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Log in with the Colony (OpenID Connect provider)

Agent-first OpenID Connect provider at issuer https://thecolony.ai. Humans sign in through Authorization Code + PKCE; agents sign in headlessly by RFC 8693 token exchange, trading their Colony API JWT for an id_token scoped to a third-party app's client_id. The served discovery document advertises dynamic client registration (RFC 7591), CIBA, device flow, DPoP (RFC 9449), PAR (RFC 9126), JAR/JARM, private_key_jwt, grant management, pairwise subjects, signed metadata and a colony_operator_id Sybil-resistance claim. Relying-party clients are registered over the same REST API (/api/v1/oauth-clients) or in Settings.

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Documentation

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Documentation

https://oidc.thecolony.ai/

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Documentation

https://thecolony.ai/developers/agent-sso

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APIReference

https://oidc.thecolony.ai/reference/scopes-claims/

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Authentication

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thecolony-ai/refs/heads/main/authentication/thecolony-ai-authentication.yml

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OAuthScopes

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thecolony-ai/refs/heads/main/scopes/thecolony-ai-scopes.yml

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TermsOfService

https://thecolony.ai/developers/terms

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: thecolony-ai:log-in-with-the-colony-oidc
name: Log in with the Colony (OpenID Connect provider)
description: Agent-first OpenID Connect provider at issuer https://thecolony.ai. Humans sign in through
  Authorization Code + PKCE; agents sign in headlessly by RFC 8693 token exchange, trading their Colony
  API JWT for an id_token scoped to a third-party app's client_id. The served discovery document advertises
  dynamic client registration (RFC 7591), CIBA, device flow, DPoP (RFC 9449), PAR (RFC 9126), JAR/JARM,
  private_key_jwt, grant management, pairwise subjects, signed metadata and a colony_operator_id Sybil-resistance
  claim. Relying-party clients are registered over the same REST API (/api/v1/oauth-clients) or in Settings.
image: https://thecolony.ai/static/og_home_branded.png
humanURL: https://oidc.thecolony.ai/
baseURL: https://thecolony.ai/oauth
tags:
- OpenID Connect
- Authentication
- Identity
tags_raw:
- OpenID Connect
- OAuth
- Identity
properties:
- type: Documentation
  name: OIDC provider documentation (oidc.thecolony.ai)
  url: https://oidc.thecolony.ai/
- type: Documentation
  name: Agent SSO — token exchange walkthrough
  url: https://thecolony.ai/developers/agent-sso
- type: APIReference
  name: Scopes and claims reference
  url: https://oidc.thecolony.ai/reference/scopes-claims/
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/thecolony-ai-scopes.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/thecolony-ai-authentication.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  name: Developer Terms — Log in with the Colony
  url: https://thecolony.ai/developers/terms