setup-mcp-auth

setup-mcp-auth is a skill for Claude Code from jpoutrin/product-forge. It costs 14 tokens per session (2,753 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guided command for configuring authentication on an existing FastMCP server. Authentication checks who may connect, while authorization controls what an authenticated user may do.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure API keys, OAuth, JWT validation, role-based access, or custom authentication for FastMCP tools.
Why use it?
It helps you choose and connect an authentication method without manually assembling headers, tokens, environment settings, and access rules.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Part of the typescript-experts plugin — 6 skills, 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it to configure API keys, OAuth, JWT validation, role-based access, or custom authentication for FastMCP tools.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jpoutrin/product-forge/setup-mcp-auth
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add jpoutrin/product-forge --skill setup-mcp-auth
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jpoutrin/product-forge

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install typescript-experts, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills, 1 agent.

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Per session 14 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,753 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.
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 $0.00014 $0.02753
Opus 5.5 $0.00006 $0.01101
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00551
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00275

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 0efcf12a148e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

setup-mcp-auth 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 1mo ago.

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.

plugins/typescript-experts/skills/setup-mcp-auth/SKILL.md · 533 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 533 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Setup MCP Authentication

Configure authentication and authorization for an existing FastMCP server.

Usage

/setup-mcp-auth [auth-type]

Arguments

  • [auth-type]: Optional - Type of authentication (api-key, oauth, custom)

Execution Instructions for Claude Code

When this command is run:

  1. Locate the FastMCP server in the current project
  2. Determine authentication requirements
  3. Configure authentication based on selected type
  4. Add authorization rules to tools if needed
  5. Generate environment configuration

Interactive Session Flow

1. Locate Server

Looking for FastMCP server...

Found: src/server.ts

Is this the correct server file? (yes/no):

2. Authentication Type

What type of authentication do you want to configure?

1. API Key - Simple header-based authentication
2. Role-Based - API key with user roles
3. OAuth 2.0 - Google or custom OAuth provider
4. JWT Validation - Validate external JWT tokens
5. Custom - Implement your own authentication logic

Select (1-5):

3. API Key Configuration

For API Key (option 1):

API Key Configuration

Header name for API key [default: x-api-key]:

How should API keys be stored?
1. Environment variable
2. Database lookup
3. Static configuration

Select (1-3):

4. Role-Based Configuration

For Role-Based (option 2):

Role-Based Authentication

What roles do you need?
Example: admin,user,readonly

Roles (comma-separated):
How are roles determined?
1. From request header (e.g., x-role)
2. From API key lookup
3. From JWT claims

Select (1-3):

5. OAuth Configuration

For OAuth 2.0 (option 3):

OAuth Provider

Which OAuth provider?
1. Google
2. GitHub (custom setup)
3. Custom OAuth provider

Select (1-3):

For Google:

Google OAuth Setup

You'll need:
- Google Cloud Console project
- OAuth 2.0 credentials (Client ID and Secret)
- Authorized redirect URIs configured

Base URL for your server:
Example: https://your-server.com

Base URL:

Read the full file on GitHub · 533 lines

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. 1mo ago First seen · 533 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A 0efcf12a148e

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setup-mcp-auth is a skill published in the GitHub repository jpoutrin/product-forge (16 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 2,753 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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