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aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts

Implement comprehensive authentication strategies for APIs including JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0, API keys, and session management with proper security practices.

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npx skills add https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill api-authentication
About this skill
Implement comprehensive authentication strategies for APIs including JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0, API keys, and session management with proper security practices. Minimal working example: Detailed implementations in the references/ directory: - Overview - When to Use - Quick Start - Reference Guides - Best Practices - Securing API endpoints - Implementing user login/logout flows - Managing access tokens and refresh tokens - Integrating OAuth 2.0 providers - Protecting sensitive data - Implementing API key authentication - Use HTTPS for all authentication - Store tokens securely (HttpOnly cookies) - Implement token refresh mechanism - Set appropriate token expiration times - Hash and salt passwords - Use strong secret keys - Validate tokens on every request - Implement rate limiting on auth endpoints - Log authentication attempts - Rotate secrets regularly - Store passwords in plain text - Send tokens in URL parameters - Use weak secret keys - Store sensitive data in JWT payload - Ignore token expiration - Disable HTTPS in production - Log sensitive tokens - Reuse API keys across services - Store credentials in code

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What does api-authentication do?

Implement comprehensive authentication strategies for APIs including JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0, API keys, and session management with proper security practices.

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What agent does api-authentication work with?

api-authentication currently lists compatibility with codex, gemini-cli, opencode, cursor, github-copilot, claude-code.

What are alternatives to api-authentication?

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How do I install api-authentication?

npx skills add https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill api-authentication

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