Cakewalk · Authentication Profile

Cakewalk Authentication

Authentication

Cakewalk secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: header

Security Schemes

X-API-KEY apiKey

· in: header (X-API-KEY)

X-API-SECRET apiKey

· in: header (X-API-SECRET)

OAuth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://www.cakewalk.security/docs/open-api-and-mcp/authentication
docs: https://www.cakewalk.security/docs/open-api-and-mcp/authentication
summary:
  types: [apiKey, oauth2]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: [authorizationCode]
  notes: >-
    The Cakewalk Open REST API authenticates with a paired API key + API secret
    sent as HTTP headers. The hosted Cakewalk MCP server authenticates with
    OAuth (authorization code, Dynamic Client Registration) and issues
    scoped access tokens.
schemes:
- name: X-API-KEY
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-API-KEY
  description: >-
    Public API key identifying the caller. Issued from the keys table in
    developer settings. Sent on every REST request.
  applies_to: rest
  sources: [https://www.cakewalk.security/docs/open-api-and-mcp/authentication]
- name: X-API-SECRET
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-API-SECRET
  description: >-
    Secret paired with the API key, used for request integrity verification.
    Keys are issued with an access level of read-and-write (default) or
    read-only. Sent on every REST request alongside X-API-KEY.
  applies_to: rest
  sources: [https://www.cakewalk.security/docs/open-api-and-mcp/authentication]
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  description: >-
    OAuth authorization used by the hosted Cakewalk MCP server
    (https://mcp.getcakewalk.io/mcp). Clients register via OAuth Dynamic Client
    Registration and approve scopes during authorization; the granted scopes
    determine which MCP tools are available.
  applies_to: mcp
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    scopes:
    - mcp:users.read
    - mcp:workapps.read
    - mcp:requests.read
    - mcp:requests.write
  sources: [https://www.cakewalk.security/docs/open-api-and-mcp/introduction-to-mcp/connect-an-mcp-client]
key_access_levels:
- read-and-write
- read-only

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