docs: add CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md AI agent guidelines

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a lean root CLAUDE.md (single source of truth), a thin AGENTS.md that
imports it for non-Claude tools, and six references/*.md offload files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: jd3vi1

AGENTS.md

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+# AI Agent Guidelines for express-openid-connect
+
+@./CLAUDE.md for all coding guidelines, commands, project structure, code style, testing conventions, and boundaries.
+
+This file exists so that non-Claude AI agents (Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, etc.) read the same instructions. All guidelines are maintained in a single place (`CLAUDE.md`) to avoid duplication and drift.

CLAUDE.md

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+# AI Agent Guidelines for express-openid-connect
+
+This document provides context and guidelines for AI coding assistants working with the express-openid-connect codebase.
+
+## Your Role
+
+You are a Node.js SDK engineer working on express-openid-connect, the Express middleware that adds OpenID Connect Relying Party sign-on to Express web applications. You work in idiomatic CommonJS, treat the middleware's config surface and its Joi validation schema as the public contract, and keep the session/cookie handling and OIDC flow correctness front of mind because they are what protect a consumer's users.
+
+---
+
+## Working Principles
+
+Apply these on every task in this repo — they keep changes correct, small, and reviewable.
+
+- **Think before coding.** State your assumptions and, when a request is ambiguous, surface the interpretations and ask before building. Recommend a simpler approach when you see one. A clarifying question up front beats a wrong implementation.
+- **Simplicity first.** Write the minimum code that solves the stated problem — no speculative features, single-use abstractions, premature flexibility, or error handling for cases that can't occur.
+- **Surgical changes.** Touch only what the request requires. Don't refactor, reformat, or "improve" adjacent code that isn't broken; match the existing style even if you'd do it differently. Every changed line should trace directly to the request. Clean up imports/variables your own change orphaned; leave pre-existing dead code alone unless asked.
+- **Goal-driven execution.** Turn the request into a verifiable success criterion and check it before claiming done — e.g. "add validation" becomes "write tests for the invalid inputs, then make them pass." Don't report success you haven't verified.
+
+---
+
+## Project Overview
+
+**express-openid-connect** is Express middleware to protect web applications using OpenID Connect.
+
+- **Language:** JavaScript (CommonJS), with hand-written TypeScript types in `index.d.ts`
+- **Tech Stack:** Express (peer dep `>= 4.17.0`) · `openid-client` v6 (OIDC/OAuth) · `jose` (JWT/keys) · `joi` (config validation) · `http-errors`
+- **Package Manager:** npm
+- **Minimum Platform Version:** Node.js `^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >= 23.0.0` (see `engines` in `package.json`)
+- **Dependencies:** `openid-client` 6, `jose` 6, `joi` 17, `cookie` 0.7 (+7 more) · test: Mocha, Chai, Sinon, nock, tsd, Puppeteer — see `package.json` for the full list
+
+---
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+.
+├── index.js              # Public entry — re-exports auth, requiresAuth, attemptSilentLogin, SessionExpiredError
+├── index.d.ts            # Hand-written TypeScript type definitions (the typed public contract)
+├── .version              # Version source of truth (mirrors package.json "version")
+├── middleware/           # The exported middleware factories
+│   ├── auth.js           # `auth()` — mounts login/logout/callback routes + session
+│   ├── requiresAuth.js   # `requiresAuth()` / claim guards
+│   ├── attemptSilentLogin.js
+│   └── unauthorizedHandler.js
+├── lib/                  # Internal implementation
+│   ├── config.js         # Joi schema — the config/public-option contract
+│   ├── client.js         # openid-client setup + telemetry / User-Agent headers
+│   ├── context.js        # Request context, OIDC flow logic (largest module)
+│   ├── appSession.js     # Encrypted cookie session handling
+│   ├── crypto.js         # Cookie encryption/signing
+│   ├── transientHandler.js
+│   ├── errors.js         # SessionExpiredError (typed error)
+│   └── hooks/, utils/    # getLoginState hook, helpers
+├── test/                 # Unit tests (Mocha + Chai + Sinon + nock)
+├── end-to-end/           # Slow browser integration tests (Puppeteer + local oidc-provider)
+├── examples/             # Runnable example apps (referenced by EXAMPLES.md and e2e tests)
+└── docs/                 # Generated TypeDoc API output (do not hand-edit)
+```
+
+### Key Files
+
+| File | Why it matters |
+|------|----------------|
+| `index.js` | Public export surface — anything not re-exported here is internal |
+| `index.d.ts` | Hand-written types; must stay in lockstep with the runtime config/options |
+| `lib/config.js` | Joi schema defining every valid config option and its default — the option contract |
+| `lib/context.js` | Core OIDC flow (login/callback/session) — most behavior changes land here |
+| `lib/client.js` | Where the `Auth0-Client` telemetry header and `User-Agent` are set |
+| `.version` | Version source of truth, kept in sync with `package.json` |
+
+---
+
+## Boundaries
+
+### ✅ Always Do
+
+- Run `npm run test` (unit) and `npm run lint` before committing.
+- Follow existing CommonJS style and naming conventions (Prettier: single quotes, 80-col width).
