Authing MCP for AI Agents. Manage User Accounts, Roles, and Access Control Permissions

Q: What if I need to add a new employee account?

You use the createuser tool through your agent. You simply tell it the details, and it handles creating the account record in Authing without you needing to log into the main console.

Authing provides a cloud-native identity and access management platform. Connect it via an MCP and let your AI client manage all user accounts, organizational structures, roles, and security audit logs through natural conversation. Stop clicking dashboards to check permissions; just ask.

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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Manage User Accounts

You can create new users or retrieve specific user details to verify their current profile metadata.

Audit Security Logs

Retrieve detailed security audit logs showing who did what and when, helping track administrative actions.

Map Organizational Structure

Browse the entire company hierarchy by listing organizational units to understand reporting lines.

Check Access Permissions

List all roles, groups, and specific permission resources to map out complex authorization patterns.

Monitor System Settings

Access high-level security settings and metadata for your entire identity project pool.

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What AI agents can do with Authing MCP: 10 Tools for User Roles & Access Control Auditing

Use these tools to control everything about your identity infrastructure, from creating new accounts to reviewing historical access permissions.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Create User

This tool handles the creation of a brand new user account within your system.

Get Audit Logs

Retrieves historical security audit logs detailing actions taken across the platform.

Get Security Settings

Fetches current high-level security settings for your user pool.

Get User

Retrieves specific, detailed profile metadata for any existing user.

List Applications

Lists all registered third-party applications that are connected to your identity...

List Groups

Provides a list of defined user groups within the organization.

List Organizations

Lists all primary organizational units and branches established in your company structure.

List Resources

Provides a list of defined permission resources that require access control.

List Roles

Lists all available roles, defining what permissions different user types have.

List Users

Retrieves a list of all application users currently registered in the system pool.

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Authing MCP for AI Agents integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Antigravity

Configure Agent Environment

Open your Antigravity agent's workspace configuration or mcp-servers.json file.

Bind the Endpoint

Add the Vinkius endpoint URL to your agent's MCP connections list:

"mcp_servers": {
  "authing": {
    "serverUrl": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
  }
}

Provide your secure token in place of [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] to ensure your agent requests are authenticated.

Execute

Start your Antigravity session. The agent will autonomously discover and utilize the Authing MCP for AI Agents tools with full Vinkius guardrails applied.

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with VS Code

VS Code Copilot

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One-Click Install (Recommended)

In your Vinkius Dashboard, simply click the Add to VS Code button for this server. We'll automatically configure your local workspace.

Or configure manually

Open MCP Settings

Open VS Code, press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P, and search for GitHub Copilot: MCP Servers.

Add Server Config

Add the Vinkius endpoint configuration to your mcp-servers.json file:

"authing": {
  "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}

Ensure you replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.

LangChain

Install Dependencies

Install the LangChain MCP adapters for your environment:

pip install langchain-mcp-adapters

Connect the Server

Use the SSEClient in LangChain to connect to the Vinkius managed endpoint:

from langchain_mcp_adapters.client import SSEClient

# Connect to Vinkius
client = SSEClient(url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
tools = client.get_tools()

CrewAI

Define the Tool

Load the Vinkius MCP tools into your CrewAI agents:

from crewai import Agent
from mcp_crewai import MCPTool

# Connect securely to Vinkius
vinkius_tools = MCPTool(url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")

# Assign to Agent
researcher = Agent(
    role='Data Researcher',
    tools=vinkius_tools.get_all()
)

Execute Task

Run your CrewAI process. The agent will autonomously route tasks to the Vinkius managed server.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
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Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
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Start with Authing, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

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Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
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Authing MCP: Simplifying User Identity Management

Today, managing user access feels like a scavenger hunt across half a dozen dashboards. You check the HR portal for status, then log into the identity platform to list users, and finally open the audit console just to see if someone updated permissions last week. The process involves constant copy-pasting and jumping between screens.

With Authing connected via this MCP, you simply ask your agent to verify a user’s access level. It combines checking organizational units (`list_organizations`), pulling profile metadata (`get_user`), and listing roles—and gives you the answer instantly in natural language.

Authing MCP: Auditing Security Logs and Roles

The manual process for auditing is brutal. You have to filter audit logs by date range, then export them, then manually check every entry against the list of defined roles and groups. It's slow, tedious work prone to human error.

Now, your agent handles that whole workflow. Ask it to retrieve security audit logs (`get_audit_logs`) for a specific time frame, and simultaneously request all relevant permission resources (`list_resources`). You get a clean report combining history and potential gaps.

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What Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP does for your AI

Authing lets your agent control your entire identity infrastructure. It turns complex tasks like user provisioning, compliance auditing, and access control into simple conversations with your AI client. You no longer need to jump between multiple consoles or manually cross-reference permission sets. With Authing connected through Vinkius, you can tell your agent to list all users, check an organizational unit’s hierarchy, or pull the security audit logs from last week—all without leaving your chat window.

This means whether you're running a compliance review or simply onboarding a new team member, your AI acts as a real-time identity assistant. It keeps user data accurate and systems secure by handling complex queries like listing roles, groups, and permission resources instantly. You manage the whole lifecycle of who can access what.

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Benefits of connecting Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Audit compliance effortlessly. Instead of manually checking logs, your agent can retrieve security audit logs to prove who accessed what and when.

