Generative AI (GenAI) applications powered by large language models (LLMs) and AI agents are changing how users interact with software. As developers integrate AI capabilities that handle login, data access, and tool execution into their applications, securing these interactions becomes critical. Auth for GenAI leverages Auth0’s robust identity and access management (IAM) platform to secure every layer of your GenAI stack. It provides comprehensive, enterprise-grade security for:
  • Human users: Ensure only authorized individuals can interact with AI models and applications.
  • AI agents: Control autonomous AI agent access to external APIs using scopes.
  • External APIs and tools: Securely connect AI agents to Google, Slack, GitHub, and more. Auth0 automatically refreshes and exchanges tokens without user intervention.
  • Sensitive data: Enforce granular, least-privilege permissions to protect sensitive data from unauthorized AI agent access.
To start building with Auth for GenAI, read the Auth for GenAI documentation.

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Use cases

Auth for GenAI empowers developers to build and deploy secure AI-powered applications with:
  • Seamless integrations: Integrates out-of-the-box with popular AI frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, and the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Comprehensive security controls: Secures authentication flows with OAuth 2.0 and Connect and manages access for both human users and AI agents.
  • Asynchronous authorization: Enables human-in-the-loop controls for critical actions.
  • for RAG: Enforces granular access control within Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.

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User authentication

Leverage OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect to securely authenticate users with Universal Login. With Client-Initiated Account Linking, AI agents can request access and connect to multiple on the user’s behalf through Auth0.

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Call APIs on users’ behalf

Using Token Vault, AI agents can fetch for external identity providers to call their APIs, all through a single Auth0 integration. For example, you can use Token Vault to:
  1. Authenticate a user with an external identity provider like Google.
  2. Use OAuth scopes to authorize access to the Google Calendar API.
  3. Get an access token to call the Google Calendar API to schedule a meeting.
Auth for GenAI supports the following social, enterprise, and custom identity providers:
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Box
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • OpenID Connect
  • Custom connection

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Asynchronous authorization

Add human-in-the-loop controls for critical or delayed actions using secure protocols, such as:

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Authorization for RAG

Use Auth0 FGA to enforce document and relationship-level access control in your Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines:
  • Document-level access control: Performs granular permission checks on RAG data sources.
  • Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC): Replaces broad roles with precise, fine-grained relationship-based access control decisions.
  • Compliance support: Ensures only authorized data is retrieved for data privacy and regulatory compliance.

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AI Framework Integrations

Auth for GenAI integrates out-of-the-box with leading GenAI frameworks and tools, such as:

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Next steps

Ready to start building? Explore our quickstarts, how-tos, and SDKs in the Auth for GenAI documentation.