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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The following examples can be found in the examples directory:
- [Fastify API Example](./examples/example-fastify-api/README.md)
- [NestJS API Example](./examples/example-nestjs-api/README.md)
- [Express Web App Example](./examples/example-express-web/README.md)
- [FastMCP MCP Example](./examples/example-fastmcp-mcp/README.md)
- [Express MCP Server Example](./examples/example-express-mcp/README.md)

Before running the examples, you need to install the dependencies for the monorepo and build all the packages.
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AUTH0_DOMAIN=
AUTH0_AUDIENCE=
PORT=3001
MCP_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3001
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# Example FastMCP MCP Server with Auth0 Integration

This is a practical example of securing a [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs) server
with Auth0 using the [FastMCP](https://github.com/punkpeye/fastmcp) TypeScript framework. It demonstrates
real-world OAuth 2.0 and OIDC integration with JWT token verification and scope enforcement.

## Install dependencies

Install the dependencies using npm:

```bash
npm install
```

## Auth0 Tenant Setup
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### Pre-requisites:

This guide uses [Auth0 CLI](https://auth0.github.io/auth0-cli/) to configure an Auth0 tenant for secure MCP tool access. If you don't have it, you can follow the [Auth0 CLI installation instructions](https://auth0.github.io/auth0-cli/) to set it up. Alternatively, all the following configuration steps can be done through the [Auth0 Management Dashboard](https://manage.auth0.com/).

### Step 1: Authenticate with Auth0 CLI

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Should we add installing the Auth0 CLI as a dependency? Or is this example usable without installing it?

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You can configure your tenant from the dashboard or with the Management API. The Auth0 CLI isn't required, but it simplifies the setup process.

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But the entire next steps rely on the auth0 CLI, which makes it a required prerequisite to follow any of the following steps.

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👍 That makes sense. I updated it to explicitly say that auth0 cli is a prerequisite to follow the rest of steps

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Perhaps, we can add a small sentence that explains everything can be configured through the manage dashboard as well if prefered.


First, you need to log in to the Auth0 CLI with the correct scopes to manage all the necessary resources.

1. Run the login command: This command will open a browser window for you to authenticate. We are requesting a set of
scopes to configure APIs, roles, and clients.

```
auth0 login --scopes "read:client_grants,create:client_grants,delete:client_grants,read:clients,create:clients,update:clients,read:resource_servers,create:resource_servers,update:resource_servers,read:roles,create:roles,update:roles,update:tenant_settings,read:connections,update:connections"
```

2. Verify your tenant: After logging in, confirm you are operating on the tenant you want to configure.

```
auth0 tenants list
```

### Step 2: Configure Tenant Settings

Next, enable tenant-level flags required for Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) and an improved user consent experience.

- `enable_dynamic_client_registration`: Allows MCP tools to register themselves as applications automatically.
[Learn more](https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/applications/dynamic-client-registration#enable-dynamic-client-registration)
- `use_scope_descriptions_for_consent`: Shows user-friendly descriptions for scopes on the consent screen.
[Learn more](https://auth0.com/docs/customize/login-pages/customize-consent-prompts).

Execute the following command to enable the above mentioned flags through the tenant settings:

```
auth0 tenant-settings update set flags.enable_dynamic_client_registration flags.use_scope_descriptions_for_consent
```

### Step 3: Promote Connections to Domain Level

[Learn more](https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/identity-providers/promote-connections-to-domain-level) about promoting
connections to domain level.

1. List your connections to get their IDs: `auth0 api get connections`
2. From the list, identify only the connections that should be available to be used with third party applications. For each of those specific connection IDs, run the following command to mark it as a domain-level connection. Replace `YOUR_CONNECTION_ID` with the actual ID (e.g., `con_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX`)

```
auth0 api patch connections/YOUR_CONNECTION_ID --data '{"is_domain_connection": true}'
```

### Step 4: Configure the API and Default Audience

This step creates the API (also known as a Resource Server) that represents your protected MCP Server and sets it as the
default for your tenant.

