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Orthogonal Authentication

Authentication

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

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

Security Schemes

http
scheme: bearer · in: header ()
oauth2

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Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.orthogonal.com/authentication.md + live oauth-authorization-server metadata
summary: >-
  The REST API and CLI authenticate with an API key passed as an HTTP bearer
  token. The hosted MCP server authenticates users via OAuth 2.0 (authorization
  code + PKCE) fronted by Clerk.
schemes:
- id: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  in: header
  header: Authorization
  format: 'Authorization: Bearer orth_live_...'
  key_prefixes:
  - prefix: orth_live_
    mode: live
    note: production, billable
  - prefix: orth_test_
    mode: test
    note: testing, no charges
  env_var: ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY
  applies_to:
  - REST API (api.orthogonal.com)
  - CLI (@orth/cli)
  - SDKs (@orth/sdk, orth)
- id: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flow: authorization_code
  pkce: S256
  issuer: https://clerk.orthogonal.com
  authorization_endpoint: https://clerk.orthogonal.com/oauth/authorize
  token_endpoint: https://clerk.orthogonal.com/oauth/token
  revocation_endpoint: https://clerk.orthogonal.com/oauth/token/revoke
  registration_endpoint: https://mcp.orthogonal.com/oauth/register
  jwks_uri: https://clerk.orthogonal.com/.well-known/jwks.json
  applies_to:
  - Hosted MCP server (mcp.orthogonal.com)
  scopes:
  - openid
  - profile
  - email
  - public_metadata
  - private_metadata
  - offline_access
  - user:org:read

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