's developer console.
- Register the exact redirect URI above.
- Enable any APIs and scopes the integration needs.
- Paste the client ID (and client secret for confidential flows) into the
/connect/oauthsetup form in Kody.
Query parameters
| Param | Purpose |
|---|---|
provider | Required. Short integration label used to derive stored names. |
authorizeUrl | Provider authorization endpoint URL. Required for a new provider setup; omitted on reconnect. |
tokenUrl | Provider 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
| Param | Purpose |
|---|---|
flow | pkce (default) or confidential. |
pkce | true or false; overrides the PKCE default (see below). |
tokenExchangeStyle | form (default), basic-json, or basic-form; overrides the host default. |
scopes | Space- or separator-separated scopes. |
scopeSeparator | Defaults to a single space. |
allowedHosts | Extra API hosts beyond the token host. |
apiBaseUrl | Optional API base URL hint. |
dashboardUrl | Provider settings link. |
extraAuthorizeParams | Provider-specific authorize params. |
providerSetupInstructions | Free-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-jsontoken exchange.api.canva.com(Canva Connect):confidentialflow with S256 PKCE andbasic-formtoken exchange. Authorize URL ishttps://www.canva.com/api/oauth/authorize, token URL ishttps://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
extraAuthorizeParamssuch as Googleaccess_type=offlineandprompt=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
| Need | Use |
|---|---|
| API keys or PATs instead of OAuth | connect_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
- Confirm OAuth is the right auth shape.
- Build the connect URL with the required params:
https://heykody.app/connect/oauth?.... - Tell the user the exact redirect URI to register:
https://heykody.app/connect/oauth. The page shows it with a copy button. - Have the user open the URL while signed in and wait for success.
- Run the authenticated smoke test from
integration_bootstrap. - Use the connect success
nextSteps(orcommunity_search, preferringtrusted) 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