# Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API

DevFeed: [Flare now uses OAuth for MCP, the CLI, and API](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api-33294.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3180-flare-now-uses-oauth-for-mcp-the-cli-and-api>)

Author: Freek Van der Herten (freek@spatie.be)

Published: 2026-08-15T10:30:29Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [freek.dev - all blogposts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freek-dev-all-blogposts.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [flare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flare.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

Flare now uses OAuth to connect MCP clients, its CLI, and its API with scoped permissions rather than broad long-lived tokens. The flow supports read-only and project-level access control and centralizes connection management.

## Source excerpt

We explain how Flare now uses OAuth to connect MCP clients, the CLI, and the API with scoped permissions instead of broad long-lived tokens. The new flow makes setup faster, adds read-only and project-level access control, and gives you one place to manage every connection. Read more