Control user lifecycles completely. You use the create_user tool or get_user to onboard or verify employee details without leaving the chat interface.

Understand organizational flow instantly. Listing organizations gives you a real-time map of your company's structure, eliminating manual diagramming.

Audit permissions in bulk. By calling list_roles, list_groups, and list_resources, you can quickly identify potential authorization gaps across the entire system.

Maintain security posture proactively. Check high-level security settings using get_security_settings to ensure your pool remains compliant.

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP use cases

01 01

New Employee Onboarding Audit

An IT administrator needs to verify that a new hire has the correct access. They ask their agent, and it uses get_user for basic details, then calls list_groups to confirm role assignments across different departments.

02 02

Compliance Review of Sensitive Data

A compliance lead must prove who saw financial records last month. They ask the agent to pull all security audit logs via get_audit_logs, providing a verifiable timeline for auditors.

03 03

Re-structuring Departments

The company merges two divisions, requiring a full review of reporting lines. The user asks their agent to list organizations using list_organizations to map the new combined hierarchy instantly.

04 04

Role Permission Gap Analysis

A security engineer suspects over-permissioning. They ask the agent to list roles and resources, then use list_resources and list_roles in succession to pinpoint exact access bottlenecks.

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP tradeoffs

What to watch out for, and the recommended way to handle each one.

Manual Role Cross-Referencing

Avoid

The user prints out the list of users, then opens a spreadsheet, and manually compares roles against resource permissions.

Instead

Ask your AI client to list all available roles and resources. Then, ask it to compare them using list_roles and list_resources. The agent does the comparison work for you.

Checking User Status in Multiple Places

Avoid

The administrator has to check the HR system for employment status, then log into Authing to see user accounts.

Instead

Just ask your AI client to get user details using get_user. It pulls all relevant profile metadata from one source. For new users, use the create_user tool.

Ignoring Historical Activity

Avoid

The team only checks current roles and forgets that a sensitive change happened weeks ago.

Instead

Don't just check roles; always ask to retrieve security audit logs using get_audit_logs. This provides the full, historical record of changes.

When to use Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Use this MCP if your primary bottleneck is coordinating identity data across multiple systems. You need one single interface that lets you query user accounts, organizational structure, and access controls—for example, checking who can see a specific resource using list_resources. Don't use it if you just need to send a simple email or manage calendar invites; those are messaging tools. If your problem is tracking physical assets or inventory, look for an asset management MCP instead.

Frequently asked questions about Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

How does the Authing MCP help me check user roles? +

The Authing MCP lets you instantly list all defined roles and groups, or get details on a specific user’s profile. You don't have to navigate complex role trees; just ask your agent for a summary of who can do what.

Can I use the Authing MCP to audit permission changes? +

Yes, you can retrieve detailed security audit logs using this MCP. It provides a chronological record of all administrative and user actions across your system for full compliance checks.

What if I need to add a new employee account? +

You use the create_user tool through your agent. You simply tell it the details, and it handles creating the account record in Authing without you needing to log into the main console.

Is this MCP good for large organizations? +

Absolutely. It's built for enterprise identity management. You can map complex organizational units and access control patterns across thousands of users, making it ideal for growing companies.

Does Authing MCP only list current permissions? +

No, this MCP is designed for deep auditing. It lets you retrieve historical data via the security audit logs, giving you a full picture of past and present access rights.

Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

What AI agents can do with Authing MCP: 10 Tools for User Roles & Access Control Auditing

Create User

This tool handles the creation of a brand new user account within your system.

Get Audit Logs

Retrieves historical security audit logs detailing actions taken across the platform.

Get Security Settings

Fetches current high-level security settings for your user pool.

Get User

Retrieves specific, detailed profile metadata for any existing user.

List Applications

Lists all registered third-party applications that are connected to your identity...

List Groups

Provides a list of defined user groups within the organization.

List Organizations

Lists all primary organizational units and branches established in your company structure.

List Resources

Provides a list of defined permission resources that require access control.

List Roles

Lists all available roles, defining what permissions different user types have.

List Users

Retrieves a list of all application users currently registered in the system pool.

Security and governance baked right in.

Claude AI

Open Claude Settings

Add Custom Connector

Start a conversation

Claude Code

Open your terminal

Add the MCP Server

Start coding

Cursor

One-Click Install (Recommended)

Open Cursor Settings

Add New Server

Use in Composer

Antigravity

Configure Agent Environment

Bind the Endpoint

Execute

VS Code Copilot

One-Click Install (Recommended)

Open MCP Settings

Add Server Config

Windsurf

One-Click Install (Recommended)

Open Windsurf Settings

Add Server Endpoint

LangChain

Install Dependencies

Connect the Server

CrewAI

Define the Tool

Execute Task

Choose How to Get Started

Build Your Own

Make Your AI Do More

Authing MCP: Simplifying User Identity Management

Authing MCP: Auditing Security Logs and Roles

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user-roles

access-control

security-auditing

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What Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP does for your AI

How to set up Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Who uses Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Benefits of connecting Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP use cases

New Employee Onboarding Audit

Compliance Review of Sensitive Data

Re-structuring Departments

Role Permission Gap Analysis

Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP tradeoffs

Manual Role Cross-Referencing

Checking User Status in Multiple Places

Ignoring Historical Activity

When to use Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP

Frequently asked questions about Authing MCP for AI Agents MCP