Idmp User Access

user / role / permission

Read [../idmp-shared/SKILL.md](../idmp-shared/SKILL.md) first.

What this skill covers

• Read current-user context, paginated admin user views, roles, permission groups, and safe authorization previews.
• Keep current-user inspection separate from directory-wide admin surfaces.

Recommended reference

• [references/user-access-read-flows.md](references/user-access-read-flows.md)

Missing context to resolve first

• Admin visibility.
• Permission group seed.
• Whether the request is about the current user, a directory user, a role, or a permission scope.
• Whether the operator only needs a dry-run preview or a real mutation.
• Which scope, group, or role ID is already known.

Constrained live behaviors

• user users list returns the current-user object.
• permission users assignable and permission roles list-get can return structured 403.
• role roles create requires a non-empty permissionGroupIds list.
• user users list is the current-user surface; user page list is the paginated directory view.
• Role and permission reads can succeed even when grant previews are permission-bound.
• Keep --dry-run --ack-risk on grant previews until the operator explicitly wants a real mutation.

Execution flow

1. Start with idmp-cli user users list to separate current-user context from directory-wide admin views.
2. Use idmp-cli user page list --params only when the task really needs admin directory scope.
3. Pair role detail with idmp-cli permission groups list before any grant preview or temporary role create.
4. Keep authorization work on permission policy grant-post --dry-run --ack-risk --params until the operator explicitly wants a real mutation.
5. If a temporary role must be created, reread it and pair the create with a delete cleanup step in the same workflow.

Evidence of completion

• A current-user answer is only complete when it comes from user users list, not from a guessed admin directory row.
• A permission boundary is still valid evidence when the backend returns a structured 403 for assignable or granted-role reads.
• A temporary-role workflow is only complete when both the reread and the delete cleanup succeed.

Key commands

1. idmp-cli user users list for the current-user shape.
2. idmp-cli user page list --params for the admin directory view.
3. idmp-cli user users get --params to inspect a specific user.
4. idmp-cli role roles get --params to inspect one role deeply.
5. idmp-cli permission groups list to enumerate reusable permission bundles.
6. idmp-cli permission policy grant-post --dry-run --ack-risk --params to preview authorization safely.
7. idmp-cli role roles create --ack-risk --data when a temporary custom role is really needed.
8. idmp-cli role roles delete --ack-risk --params to remove that temporary role after verification.

Exception paths

• If paginated admin reads are forbidden, do not infer that the current-user surface is also broken.
• Stop at dry-run when the operator has not explicitly requested a real grant.
• Clean up any temporary custom role you create.

Validation scenarios

1. Current-user shape

Use idmp-cli user users list first. This should answer “who am I” questions without requiring admin directory access.

2. Admin directory view

Use idmp-cli user page list --params for scoped directory inspection. Treat permission failures here as directory-boundary evidence, not a total auth failure.

3. Role and permission-group context

Pair idmp-cli role roles get --params with idmp-cli permission groups list. The answer should explain both role detail and reusable permission groups.

4. Safe grant preview

Use idmp-cli permission policy grant-post --dry-run --ack-risk --params before any real grant. A dry-run failure is still useful boundary evidence.

5. Temporary custom-role lifecycle

If you must mutate, pair idmp-cli role roles create --ack-risk --data with idmp-cli role roles delete --ack-risk --params. Build a temporary custom role with one real permission group, reread it, then delete it.

Source & license

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• Author: taosdata
• Source: taosdata/agent-skills
• License: MIT

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