auth-setup
The auth-setup skill configures OAuth providers (Google, GitHub, Apple, X, and custom) and manages authentication infrastructure including post-login hooks, JWT token lifetimes, and service API key generation. Use this when implementing end-user login flows, setting up role-based access control through database roles, or generating credentials for service-to-service communication in a Butterbase application.
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# Butterbase Auth Setup
Two umbrella tools cover end-user authentication:
- **`manage_oauth`** — provider configuration (Google, GitHub, Apple, X, custom)
- **`manage_auth_config`** — auth hooks, JWT lifetimes, service key generation
For broad app build-out, see also `butterbase-skills:build-app`. This skill is the deep dive.
---
## 1. The role model
Every request runs under one of three database roles:
| Auth header | Role | `current_user_id()` | RLS |
|-------------|------|---------------------|-----|
| _none_ | `butterbase_anon` | NULL | enforced; default deny |
| End-user JWT (issued by `manage_oauth` or email login) | `butterbase_user` | user UUID | enforced |
| Service key (`bb_sk_*`) | `butterbase_service` | NULL | bypassed |
Auth is what transforms a request into the right role. RLS is what filters the data. Both must be configured.
---
## 2. Configure an OAuth provider
```js
manage_oauth({
app_id: "app_abc123",
action: "configure",
provider: "google",
client_id: "123456789.apps.googleusercontent.com",
client_secret: "GOCSPX-...",
redirect_uris: ["https://api.butterbase.ai/auth/app_abc123/oauth/google/callback"]
// scopes / authorization_url / token_url / userinfo_url / provider_metadata are auto-filled for built-in providers
})
```
**Built-in providers (URLs and scopes pre-filled):** `google`, `github`, `discord`, `facebook`, `linkedin`, `microsoft`, `apple`, `x`.
**Custom providers:** pass `authorization_url`, `token_url`, `userinfo_url`, and `scopes` explicitly.
### Redirect URI format
```
https://api.butterbase.ai/auth/{app_id}/oauth/{provider}/callback
```
Register **this exact URI** in the provider's developer console. Mismatch is the most common reason OAuth flows fail.
### Provider quirks
| Provider | Quirk |
|----------|-------|
| `apple` | Requires `provider_metadata: { teamId, keyId, privateKey }`. Apple only returns the user's name on **first** auth and uses POST callback (handled automatically). |
| `x` | Does not return email. Butterbase synthesises `{username}@users.noreply.x.local` for the user record. |
| `facebook` | Default scopes `email`, `public_profile`. |
| `google` | Standard. |
| `github` | Standard. |
### List, update, delete
```js
manage_oauth({ app_id, action: "get" }) // list all providers (secrets redacted)
manage_oauth({ app_id, action: "get", provider: "google" }) // single provider
manage_oauth({ app_id, action: "update", provider: "google", client_secret: "new-secret" })
manage_oauth({ app_id, action: "delete", provider: "google" }) // disables future logins; existing sessions valid until expiry
```
### Frontend flow
```
GET https://api.butterbase.ai/auth/{app_id}/oauth/{provider}?redirect_to=https://yourapp.com/auth/callback
```
User signs in at the provider, gets bounced back to `redirect_to` with `access_token` and `refresh_token` as query params. The Butterbase SDK wraps this:
```ts
await client.auth.signInWithOAuth({ provider: "google" });
const { user, accessToken } = await client.auth.getSession();
```
---
## 3. Tune JWT lifetimes
```js
manage_auth_config({
app_id: "app_abc123",
action: "update_jwt",
accessTokenTtl: "15m", // formats: "15m", "1h", "2h", "1d"
refreshTokenTtlDays: 30 // integer days
})
```
Defaults: 15-minute access tokens, 7-day refresh tokens.
| Use case | `accessTokenTtl` | `refreshTokenTtlDays` |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|
| High-security (banking, admin) | `5m`–`15m` | `1`–`7` |
| Standard SaaS | `15m` (default) | `30` |
| Low-friction consumer apps | `1h` | `90` |
**Important:** changes apply only to **new** tokens. Active tokens keep their original expiration — there is no global revoke. Treat TTL changes as forward-looking only.
---
## 4. Auth hooks (run code after every login)
A post-auth function is a deployed Butterbase function invoked **fire-and-forget** after every successful auth event (OAuth login, email login, email signup).
### Wire it up
```js
// 1. Deploy the function first (see butterbase-skills:function-dev)
deploy_function({
app_id: "app_abc123",
name: "after-auth",
code: postAuthHandlerCode,
trigger: { type: "http", config: { auth: "none" } }
})
// 2. Register it as the auth hook
manage_auth_config({
app_id: "app_abc123",
action: "configure_auth_hook",
post_auth_function: "after-auth"
})
// To remove the hook later: pass post_auth_function: null
```
The function **must already exist** when you configure the hook.
### Payload shape
The function receives a POST with this body:
```json
{
"event": "oauth_login | login | signup",
"user": {
"id": "uuid",
"email": "...",
"provider": "google | github | email | ...",
"display_name": "...",
"avatar_url": "..."
},
"isNewUser": true,
"provider": "google"
}
```
The function runs as `butterbase_service` (RLS bypassed, `ctx.user` is `null`). Use `body.user.id` to know who just logged in.
### Common uses
```ts
// after-auth/index.ts
export async function handler(req, ctx) {
const { user, isNewUser, event } = await req.json();
if (isNewUser) {
// 1. Create profile row
await ctx.db.query(
"INSERT INTO profiles (user_id, display_name) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING",
[user.id, user.display_name]
);
// 2. Send welcome email (via env-stored API key)
ctx.waitUntil(sendWelcomeEmail(ctx.env.RESEND_API_KEY, user.email));
}
// 3. Audit log on every login
await ctx.db.query(
"INSERT INTO login_log (user_id, event, provider) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)",
[user.id, event, ctx.user ?? null]
);
return new Response("ok", { status: 200 });
}
```
> Auth hooks are fire-and-forget. Don't return data the user needs — they won't see it. Use them for side effects only.
---
## 5. Service keys (`bb_sk_*`)
Service keys grant **full access** to all your apps and bypass RLS. Treat them like passwords.
### Generate
```js
manage_auth_config({
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