--- title: Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API | daily.dev description: Flare has switched its MCP client, CLI, and API connections from broad, long-lived tokens to OAuth-based authentication. The new flow supports scoped... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-fonnwdzeh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API | daily.dev og:description: Flare has switched its MCP client, CLI, and API connections from broad, long-lived tokens to OAuth-based authentication. The new flow supports scoped... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-fonnwdzeh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/foNnWDzEH.png og:image:alt: Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API **[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Flare has switched its MCP client, CLI, and API connections from broad, long-lived tokens to OAuth-based authentication. The new flow supports scoped permissions, including read-only and project-level access control, and centralizes management of all connections in one place, while also simplifying initial setup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Flare authenticate MCP clients, CLI, and API connections now? Flare now uses OAuth instead of broad, long-lived tokens to authenticate MCP clients, the CLI, and the API. The new flow supports scoped permissions, including read-only access and project-level restrictions, and consolidates management of every connection into a single place, replacing the previous token-based setup. _Teams adopting MCP and OAuth-based access control can track ecosystem changes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OAuth support for the AWS MCP Server](https://daily.dev/posts/oauth-support-for-the-aws-mcp-server-ywajj8q9m) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Is MCP authentication that complicated?](https://daily.dev/posts/is-mcp-authentication-that-complicated--sepotwywi) · HelixML · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why MCP security is about permissions overhaul](https://daily.dev/posts/why-mcp-security-is-about-permissions-overhaul-7n53q6loo) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Unlocking the Cloudflare app ecosystem with OAuth for all](https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-the-cloudflare-app-ecosystem-with-oauth-for-all-tkqsqak0n) · Cloudflare · 10 upvotes · 0 comments - [AppSignal MCP Now Supports OAuth — and GitHub Copilot](https://daily.dev/posts/appsignal-mcp-now-supports-oauth-and-github-copilot-hreoi0h2c) · AppSignal · 12 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#oauth](https://daily.dev/tags/oauth) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-fonnwdzeh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-fonnwdzeh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-fonnwdzeh"},"datePublished":"2026-08-15T10:34:36.100Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:54:20.667Z","description":"Flare has switched its MCP client, CLI, and API connections from broad, long-lived tokens to OAuth-based authentication. 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