Strivacity Authentication

generated: '2026-08-29'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.strivacity.com/reference/getting-started-with-the-admin-api ,
  https://docs.strivacity.com/docs/rest-api-access-policies ,
  https://docs.strivacity.com/docs/api-sec-policy ,
  plus derived from openapi/_original/*.json securitySchemes
docs: https://docs.strivacity.com/reference/getting-started-with-the-admin-api
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  primary: OAuth 2.0 client credentials -> opaque or JWT bearer access token
model: >-
  Every Strivacity REST API is bearer-token protected. Tokens are minted by the tenant's own OAuth 2.0
  token endpoint using the client-credentials grant, with BOTH a scope set and an audience. Authorization
  is two-sided: the token must carry the scope, and an API Access policy inside the instance must have
  granted that scope to that client. Requesting a scope the policy does not grant fails — possession of
  valid client credentials is not by itself access.
schemes:
- name: securityScheme
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  applies_to:
  - openapi/strivacity-admin-portal-openapi.yml
  - openapi/strivacity-admin-management-openapi.yml
  - openapi/strivacity-myaccount-portal-openapi.yml
  - openapi/strivacity-native-journey-openapi.yml
  header: 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>'
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  applies_to:
  - openapi/strivacity-admin-console-getting-started-openapi.yml
  note: >-
    HTTP Basic here is the client-credentials presentation at the token endpoint — client_id as username,
    client_secret as password — not a Basic-auth data API.
oauth2:
  declared_in_spec: false
  spec_gap: >-
    The published OpenAPI documents describe the bearer token but never declare an oauth2 securityScheme
    with its token URL and scopes, so a generated client cannot obtain a token from the spec alone. The
    flow is fully documented in prose instead. This is the single largest machine-readability gap in an
    otherwise complete contract set.
  grant_types:
  - client_credentials
  - authorization_code
  token_endpoint: https://{tenant}.strivacity.com/oauth2/token
  token_endpoint_auth: client_secret_basic (client_id as username, client_secret as password)
  audience_parameter: required
  resource_parameter:
    supported: true
    rfc: RFC 8707
    note: >-
      Agents and OAuth clients name the target protected resource (an MCP server or API registered in
      Strivacity) in the `resource` parameter on both the authorization and token request. Strivacity
      matches it exactly against the resources assigned to the client and makes it the token audience.
  pkce: required for authorization-code flows
  token_format: opaque by default; JWT selectable per client so resource servers can validate locally
  token_lifetime_example: 3599 seconds
  scopes_artifact: scopes/strivacity-scopes.yml
  scope_count: 106
oidc:
  discovery: https://{tenant}.strivacity.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  rfc8414_oauth_authorization_server: false
  rfc8414_note: >-
    Strivacity states explicitly that the RFC 8414 /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server path is not
    published, and that conforming MCP clients are expected to fall back to OIDC Discovery.
  jwks: published in the OIDC discovery metadata
  client_id_metadata_document: >-
    When enabled, discovery advertises client_id_metadata_document_supported: true, letting external AI
    agents self-identify as dynamic clients without pre-registration.
end_user_authentication:
  note: >-
    Distinct from API authentication. Strivacity is itself the customer-facing authentication product —
    passwords, magic links, SMS/email/voice passcodes, soft tokens, FIDO2 / WebAuthn passkeys, platform
    biometrics, social and enterprise federation (OIDC + SAML2), plus adaptive step-up driven by risk
    policy.
  standards:
  - OpenID Connect
  - OAuth 2.0 / 2.1
  - SAML 2.0
  - FIDO2 / WebAuthn
  - RFC 9700 OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice
  - RFC 8707 Resource Indicators
  - Token Exchange
  - CIBA
  - DPoP
  - PAR
  - RAR
policy_layer:
  name: API Access policy (API security policy)
  docs: https://docs.strivacity.com/docs/api-sec-policy
  note: >-
    Scopes are attached to clients through an API Access policy assignment. Only clients created as
    "OIDC using no-code components" can be assigned one; other client types will not appear in the
    assignment dropdown.