mcs-auth

The authentication backbone for the Model Context Standard (MCS).

Stop wiring OAuth flows, API keys, and token refresh logic into every agent you build. mcs-auth defines a universal CredentialProvider protocol -- one interface, any credential source. Your agent code never changes, no matter how authentication works behind the scenes.

Installation

pip install mcs-auth

What's inside

Quick start

from mcs.auth.static import StaticProvider

# From a dict
provider = StaticProvider(tokens={"gmail": "ya29.xxx", "openai": "sk-xxx"})
token = provider.get_token("gmail")

# From environment variables (MCS_TOKEN_GMAIL, MCS_TOKEN_OPENAI, ...)
provider = StaticProvider()
token = provider.get_token("gmail")

The big picture

Your agent calls provider.get_token("gmail"). Where that token comes from is none of the agent's business:

CredentialProvider.get_token("gmail")
  |
  +-- StaticProvider          (env vars, dicts)
  +-- Auth0Provider           (Token Vault exchange)  --> mcs-auth-auth0
  +-- OAuthProvider           (browser login)         --> mcs-auth-oauth
  +-- LinkAuthProvider        (device-flow broker)    --> mcs-auth-linkauth

Swap providers without touching agent code. Add new services without new OAuth integrations. That's the power of a protocol-based auth layer.

Links

• Homepage: https://www.modelcontextstandard.io
• Source: https://github.com/modelcontextstandard/python-sdk

License

Apache-2.0