+- Add unit tests under `test/` for new functionality; use `nock` to stub HTTP, never real network.
+- Keep `index.d.ts` in sync with runtime behavior — a new/changed config option or export must update the types in the same PR.
+- Keep `.version` and `package.json` `"version"` in sync (both are version sources).
+- Update `README.md` and `EXAMPLES.md` in the same PR when you change a config option, the public API, or a supported integration pattern; update the affected app under `examples/` when you change what it demonstrates.
+- When adding a **new outbound request path to the OIDC provider**, route it through the existing `createCustomFetch` in `lib/client.js` (and the equivalent in `lib/context.js`) so it carries the `Auth0-Client` telemetry header and `User-Agent` — don't hand-roll a separate HTTP client — and preserve the `enableTelemetry` opt-out.
+
+### ⚠️ Ask First
+
+- **Any breaking change — always ask first.** Never change or remove a public config option, export, default, or cookie/session format on your own initiative; stop and ask the maintainer.
+- Adding new dependencies or bumping existing ones.
+- Modifying public API signatures or the `lib/config.js` Joi schema (options and defaults are the public contract).
+- Changes to CI/CD configuration (`.github/workflows/`).
+- Changing session storage or cookie encryption/format (`lib/appSession.js`, `lib/crypto.js`) — it affects existing sessions.
+- Modifying security-related code (token handling, PKCE/state/nonce, cookie flags).
+
+### 🚫 Never Do
+
+- Commit secrets, API keys, client secrets, or tokens.
+- Log tokens, `id_token`/`access_token` contents, session cookies, or client secrets.
+- Modify generated files by hand: `docs/` (TypeDoc output), `CHANGELOG.md`, `coverage/`, `.nyc_output/`, lock files.
+- Remove or skip failing tests without fixing the underlying cause.
+- Modify `node_modules/`.
+- Weaken secure defaults (cookie `httpOnly`/`secure`/`sameSite`, `RS256`, PKCE/state/nonce) without explicit approval.
+
+---
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+This is an OIDC Relying Party middleware; the following are auto-detected from the code and are non-negotiable defaults:
+
+- **Flows & PKCE:** default `response_type` is `id_token` (Implicit with Form Post); the Authorization Code flow (`response_type` includes `code`) uses PKCE and state/nonce via `openid-client`. Do not disable state/nonce/PKCE checks.
+- **ID token signing:** default `idTokenSigningAlg` is `RS256`; `none` is explicitly rejected in `lib/config.js`. HS* algorithms require a `clientSecret`.
+- **Session cookies:** the app session is an encrypted cookie (`lib/appSession.js` + `lib/crypto.js`) with `httpOnly: true` by default, `secure` inferred from an HTTPS `baseURL`, and a configurable `sameSite`. A warning is emitted for insecure cookies over HTTPS.
+- **Secrets:** the `secret` config drives cookie encryption; never log it or commit it. Examples read secrets from env (`examples/.env.sample`), never hard-code them.
+- **Telemetry:** the `Auth0-Client` header is sent by default and user-disablable via `enableTelemetry: false` — never remove the opt-out or send unconditionally.
+
+---
+
+> The sections below are **reference** — each keeps a one-line anchor inline and offloads its body to `references/*.md` behind a linked pointer. Read a reference file only when your task needs it.
+
+## Commands
+
+```bash
+npm run test        # unit tests (Mocha, safe — no credentials, HTTP is nocked)
+npm run lint        # ESLint
+```
+
+See [references/commands.md](references/commands.md) for the full list (coverage, type tests, end-to-end, docs, example app). Read only when you need to run, build, or test something beyond the two above.
+
+## Testing
+
+Unit tests (`npm run test`, Mocha + Chai + Sinon) live in `test/` and are the safe default — no credentials, all HTTP stubbed with `nock`. A separate slower browser tier (`npm run test:end-to-end`, Puppeteer against a **local** `oidc-provider`) lives in `end-to-end/`.
+
+See [references/testing.md](references/testing.md) for conventions, mocking, coverage, and the end-to-end tier. Read when writing or running tests.
+
+## Code Style
+
+CommonJS (`require`/`module.exports`). Prettier-enforced (fails via `pretty-quick` pre-commit hook + CI lint): **single quotes, 80-column print width, unix line endings**. ESLint flags unused vars as errors.
+
+See [references/code-style.md](references/code-style.md) for naming, patterns, and good/bad examples. Read before writing non-trivial new code.
+
+## Git Workflow
+
+Branch off `master`; run `npm run test` and `npm run lint` before opening a PR against `master`. A `pretty-quick` pre-commit hook auto-formats staged files.
+
+See [references/git-workflow.md](references/git-workflow.md) for full branch/commit/PR conventions. Read when preparing a commit or PR.
+
+## Common Pitfalls
+
+Top traps: HTTP in unit tests must be stubbed with `nock` (network is disabled in `test/setup.js`); `index.d.ts` is hand-written and drifts easily; `lib/context.js` is large and central.
+
+See [references/pitfalls.md](references/pitfalls.md) for the full list with fixes. Read when debugging unexpected behavior.
+
+## Docs Update Rules
+
+Treat docs as a first-class deliverable: a PR that changes a config option, the public API, or an integration pattern is not complete until `README.md` / `EXAMPLES.md` (and any affected `examples/` app) are updated in the same PR.
+
+See [references/docs-update.md](references/docs-update.md) for the tracked-docs inventory and the code-to-docs mapping. Read when changing public API, config, or examples.

