{
  "id": "mcp-ext-auth",
  "name": "MCP Authorization Extensions (ext-auth)",
  "category": "protocols",
  "summary": "Official repo of optional, additive extensions to MCP authorization, such as Enterprise-Managed Authorization (stable) and OAuth Client Credentials (draft).",
  "description": "Follows MCP governance (SEPs) with dedicated authorization-extension maintainers. Extensions are optional, composable and versioned independently of the core spec.",
  "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-auth",
  "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-auth",
  "tags": [
    "auth",
    "mcp",
    "oauth",
    "enterprise",
    "spec"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "status": "active",
  "related": [
    "mcp-authorization",
    "model-context-protocol",
    "cross-app-access"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-auth"
  ],
  "added": "2026-10-16",
  "updated": "2026-10-16",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
  "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
  "maintainer": "Model Context Protocol",
  "longform": [
    {
      "type": "guide",
      "id": "add-oauth-to-your-mcp-server",
      "title": "Add OAuth authorization to your own MCP server",
      "url": "https://indexagentica.com/guides/add-oauth-to-your-mcp-server/",
      "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/guides/add-oauth-to-your-mcp-server.json"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/mcp-ext-auth/",
    "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/mcp-ext-auth.md",
    "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/mcp-ext-auth.json",
    "source": "https://github.com/Drudley/indexagentica/blob/main/content/protocols/mcp-ext-auth.json"
  }
}