Tessl · Authentication Profile

Tessl Authentication

Authentication

Tessl secures its APIs with oauth2 and openIdConnect across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: oauth2, openIdConnect Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 / OpenID Connect openIdConnect

Tessl API key apiKey

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Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://auth.tessl.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
docs: https://docs.tessl.io/introduction-to-tessl/set-up-tessl/installation.md
# Tessl has no OpenAPI, so this profile is captured from the live OIDC discovery
# document and the CLI/docs auth flow rather than derived from a spec.
summary:
  types: [oauth2, openIdConnect]
  primary_flow: device_code
  identity_providers: [GitHub, Google]
  api_key: workspace-scoped (tessl api-key create; TESSL_TOKEN env for CI)
issuer: https://auth.tessl.io
schemes:
  - name: OAuth2 / OpenID Connect
    type: openIdConnect
    openIdConnectUrl: https://auth.tessl.io/.well-known/openid-configuration
    authorization_endpoint: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/authorize
    token_endpoint: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/token
    device_authorization_endpoint: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/device_authorization
    userinfo_endpoint: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/userinfo
    introspection_endpoint: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/introspection
    jwks_uri: https://auth.tessl.io/oauth2/jwks
    grant_types_supported:
      - authorization_code
      - client_credentials
      - refresh_token
      - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code
    id_token_signing_alg_values_supported: [RS256]
    token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: [none, client_secret_basic, client_secret_post]
    sources: [auth.tessl.io/.well-known/openid-configuration]
  - name: Tessl API key
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    env: TESSL_TOKEN
    description: >-
      Workspace-scoped API key minted with `tessl api-key create` (roles: member,
      publisher, manager, owner; optional expiry). Used for CI / non-interactive
      contexts in place of the interactive device-code login.
    sources: [docs.tessl.io/reference/cli-commands.md]

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