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Identity and authentication MCP servers that let Claude manage auth, compared on trust, setup, and safety.

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FieldAuth0 MCP Server for Claude

Connect Claude to Auth0's official local MCP server for tenant administration, application setup, Actions, logs, forms, and scoped Management API workflows.

Open dossier 		Okta MCP Server for Claude

Connect Claude to Okta's official self-hosted MCP server for scoped identity administration, users, groups, applications, policies, logs, brands, and tenant management workflows.

Open dossier 		Stytch MCP Server for Claude

Configure and manage Stytch authentication services and workspace settings

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Categorymcpmcpmcp
Sourcesource-backedsource-backedfirst-party
AuthorAuth0OktaStytch
Added2026-06-052026-06-052025-09-18
Platforms
Claude CodeClaude Desktop
Claude CodeClaude Desktop
Claude CodeClaude Desktop
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Safety notes✓Auth0 documents the server as beta software. Treat command behavior, available tools, requested scopes, and client setup flows as subject to change until Auth0 publishes a stable release. Start with `--read-only` or a narrow `--tools` pattern such as `auth0_list_*,auth0_get_*`. Enable create, update, deploy, or publish tools only for a scoped task and an approved tenant. The server can expose tools for applications, APIs, client grants, Actions, logs, and forms. Some of those tools can change callback URLs, token settings, Actions code, branding, and other live authentication behavior. Review every mutating tool call before approving it. A mistaken tenant change can break sign-in, weaken security settings, deploy incorrect Actions, expose callback URLs, or affect production users. Keep token lifetime and Management API scopes as small as possible when using the client-credentials setup path. Revoke or rotate credentials that were created for temporary MCP work. Use `npx @auth0/auth0-mcp-server logout` when finished or when switching tenants so local authentication state is removed from the system keychain.✓Okta MCP Server connects to Okta Admin Management APIs. Even ordinary natural-language prompts can translate into identity administration actions, so use a dedicated app integration and the smallest useful API scope set. The server uses scope-based tool loading. Tools whose required OAuth scope is not present in `OKTA_SCOPES` are removed from the tool list, and runtime scope guards provide another permission check before API calls. Prefer read scopes such as `okta.users.read`, `okta.groups.read`, and `okta.logs.read` for investigation. Add `okta.<resource>.manage` scopes only for an approved change window and an explicit task. Manage scopes can create, update, activate, deactivate, delete, assign, or otherwise change users, groups, applications, policies, brands, templates, custom domains, email domains, and device assurance policies. Destructive operations use MCP elicitation when the client supports it and return a fallback confirmation payload for clients that do not. Keep MCP client approval prompts enabled and manually review every mutating action. Private Key JWT is intended for browserless automation, but it introduces a long-lived private key. Store the key outside source control, rotate it on schedule, and restrict the app's admin role and scopes. Device Authorization Grant is convenient for interactive use, but Docker setups may persist tokens in a mounted keyring volume. Treat that volume as sensitive and remove it when the temporary workflow ends. MCP usage consumes Okta Management API rate limits. Avoid broad loops, unbounded list operations, or repeated audit-report prompts against a production org.✓Restrict Stytch workspace and admin permissions because auth configuration changes can affect sign-in and account security.
Privacy notes✓The local MCP server can send selected tenant operations to the Auth0 Management API and return application metadata, API identifiers, Actions code, form configuration, log events, user identifiers, IP addresses, and authentication error details into the model conversation. Prompts, MCP client logs, Claude transcripts, terminal history, screenshots, and issue comments can retain Auth0 resource names, tenant domains, client IDs, redirect URLs, organization names, and troubleshooting details outside Auth0's normal audit and retention controls. Do not paste client secrets, access tokens, refresh tokens, private keys, production user records, password-reset links, session cookies, or full log payloads into the conversation. Auth0 says the server stores credentials in the system keychain and redacts sensitive response fields such as client secrets and tokens. Still review assistant output before copying it into tickets, commits, runbooks, or shared chats. The server collects anonymized analytics by default according to Auth0's README. Set `AUTH0_MCP_ANALYTICS=false` when analytics collection is not approved for the environment.✓Okta MCP can return user profiles, group memberships, application metadata, assignments, policy settings, sign-in failures, System Log events, IP addresses, device context, brand assets, email templates, custom domains, and other tenant administration data into the model conversation. Prompts, tool results, MCP client logs, screenshots, debug files, and generated reports can retain Okta identifiers and security event details outside the Okta System Log and normal tenant retention controls. Do not paste API tokens, private keys, client secrets, session cookies, recovery links, full user exports, raw System Log dumps, customer identifiers, or production incident data into prompts, issue comments, or PR descriptions. If you enable `OKTA_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG` or `OKTA_LOG_FILE`, store logs in an approved location and scrub them before sharing because troubleshooting output can include tenant URLs, resource identifiers, request context, and authentication details.✓User identities, authentication logs, session details, workspace settings, and security configuration may be sent through tool calls.
Prerequisites
  • Auth0 account and approval to connect an MCP client to the selected tenant.
  • Node.js 18 or newer with `npx` available to the MCP client.
  • MCP-capable client such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or another stdio-compatible client.
  • Interactive browser access for the OAuth 2.0 device authorization setup flow, unless using the documented client-credentials path for private cloud tenants.
  • Okta org, such as an Okta Integrator Free Plan org, with admin permissions for the resources Claude should access.
  • Okta admin role assignment that matches the intended workflow, not a broad super-admin grant by default.
  • Okta app integration created for the MCP server with either Device Authorization Grant for interactive use or Private Key JWT for browserless automation.
  • Okta API scopes granted to the app and repeated in `OKTA_SCOPES`, starting with read-only scopes such as `okta.users.read`, `okta.groups.read`, and `okta.logs.read`.
  • Stytch account (free or paid plan)
  • Stytch API key authentication (for mcp.stytch.dev MCP connection)
  • Stytch project_id and secret from Dashboard (test or live environment)
  • Network access to mcp.stytch.dev (HTTP transport, not HTTPS)
Install
npx @auth0/auth0-mcp-server init --read-only
git clone https://github.com/okta/okta-mcp-server.git
claude mcp add --transport http stytch http://mcp.stytch.dev/mcp && claude mcp list
Config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "auth0": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@auth0/auth0-mcp-server", "run", "--read-only"],
      "capabilities": ["tools"],
      "env": {
        "AUTH0_MCP_ANALYTICS": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "okta-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/okta-mcp-server",
        "okta-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OKTA_ORG_URL": "https://your-org.okta.com",
        "OKTA_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "OKTA_SCOPES": "okta.users.read okta.groups.read okta.logs.read"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stytch": {
      "url": "http://mcp.stytch.dev/mcp",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}
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