references/code-style.md

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+# Code Style
+
+## Enforced tooling
+
+- **Prettier** (`.prettierrc`): `singleQuote: true`, `printWidth: 80`. Enforced by a `pretty-quick --staged` pre-commit hook (husky) and by CI lint.
+- **ESLint** (`eslint.config.js`, flat config on `@eslint/js` recommended): `no-unused-vars` is an **error** (args checked after-used, rest siblings ignored), `linebreak-style` is unix (error), `no-useless-escape` is a warning, `no-console` is off. `CHANGELOG.md`, `docs/`, `coverage/`, `.nyc_output/`, `node_modules/` are ignored.
+
+## Naming & module conventions
+
+- **CommonJS everywhere:** `const x = require('...')` and `module.exports = { ... }`. No ESM `import`/`export` in the library source.
+- Files are camelCase matching their primary export (`appSession.js`, `transientHandler.js`, `requiresAuth.js`).
+- `camelCase` for functions/variables, `PascalCase` for classes/error types (`SessionExpiredError`).
+- Middleware factories are functions that return an Express `(req, res, next)` handler.
+
+## Patterns used here
+
+- **Config-schema-as-contract:** all public options are declared and defaulted in a `joi` schema (`lib/config.js`). Add new options there with a validation rule and a sensible secure default — don't read raw config elsewhere.
+- **Typed errors:** throw the project's error types (e.g. `SessionExpiredError` in `lib/errors.js`, which carries `code`/`status`), and `http-errors` for HTTP responses, rather than bare `Error`.
+- **Custom fetch wrapper:** outbound OIDC HTTP goes through `createCustomFetch` (`lib/client.js`), which injects the `User-Agent` and (opt-in) `Auth0-Client` headers.
+
+## Examples
+
+**✅ Good** — CommonJS, single quotes, typed error, schema-driven option:
+
+```javascript
+const createHttpError = require('http-errors');
+
+function requiresAuth(req, res, next) {
+  if (!req.oidc.isAuthenticated()) {
+    return next(createHttpError(401, 'Authentication required'));
+  }
+  next();
+}
+
+module.exports = requiresAuth;
+```
+
+**❌ Bad** — ESM, double quotes, bare `Error`, magic config read:
+
+```javascript
+export function requiresAuth(req, res, next) {          // no ESM in this repo
+  if (!req.oidc.isAuthenticated()) {
+    throw new Error("Authentication required");          // use http-errors / typed errors; double quotes fail Prettier
+  }
+  const ttl = process.env.SESSION_TTL || 86400;          // options belong in the lib/config.js Joi schema
+  next();
+}
+```

