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Descope

Descope is a customer and agentic identity access management (CIAM) platform founded in 2022 by veterans of Sentrigo and Demisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). Its signature is drag-and-drop Descope Flows — a visual authentication-flow builder — paired with passwordless methods (passkeys, magic link, OTP, social, biometric), risk-based MFA, SSO/SAML/SCIM, fine-grained authorization, and a growing Agentic Identity Hub that issues scoped OAuth tokens to AI agents and MCP servers. Descope ships SDKs for every mainstream language and framework, a CLI, Terraform/Pulumi providers, self-hostable hosted-auth app, and prebuilt migration tools from Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, and Keycloak. Free tier covers 7,500 MAUs forever; paid tiers start at $249/month.

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Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Descope the way a machine reads it — 83 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Descope scores 56.4/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 19/100 (agent aware). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance. Every facet and dimension name is a link: it opens that measurement's page on APIs.io, where the rating runs across the whole catalog — the exact checks that feed it, how every profiled provider distributes on it, and who is at the top of it.

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How we profile Descope

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Descope. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 16

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Descope Apps API

The Apps API from Descope — 4 operation(s) for apps.

Descope Auth API

The Auth API from Descope — 52 operation(s) for auth.

Descope Custom Attributes API

The Custom Attributes API from Descope — 3 operation(s) for custom attributes.

Descope Default API

The Default API from Descope — 10 operation(s) for default.

Descope Email API

The Email API from Descope — 10 operation(s) for email.

Descope Embedded Link API

The Embedded Link API from Descope — 1 operation(s) for embedded link.

Descope Fedcm API

The Fedcm API from Descope — 2 operation(s) for fedcm.

Descope Instant Message (IM) API

The Instant Message (IM) API from Descope — 5 operation(s) for instant message (im).

Descope Keys API

The Keys API from Descope — 2 operation(s) for keys.

Descope Mgmt API

The Mgmt API from Descope — 276 operation(s) for mgmt.

Descope Oauth2 API

The Oauth2 API from Descope — 30 operation(s) for oauth2.

Descope Scim API

The Scim API from Descope — 6 operation(s) for scim.

Descope Text Message (SMS) API

The Text Message (SMS) API from Descope — 9 operation(s) for text message (sms).

Descope Verification API

The Verification API from Descope — 1 operation(s) for verification.

Descope Voice Message (Phone) API

The Voice Message (Phone) API from Descope — 5 operation(s) for voice message (phone).

Descope .well Known API

The .well Known API from Descope — 6 operation(s) for .well known.

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Open Collections 18

Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

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Features 23

The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Drag-and-drop Descope Flows for designing authentication, signup, MFA, step-up, and account-recovery journeys with no code
Passwordless authentication — magic links, enchanted links, passkeys/WebAuthn, OTP (email/SMS/voice/IM), nOTP push, TOTP authenticator apps, and Google One Tap
Social login and OIDC federation with 30+ providers
SAML 2.0 inbound and outbound SSO with self-service IdP configuration for B2B customers
WS-Federation IdP support for Microsoft enterprise tenants
SCIM 2.0 user and group provisioning
Fine-grained authorization (FGA / ReBAC) modeled after Google Zanzibar with schema, relation, and policy APIs
Role-based access control with company/project/tag-scoped management keys
Multi-tenant architecture with delegated admin widgets for B2B customer self-service
Risk-based / adaptive MFA via flow conditional logic and connectors (reCAPTCHA, Fingerprint, ipQualityScore)
Step-up authentication for sensitive transactions
50+ outbound connectors (HTTP, audit, AWS, Segment, Salesforce, HubSpot, Twilio, SendGrid, Slack, etc.)
Inbound third-party app OAuth — Descope as an OIDC/OAuth 2.1 authorization server
Agentic Identity Hub with MCP server registration, per-agent OAuth scopes, and token vaulting for AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.)
OAuth 2.1, PKCE, JAR (RFC 9101), DPoP, CIBA, and device authorization flows
Anonymous-to-known user merging
Account takeover prevention with disposable-email/burner detection (go-free-email-providers)
Custom domains for hosted authentication pages
Hosted Flow app (React) with full source available for self-hosting
Terraform and Pulumi providers for declarative project management
CLI (`descopecli`) for project snapshot, import, export, and CI/CD pipelines
Audit log API and analytics API
Free 7,500 MAU forever tier

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Descope Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Descope Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Descope Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Descope Agentic Access

459 operations · 375 acting · 8 human-in-the-loop

459 operations · 375 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 8

What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.

What developers build with this provider.

B2C Customer Authentication

Add passwordless sign-up/sign-in (passkeys, magic link, social) to consumer apps with adaptive MFA and account-takeover protection.

B2B Enterprise SSO

Let business customers self-serve SAML/OIDC SSO and SCIM provisioning without per-tenant engineering work, using delegated admin widgets.

Auth Migration

Migrate users from Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, Keycloak, and other IdPs with prebuilt Python-based migration tools that preserve password hashes where possible.

Agentic Identity for AI Agents

Issue scoped OAuth tokens to AI agents and MCP servers using progressive scoping, token vaulting, and per-agent audit trails via the Agentic Identity Hub.

Multi-Tenant SaaS

Model tenant hierarchies, delegated admin, per-tenant SSO, and tenant-scoped RBAC/FGA from a single Descope project.

Fine-Grained Authorization

Replace homegrown permission systems with a Zanzibar-style schema, relations, and policies via the FGA Management API.

Mobile Authentication

Native passkey, biometric, and social login in iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter apps using Descope's mobile SDKs.

Compliance-Driven Auth

Use audit logs, custom message templates, MFA enforcement, and SOC 2 / GDPR controls to satisfy regulated-industry requirements.

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Integrations 10

Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

AWS

SaaS Builder Toolkit integration, Cognito migration, and IAM role assumption from GCP via OIDC GitHub Action.

Cloudflare

Workers-based redirect worker for tenant-level SSO migration.

Terraform

Official `terraform-provider-descope` for managing projects, flows, tenants, and SSO declaratively.

Pulumi

Official `pulumi-descope` provider.

WordPress

Descope auth plugin replacing native WordPress login.

Django

`django-descope` plugin for first-class Django auth integration.

Passport.js

`passport-descope` strategy for Node.js apps using Passport.

Next.js / React / Vue / Angular / SvelteKit

Client SDKs and Flow web components shipped under `descope-js`.

Salesforce / HubSpot / Segment / Twilio / SendGrid / Slack / S3 / Snowflake

50+ outbound connectors invoked from inside Flows to enrich users, send messages, and stream events.

Anthropic Claude / OpenAI / Cursor / MCP Clients

Agentic Identity Hub issues short-lived, scoped tokens to AI agents via MCP server registration and per-agent OAuth.

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Solutions 4

Packaged solutions the provider offers on top of the raw API surface.

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Customer Identity (CIAM)

Drop-in B2C authentication with Flows, passwordless methods, and progressive profiling.

Workforce-Adjacent B2B Identity

SAML SSO, SCIM, delegated admin, and tenant management for SaaS vendors selling to enterprises.

Agentic Identity

OAuth issuance, MCP server registration, and credential vaulting for AI agents and autonomous workflows.

Migration & Modernization

Tooling to lift users off legacy IdPs (Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, Keycloak) onto a modern, passwordless-first platform.

Resources

Every other property we hold for Descope — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 2

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Descope, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

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