# Agent authentication for Invoflux

Invoflux exposes one agent-facing surface: a Model Context Protocol server at
`https://mcp.invoflux.com/mcp`, speaking Streamable HTTP. It reads and acts on the
invoices, bank transactions, suppliers and spending inside a single Invoflux
workspace, so every call is made on behalf of a signed-in Invoflux user. There is
no anonymous access and no shared API key.

Authorization is standard OAuth 2.1: authorization code, PKCE with S256, and
dynamic client registration. If your MCP client already speaks OAuth, you do not
need anything on this page. Point it at the server URL and it will discover the
rest.

## Discover

Call the server without a token. It answers `401` with an RFC 9728 pointer:

```
WWW-Authenticate: Bearer resource_metadata="https://mcp.invoflux.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource"
```

Fetch that document to learn which authorization server guards the resource:

```json
{
  "resource": "https://mcp.invoflux.com/mcp",
  "authorization_servers": ["https://mcp.invoflux.com"],
  "scopes_supported": ["invoflux.read.write"],
  "bearer_methods_supported": ["header"]
}
```

Then fetch the RFC 8414 authorization server metadata at
`https://mcp.invoflux.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` for the
endpoints below. Do not hardcode them: read them from the document.

## Pick a method

There is one method, and it requires a human once.

| Method | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OAuth 2.1 authorization code + PKCE | Yes | The only supported flow. A person approves the connection in a browser. |
| Static API key | No | Invoflux issues no long-lived API keys. |
| Client credentials | No | Every call is scoped to a user's workspace, so there is no machine-only grant. |
| `agent_auth` autonomous registration (`register_uri`, `claim_uri`, `identity_assertion`, `id-jag`) | Not yet | Invoflux does not implement the WorkOS agent_auth extension. No such endpoints are advertised, because advertising a URI that does not resolve is worse than omitting it. |

## Register

Dynamic client registration is open, so you do not need to be provisioned by
hand. `POST` to the `registration_endpoint` from the metadata document
(`https://mcp.invoflux.com/oauth/register`) with your client name and redirect
URI, and keep the `client_id` you get back. Public clients are supported:
`token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` includes `none`, so a client with no
secret is fine as long as it uses PKCE.

## Claim the credential

Send the user to the `authorization_endpoint`
(`https://app.invoflux.com/oauth/mcp/authorize`) with `response_type=code`, your
`client_id`, your redirect URI, a `code_challenge` and
`code_challenge_method=S256`. The user signs in to Invoflux and approves the
connection. Exchange the returned code at the `token_endpoint`
(`https://mcp.invoflux.com/oauth/token`) together with your `code_verifier`.

You get an access token and a refresh token. Refresh tokens are supported, so a
long-running agent does not need to send the user back to a browser on every
expiry.

## Use the credential

Send it as a bearer token on every request to the MCP endpoint:

```
POST https://mcp.invoflux.com/mcp
Authorization: Bearer <access_token>
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json, text/event-stream
```

A token is bound to one Invoflux user and grants access to every company that
user can already reach, no more. Call `companies_list` first: most Invoflux users
run more than one company, and nearly every other tool takes a `company_id`.

The scope is currently a single combined `invoflux.read.write`. Of the 33 tools,
28 are read-only; the five that write are `invoices_add_note`,
`invoices_mark_reviewed`, `invoices_update_tag`, `invoices_bulk_update_tags` and
`transactions_link_invoice`. Two of those replace existing tags rather than
adding to them, so confirm with the user before calling them in bulk.

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## Errors

| Status | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `401` with `WWW-Authenticate` | No token, expired token, or a token for the wrong resource | Refresh, or restart the discovery flow above. Do not retry the same token. |
| `403` | Authenticated, but the user cannot reach that company or the tool is accountant-only | Do not retry. Tell the user which company or role is required. |
| `429` | Rate limited | Back off and respect `Retry-After`. |

## Revocation

Revoke a token yourself by posting it to the `revocation_endpoint`
(`https://mcp.invoflux.com/oauth/revoke`). Users can also disconnect an agent
from inside Invoflux at any time, which invalidates its tokens immediately. Treat
a sudden persistent `401` as a deliberate disconnection, not a transient error,
and stop retrying.

## Questions

hello@invoflux.com