Descope Auth

Integrate Descope authentication into applications: login, signup, passwordless auth (OTP, Magic Link, Passkeys), OAuth, SSO, or MFA.

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Context cost
2.2k tokensestimated from the bundle, loaded when it triggers
Bundle
4 files · 8.8 kBtext throughout, nothing executable
Licence
MITpaid listing
Last change
no release on file
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Noneruns standalone

What it does

Integrate Descope authentication into applications. Use when implementing login, signup, passwordless auth (OTP, Magic Link, Passkeys), OAuth, SSO, or MFA. Detects framework and provides targeted guidance.

Installed, it changes the agent in these ways.

What this skill changes about the agent is not written down here yet. The listing was collected from its source, and the description is in its own SKILL.md.

Workflow

Runs a procedure end to end.

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The skill itself

This is the whole product. A skill is instructions the model reads, so there is nothing behind the listing you cannot see first — the front matter loads with every session, and the body below it loads when the skill triggers.

SKILL.md2.7 kB · 80 lines
--- name: descope-auth description: Integrate Descope authentication into applications. Use when implementing login, signup, passwordless auth (OTP, Magic Link, Passkeys), OAuth, SSO, or MFA. Detects framework and provides targeted guidance. ---
6# Descope Authentication
7
8Integrate secure, passwordless authentication using Descope Flows and SDKs.
9
10## Framework Detection
11
12Detect the user's framework and use the appropriate reference:
13
14| If project has... | Use reference |
15|-------------------|---------------|
16| next in package.json | references/nextjs.md |
17| react (no Next.js) | references/react.md |
18| Python/Node.js backend only | references/backend.md |
19
20## Quick Start (all frameworks)
21
221. Get Project ID from https://app.descope.com/settings/project
232. Set environment variable: NEXT_PUBLIC_DESCOPE_PROJECT_ID=<your-id>
243. Follow framework-specific reference
254. **Verify**: After setup, confirm the <Descope> component renders the login form. Check the browser console — a missing or invalid Project ID produces a clear Could not load flows error.
26
27### Minimal Inline Example (Next.js)
28
29```tsx
30// src/app/login/page.tsx
31import { Descope } from '@descope/nextjs-sdk';
32
33export default function LoginPage() {
34 return (
35 <Descope
36 flowId="sign-up-or-in"
37 onSuccess={(e) => console.log('Authenticated:', e.detail.user)}
38 onError={(e) => console.error('Auth failed:', e.detail)}
39 />
40 );
41}
42```
43
44For React SPA or backend-only setups, see the framework-specific references below.
45
46## Valid Flow IDs (CRITICAL - do not invent others)
47
48| Flow ID | Purpose |
49|---------|---------|
50| sign-up-or-in | Combined signup/login (RECOMMENDED) |
51| sign-up | Registration only |
52| sign-in | Login only |
53| step-up | MFA step-up authentication |
54| update-user | Profile updates, add auth methods |
55
56## Authentication Methods
57
58| Method | When to use |
59|--------|-------------|
60| OTP (Email/SMS) | Quick verification codes |
61| Magic Link | Passwordless email links |
62| Passkeys | Biometric/WebAuthn (most secure) |
63| OAuth | Social login (Google, GitHub, etc.) |
64| SSO | Enterprise SAML/OIDC |
65| Passwords | Traditional auth (not recommended) |
66
67## DO NOT (Security Guardrails)
68
69- DO NOT parse JWTs manually - always use SDK's validateSession()
70- DO NOT store tokens in localStorage - SDK handles this securely
71- DO NOT invent flow IDs - only use IDs from the table above
72- DO NOT skip server-side validation - always validate on backend
73- DO NOT expose DESCOPE_MANAGEMENT_KEY in client code
74
75## References
76
77- references/nextjs.md - Next.js App Router integration
78- references/react.md - React SPA integration
79- references/backend.md - Backend session validation
80
In the file
SKILL.md374 words
Files4
LicenceMIT
Why you can read it

Nothing in a skill executes. The client loads the text and the model follows it, so a skill can be audited the way a runbook is — by reading it.

What it costs in context

Skills are not billed by the call. They are paid for in context: every token the instructions occupy is a token your code, your diff and your conversation cannot use. Here is what this one takes and when it takes it.

≈60
always loaded
The name and description, so the model knows the skill exists and when to reach for it.
2,140
on trigger
The instruction body and 3 supporting files, read only when the skill fires.
1.1%
of a 200k window
Ten skills this size would take about 11% of the window before you open a file.
050k100k150k200k context window

2.2k tokens, estimated from the bundle at four bytes to the token, held for the rest of the session once it triggers. Middling. Fine to keep on in a project where you use it weekly, worth unloading in one where you never do.

Servers bill, skills cost

A server charges by the month. A skill charges once per session, in context, and then keeps charging it for as long as the session lives.

Before and after

The same question, put to the same model twice: once as it comes, and once with these instructions loaded.

No worked example has been published for this skill yet.

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The procedure it runs

The procedure has not been published here. It is in the skill’s own SKILL.md, which its author has not sent to the marketplace yet.

Prose, not code

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Servers it uses

None. This skill calls no MCP servers at all.

Everything it needs is in the instructions, so it works in a project with nothing connected — the model reads the file and changes how it works with what it can already reach.

It writes no files and reaches no network. All it changes is how the model reasons and writes.

What it asks for
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Network accessno

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What it will not do

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What this skill is not for has not been published here. Nothing is implied by that: it is a section the author has not filled in.

What is in the bundle

4 files, 8.8 kB on disk. A bundle is text throughout: the instructions the model reads, plus the templates it fills in.

  • SKILL.md2.7 kB
  • references/backend.md1.3 kB
  • references/nextjs.md2.3 kB
  • references/react.md2.5 kB
What is not in it

No dependencies and nothing executable: a skill is text the agent reads, so the bundle is 4 files you can review in full before installing. The MIT licence covers the templates and examples as well as the instructions.

Install

Installing copies the bundle into your project. Nothing runs at install time — the files sit on disk until the model reads them.

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LicenceMIT — the author’s, unchanged by this purchase
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