1. Create the API: This command registers the API with Auth0, defines its signing algorithm, enables Role-Based Access
Control (RBAC), and specifies the available scopes. Replace `http://localhost:3001` and `MCP Tools API`
with your desired identifier and name. Add your tool-specific scopes to the scopes array.

Note that `rfc9068_profile_authz` is used instead of `rfc9068_profile` as the token dialect to enable RBAC. [Learn more](https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/apis/enable-role-based-access-control-for-apis#token-dialect-options)

```
auth0 api post resource-servers --data '{
"identifier": "http://localhost:3001",
"name": "MCP Tools API",
"signing_alg": "RS256",
"token_dialect": "rfc9068_profile_authz",
"enforce_policies": true,
"scopes": [
{"value": "tool:whoami", "description": "Access the WhoAmI tool"},
{"value": "tool:greet", "description": "Access the Greeting tool"}
]
}'

```

2. Set the Default Audience: This ensures that users logging in interactively get access tokens that are valid for your
newly created MCP Server. Replace `http://localhost:3001` with the same API identifier you used above.

**Note:** This step is currently required but temporary. Without setting a default audience, the issued access tokens will not be scoped specifically to your MCP resource server. Support for RFC 8707 (Resource Indicators for OAuth 2.0) is coming soon, which will provide proper resource targeting. Once available, these instructions will be updated to explain how to enable support for RFC 8707 instead of the default audience approach.

```
auth0 api patch "tenants/settings" --data '{"default_audience": "http://localhost:3001"}'
```

### Step 5: Configure RBAC Roles and Permissions

Now, set up roles and assign permissions to them. This allows you to control which users can access which tools.

1. Create Roles: For each role you need (e.g., "Tool Administrator", "Tool User"), run the create command.

```
# Example for an admin role
auth0 roles create --name "Tool Administrator" --description "Grants access to all MCP tools"

# Example for a basic user role
auth0 roles create --name "Tool User" --description "Grants access to basic MCP tools"
```

2. Assign Permissions to Roles: After creating roles, note the ID from the output (e.g. `rol_`) and and assign the API
permissions to it. Replace `YOUR_ROLE_ID`, `http://localhost:3001`, and the list of scopes.

```
# Example for admin role (all scopes)
auth0 roles permissions add YOUR_ADMIN_ROLE_ID --api-id "http://localhost:3001" --permissions "tool:whoami,tool:greet"

# Example for user role (one scope)
auth0 roles permissions add YOUR_USER_ROLE_ID --api-id "http://localhost:3001" --permissions "tool:whoami"
```

3. Assign Roles to Users: Find users and assign them to the roles.

```
# Find a user's ID
auth0 users search --query "email:\"example@google.com\""

# Assign the role using the user's ID and the role's ID
auth0 users roles assign "auth0|USER_ID_HERE" --roles "YOUR_ROLE_ID_HERE"
```

**Note:** Further customization not supported out of the box by RBAC can be done via a custom Post-Login action trigger.

## Configuration

Rename `.env.example` to `.env` and configure the domain and audience:

```
# Auth0 tenant domain
AUTH0_DOMAIN=example-tenant.us.auth0.com

# Auth0 API Identifier
AUTH0_AUDIENCE=http://localhost:3001
```

With the configuration in place, the example can be started by running:

```bash
npm run start
```

## Testing

Use an MCP client like [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector) to test your server interactively:

```bash
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
```

The server will start up and the UI will be accessible at http://localhost:6274.

In the MCP Inspector, select `Streamable HTTP` as the `Transport Type` and enter `http://localhost:3001/mcp` as the URL.
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{
"name": "example-fastmcp-mcp",
"version": "0.1.0-beta.1",
"description": "FastMCP Server Example (Beta) — Example implementation of an MCP server using FastMCP framework with Auth0 authentication. This example is in beta and demonstrates secure MCP server patterns with OAuth 2.0 and JWT validation.",

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What is the approach to move this out of beta post merging this example?

