Bringing Secure Auth to AI: Introducing the SuperTokens MCP Toolkit

The Model Context Protocol (MCP), introduced by Anthropic, is a communication standard designed to facilitate secure and consistent interaction between large language models (LLMs) and external systems, effectively functioning like an API contract for AI. SuperTokens has developed an MCP Toolkit to streamline the integration of authentication systems with AI workflows, enabling tasks such as user creation and role management through natural language commands. This toolkit allows developers to manage authentication directly from LLM clients, like Claude or Cursor, and includes features such as live documentation updates to ensure accuracy and reduce coding errors. Additionally, SuperTokens offers middleware to simplify secure authentication and authorization for MCP-compatible tools, leveraging their session and identity management capabilities. The toolkit is currently in private beta, with a public release expected soon, and aims to support a broader range of AI-driven use cases.