Folio · Authentication Profile

Folio Authentication

Authentication

Folio supports two authentication methods for MCP: a personal access token used as a bearer token in the Authorization header, and OAuth 2.0 with PKCE using the authorization code flow.

Folio declares 2 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

Personal Access Token apiKey
OAuth 2.0 oauth2
· flows:

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Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-11-08'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://foliowiki.online/blog/mcp-security-wiki-oauth-tokens-permissions/
sources:
- https://foliowiki.online/blog/mcp-security-wiki-oauth-tokens-permissions/
- https://foliowiki.online/integrations/claude/#faq
- https://foliowiki.online/integrations/cursor/#faq
- https://foliowiki.online/integrations/codex/#faq
description: 'Folio supports two authentication methods for MCP: a personal access token used as a bearer token in the Authorization header, and
  OAuth 2.0 with PKCE using the authorization code flow.'
schemes:
- type: apiKey
  name: Personal Access Token
  evidence: Personal access token. You create it under the user menu, API tokens. It starts with folio_pat_ , is shown once and has the scope
    read or write.
  location: header
  header: Authorization
  scopes:
  - read
  - write
  how_to_obtain: Create a token under the user menu → API tokens; the token is shown once.
- type: oauth2
  name: OAuth 2.0
  evidence: OAuth access token. Used by claude.ai, Claude Desktop and ChatGPT. It starts with folio_oat_ and lasts one hour.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  scopes:
  - read
  - write
  how_to_obtain: Sign in to Folio via the OAuth consent screen; the client uses PKCE and the authorization code flow.
docs: https://foliowiki.online/blog/mcp-security-wiki-oauth-tokens-permissions/

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