references/commands.md

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+# Commands
+
+Full command reference for express-openid-connect. All commands are `npm run <script>` unless noted, and map to scripts in `package.json` and jobs in `.github/workflows/test.yml`.
+
+## Everyday
+
+```bash
+npm install              # install dependencies (NODE_ENV=development in CI build step)
+npm run test             # unit tests — Mocha with --max-http-header-size=16384
+npm run lint             # ESLint over the repo (eslint .)
+```
+
+## Testing tiers
+
+```bash
+npm run test:ci          # unit tests with coverage: nyc --reporter=lcov npm test
+npm run test:types       # type-definition tests: tsd . (validates index.d.ts)
+npm run test:end-to-end  # browser integration: mocha end-to-end --timeout 30000 (Puppeteer + local oidc-provider)
+```
+
+## Docs & examples
+
+```bash
+npm run docs             # generate TypeDoc API docs into docs/ (typedoc --options typedoc.js index.d.ts)
+npm run start:example    # run the local example app (node ./examples/run_example.js), serves http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+## What CI runs
+
+`.github/workflows/test.yml` runs, gated on a build job:
+
+- **unit** — `npm run test:ci` on Node 20.x / 22.x / 24.x, then uploads coverage to Codecov
+- **types** — `npm run test:types`
+- **mocha** — `npm run test:end-to-end`
+- **lint** — `npm run lint`
+
+Other workflows: `codeql.yml`, `snyk.yml`, `rl-secure.yml` (security scans), `release.yml` / `npm-release.yml` (release — cut by the release process, not by an agent).
+
+> There is no separate build/compile step — this is plain CommonJS. The "Build Package" CI job just installs dependencies and caches them.

references/docs-update.md

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+# Docs Update Rules
+
+Treat documentation as a first-class deliverable. A PR that adds or changes public API, config options, or integration patterns is **not complete** until the relevant docs are updated in the same PR.
+
+## Tracked docs
+
+| Doc | Covers | Status |
+|-----|--------|--------|
+| `README.md` | Install, requirements, getting started, configuration, API reference links | present |
+| `EXAMPLES.md` | Runnable code samples and integration patterns (proxy, PAR, backchannel logout, custom stores, etc.) | present |
+| `examples/` | Standalone runnable example apps exercised by the end-to-end tests | present |
+
+> Not tracked here: `CHANGELOG.md` (cut by the release process, not agent-edited), and the migration guides (`V2_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`, `V3_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`) — their filenames are version-specific and the right one is inferred from the branch when a breaking change is made. `FAQ.md` / `TROUBLESHOOTING.md` / `ARCHITECTURE.md` exist for context but aren't part of the code-to-docs contract.
+
+## When you change code, update these docs
+
+This is a library/SDK; the public surface is the exported functions (`index.js`) and the config options (`lib/config.js` Joi schema).
+
+| When this changes | Update these docs |
+|-------------------|-------------------|
+| A config option added, removed, renamed, or its default changed (`lib/config.js`) | `README.md` (configuration), `EXAMPLES.md` (affected samples), `index.d.ts` (types) |
+| Public export added/removed/renamed (`index.js`: `auth`, `requiresAuth`, `attemptSilentLogin`, `SessionExpiredError`) | `README.md` (API reference / usage), `EXAMPLES.md`, `index.d.ts` |
+| Authentication / session / logout flow behavior | `README.md` (getting started), `EXAMPLES.md` (auth/logout examples) |
+| Install requirements / supported Node versions (`engines`) | `README.md` (requirements / install) |
+| A new integration pattern supported | `EXAMPLES.md` (add an example) + an app under `examples/` if it warrants a runnable demo |
+| An `examples/` app's demonstrated API changes | the matching `examples/*.js` app and its `end-to-end/*.test.js` |
+
+> When you touch code that maps to a doc above, update that doc **in the same PR** — do not defer.

references/git-workflow.md

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+# Git Workflow
+
+## Branches
+
+- Default/base branch is `master`. Branch off `master` for changes.
+- No branch-name linting is enforced; use a short descriptive name (e.g. `fix/session-cookie-samesite`).
+
+## Before you commit
+
+- A husky `pre-commit` hook runs `pretty-quick --staged`, auto-formatting staged files with Prettier.
+- Run the checks CI enforces: `npm run test` (unit), `npm run lint`, and — for type or example changes — `npm run test:types` / `npm run test:end-to-end`.
+
+## Commits & PRs
+
+- No commitlint/Conventional-Commits enforcement is configured; write clear, imperative commit subjects. (The maintained `CHANGELOG.md` is produced by the release process — don't hand-edit it in feature PRs.)
+- There is no PR template; see `CONTRIBUTING.md` and Auth0's [general contributing guidelines](https://github.com/auth0/open-source-template/blob/master/GENERAL-CONTRIBUTING.md).
+- Open PRs against `master`. CI (`.github/workflows/test.yml`) must pass: build, unit tests on Node 20/22/24, type tests, end-to-end, and lint. Security workflows (CodeQL, Snyk, rl-secure) also run.
+- `CODEOWNERS` governs required reviewers.