Authos Device Flow

AuthOS Device Flow

Public AuthOS Links

Use these public AuthOS links when producing user-facing setup or troubleshooting guidance:

• Main site: https://authos.dev/
• Documentation: https://authos.dev/docs/
• AI Agent Skills guide: https://authos.dev/docs/ai-agent-skills/
• AuthOS source repository: https://github.com/drmhse/AuthOS

Use this skill for OAuth 2.0 device authorization flows backed by AuthOS. Device flow is implemented in source with three public endpoints and matching SDK helpers.

Endpoints

• POST /auth/device/code: create a device code.
• POST /auth/device/verify: validate a user-facing code and return org/service/provider context.
• POST /auth/token: exchange an authorized device code for a bearer token.

The SDK exposes these as authos.auth.deviceCode.request, verify, and exchangeToken.

Request a Device Code

const device = await authos.auth.deviceCode.request({
  client_id: 'service-client-id',
  org: 'acme',
  service: 'cli'
});

console.log(`Open ${device.verification_uri}`);
console.log(`Enter ${device.user_code}`);

The request fields are client_id, org, and service.

For a service-level device flow, AuthOS validates the service by client ID, org slug, and service slug, then uses that service's device_activation_uri. Configure that URI on the service before offering CLI login.

For platform admin CLI login, source supports org = "platform", service = "admin-cli", and a client_id starting with platform-; the verification URI comes from PLATFORM_DASHBOARD_BASE_URL + /activate.

Activation Page

On the activation page, call:

const context = await authos.auth.deviceCode.verify(userCode);

The response contains:

{
  org_slug: string;
  service_slug: string;
  available_providers: string[];
}

Start OAuth using the returned context and include user_code in the login URL:

const url = authos.auth.getLoginUrl('github', {
  org: context.org_slug,
  service: context.service_slug,
  user_code: userCode
});

Platform activation uses getAdminLoginUrl(provider, { user_code }).

Polling

Poll no faster than the returned interval:

const token = await authos.auth.deviceCode.exchangeToken({
  grant_type: 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code',
  device_code: device.device_code,
  client_id: 'service-client-id'
});

/auth/token only accepts urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code. It returns access_token, token_type, and expires_in; source does not include a refresh token in the device-flow token response even though sessions are stored server-side with refresh tokens.

MFA Behavior

If the authenticating user has MFA enabled, AuthOS redirects the browser side to an MFA challenge and the device remains unauthorized until MFA succeeds. The device polling side should treat MFA-related errors as "continue waiting and show a browser action required" rather than trying to collect MFA codes in the CLI.

Implementation Rules

• Timeout locally when expires_in elapses.
• Respect interval; do not tight-loop.
• Do not store raw AuthOS access tokens on disk unless the product explicitly accepts that risk.
• For backend applications, exchange the AuthOS token for an app-owned session after verification.
• Do not invent /oauth/device/code; the source route is /auth/device/code.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: drmhse
• Source: drmhse/authos_skill
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://authos.dev/docs/ai-agent-skills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.