Skills Development Tracing OAuth OIDC Authentication Chains

Tracing OAuth OIDC Authentication Chains

v20260803
competition-oauth-oidc-chain
This specialized skill is designed to trace and prove the complete flow of OAuth or OIDC authentication, acting as a downstream specialization after an orchestrator has established sandbox assumptions. It meticulously tracks the entire journey—from initial redirect and parameter handling (state, nonce, PKCE) through token exchange, claim mapping, and ultimately to the point where an identity or privilege is accepted by the backend service. Use this when the critical task is proving the security and mechanics of the authentication chain.
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Overview

Competition OAuth OIDC Chain

Use this skill only as a downstream specialization after $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator is already active and has established sandbox assumptions, node ownership, and evidence priorities. If that has not happened yet, return to $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator first.

Use this skill when the hard part is proving how an OAuth or OIDC flow is shaped, exchanged, and ultimately accepted.

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Quick Start

  1. Map the auth chain in order: entry route, redirect, authorize request, callback, token exchange, refresh, and final accepting service.
  2. Record scopes, state, nonce, PKCE material, redirect URIs, and claim-bearing tokens before mutating anything.
  3. Separate token possession from actual identity acceptance.
  4. Keep browser-visible redirects and backend-visible token exchange in one compact chain.
  5. Reproduce the smallest redirect-to-acceptance flow that proves the decisive identity edge.

Workflow

1. Map The Redirect And Token Path

  • Record issuer, client ID, redirect URI, authorize parameters, callback parameters, token endpoint, and refresh path.
  • Note which values are user-controlled, derived, cached, or validated: state, nonce, PKCE verifier, audience, scope, or prompt.
  • Keep browser redirects, server-side exchanges, and resulting session state tied together.

2. Prove Token-To-Identity Acceptance

  • Show how code, ID token, access token, or refresh token turns into app session, claims mapping, tenant selection, or accepted privilege.
  • Record token claims, expiration, audience, subject, scopes, and the exact accepting app or backend edge.
  • Distinguish UI login success from backend authorization success.

3. Reduce To The Decisive OAuth Chain

  • Compress the result to the smallest sequence: entry request -> redirect -> callback -> token or claim acceptance -> resulting capability.
  • Keep one canonical good flow and one minimal mutated flow if a parameter change matters.
  • If the task broadens into generic web routing or storage behavior outside the auth chain, switch back to the broader web-runtime skill.

Read This Reference

  • Load references/oauth-oidc-chain.md for the redirect checklist, token checklist, and evidence packaging.
  • If the hard part is JWT header parsing, claim normalization, key lookup, or token validation confusion after issuance, prefer $competition-jwt-claim-confusion.

What To Preserve

  • Redirect URIs, parameters, codes, token claims, scopes, and the accepting service or callback
  • The exact point where claims or tokens become accepted app identity
  • One minimal replayable redirect-to-acceptance sequence
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Category Development
Name competition-oauth-oidc-chain
Version v20260803
Size 2.71KB
Updated At 2026-08-04
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