The OAuth Flow in MCP
How clients obtain tokens for protected servers.
Why Static Tokens Fall Short
A single shared token works for one user, but real apps have many. OAuth gives each client its own token without handing out one master secret. 🔑
OAuth in One Sentence
OAuth lets a client obtain a short-lived access token by proving its identity, instead of you mailing secrets around by hand.
All lessons in this course
- Why Remote Servers Need Auth
- Bearer Tokens & Headers
- The OAuth Flow in MCP
- Scope What a Token Can Do