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What is MCP authorization? How OAuth works for AI agents

calendar_today September 3, 2026 domain workos

MCP authorization is the OAuth 2.1 flow that lets an AI agent call a protected MCP server on a user’s behalf. Here is how it works, step by step, under the 2026-07-28 spec.

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