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Good call out. We are starting with beta and might not support every framework. The idea is to first validate those mcp examples and get some feedback. Framework popularity with mcp server integration is also a factor. Curious if there's an existing path we usually follow to move examples here out of beta

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No we have never realy used a beta concept with examples, as they are not released like versioned artifacts.

"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"start": "tsx src/index.ts --project tsconfig.json"
},
"dependencies": {
"@auth0/auth0-api-js": "*",
"@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.17.2",
"dotenv": "^17.2.1",
"fastmcp": "^3.12.0",
"zod": "^4.0.17"
},
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"tsx": "^4.20.3",
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import type { IncomingMessage } from "http";
import { ApiClient, VerifyAccessTokenError } from "@auth0/auth0-api-js";
import {
InsufficientScopeError,
InvalidTokenError,
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/auth/errors.js";
import { getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/auth/router.js";
import { FastMCPAuthSession } from "./types.js";

const PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT ?? "3001", 10);
const MCP_SERVER_URL = process.env.MCP_SERVER_URL ?? `http://localhost:${PORT}`;
const AUTH0_DOMAIN = process.env.AUTH0_DOMAIN as string;
const AUTH0_AUDIENCE = process.env.AUTH0_AUDIENCE as string;

const apiClient = new ApiClient({
domain: AUTH0_DOMAIN,
audience: AUTH0_AUDIENCE,
});

function isNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
return typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0;
}

export const authenticate = async (
request: IncomingMessage
): Promise<FastMCPAuthSession> => {
try {
const authHeader = request.headers.authorization;
if (!authHeader) {
throw new InvalidTokenError("Missing authorization header");
}

const [type, accessToken] = authHeader.split(" ");
if (type?.toLocaleLowerCase() !== "bearer" || !accessToken) {
throw new InvalidTokenError("Invalid authorization header");
}
const decoded = await apiClient.verifyAccessToken({
accessToken,
});

if (!isNonEmptyString(decoded.sub)) {
throw new InvalidTokenError(
"Token is missing required subject (sub) claim"
);
}

let clientId: string | null = null;
if (isNonEmptyString(decoded.client_id)) {
clientId = decoded.client_id;
} else if (isNonEmptyString(decoded.azp)) {
clientId = decoded.azp;
}

if (!clientId) {
throw new InvalidTokenError(
"Token is missing required client identification (client_id or azp claim)."
);
}

const token = {
token: accessToken,
clientId,
scopes:
typeof decoded.scope === "string"
? decoded.scope.split(" ").filter(Boolean)
: [],
...(decoded.exp && { expiresAt: decoded.exp }),
extra: {
sub: decoded.sub,
...(isNonEmptyString(decoded.client_id) && {
client_id: decoded.client_id,
}),
...(isNonEmptyString(decoded.azp) && { azp: decoded.azp }),
...(isNonEmptyString(decoded.name) && { name: decoded.name }),
...(isNonEmptyString(decoded.email) && { email: decoded.email }),
},
} satisfies FastMCPAuthSession;

return token;
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
if (
error instanceof VerifyAccessTokenError ||
error instanceof InvalidTokenError
) {
/**
* WWW-Authenticate header is used for 401 responses as per spec.
*/
const wwwAuthValue = `Bearer error="invalid_token", error_description="${
error.message
}", resource_metadata="${getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl(
new URL(MCP_SERVER_URL)
)}"`;
throw new Response(null, {
status: 401,
statusText: "Unauthorized",
headers: {
"WWW-Authenticate": wwwAuthValue,
},
});
} else if (error instanceof InsufficientScopeError) {
throw new Response(null, {
status: 403,
statusText: "Forbidden",
});
} else {
throw new Response(null, {
status: 500,
statusText: "Internal Server Error",
});
}
}
};
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