configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow

configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow is a skill for Claude Code from 26zl/cybersec-toolkit. It costs 44 tokens per session (1,377 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to OAuth 2.0, a standard for letting applications obtain limited access to resources without sharing a user's password. It covers browser login, machine-to-machine access, device login, token handling, and permissions called scopes.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to implement Authorization Code with PKCE, Client Credentials, or Device Authorization Grant, and manage token storage, renewal, and revocation.
Why use it?
It helps choose a suitable login and authorization flow while reducing token theft and excessive access. PKCE adds protection for applications that cannot safely keep a secret.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/.

Part of the cybersec-toolkit plugin — 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to implement Authorization Code with PKCE, Client Credentials, or Device Authorization Grant, and manage token storage, renewal, and revocation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/26zl/cybersec-toolkit/configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add 26zl/cybersec-toolkit --skill configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/26zl/cybersec-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install cybersec-toolkit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 44 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,377 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 4 findings, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Privilege Escalation · line 66
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 104
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 77
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 143
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00044 $0.01377
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00688
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00275
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00138

Measured 5d ago against content hash ddc2889d71a9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/agent.py, scripts/process.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

.claude/skills/configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow/SKILL.md · 148 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 148 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Configuring OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow

Overview

Configure secure OAuth 2.0 authorization flows including Authorization Code with PKCE, Client Credentials, and Device Authorization Grant. This skill covers flow selection, PKCE implementation, token lifecycle management, scope design, and alignment with OAuth 2.1 security requirements.

When to Use

  • When deploying or configuring configuring oauth2 authorization flow capabilities in your environment
  • When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
  • When building or improving security architecture for this domain
  • When conducting security assessments that require this implementation

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with identity access management concepts and tools
  • Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
  • Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
  • Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Objectives

  • Implement Authorization Code flow with PKCE for public and confidential clients
  • Configure Client Credentials flow for machine-to-machine communication
  • Design least-privilege scope hierarchies
  • Implement secure token storage, refresh, and revocation
  • Apply OAuth 2.1 best practices and RFC 9700 security recommendations
  • Validate token integrity and prevent common OAuth attacks

Key Concepts

OAuth 2.0 Grant Types

  1. Authorization Code + PKCE: Recommended for all client types (web, mobile, SPA). PKCE is mandatory in OAuth 2.1.
  2. Client Credentials: Machine-to-machine authentication without user context.
  3. Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628): For input-constrained devices (smart TVs, CLI tools).
  4. Refresh Token: Long-lived token to obtain new access tokens without re-authentication.

PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange)

PKCE (RFC 7636) prevents authorization code interception attacks:

  1. Client generates random code_verifier (43-128 characters, unreserved URI chars)
  2. Client computes code_challenge = BASE64URL(SHA256(code_verifier))
  3. Authorization request includes code_challenge and code_challenge_method=S256
  4. Token request includes original code_verifier
  5. Server validates SHA256(code_verifier) matches stored code_challenge

Read the full file on GitHub · 148 lines

Files

What ships with it

7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 148 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A ddc2889d71a9

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configuring-oauth2-authorization-flow is a skill published in the GitHub repository 26zl/cybersec-toolkit (51 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 1,377 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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