OpenID Connect

OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an identity authentication protocol that is an extension of OAuth 2.0. It enables clients to verify the identity of end-users and obtain basic profile information in a secure, standardized way using JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

OpenID Connect is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Authentication, Identity, JWT, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.

OpenID Connect’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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10.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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AuthenticationIdentityJWTOAuthOpenID Connect

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 10.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Openid Connect Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Reference

Reference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: openid-connect
name: OpenID Connect
description: OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an identity authentication protocol that is an extension of OAuth 2.0. It enables clients
  to verify the identity of end-users and obtain basic profile information in a secure, standardized way using JSON Web Tokens
  (JWT).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openid-connect.png
tags:
- Authentication
- Identity
- JWT
- OAuth
- OpenID Connect
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openid-connect/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openid-connect-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://openid.net/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://openid.net/developers/specs/
- type: Reference
  url: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://openid.net/llms.txt
- url: https://openid.net/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com