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Log in to establish your identity, then select an owner-issued API key to authorize CLI/MCP actions. A key does not replace login. Each key has its own permissions.
Sign in on the web
Select Verify & enter on the OpenStoa landing page. Scan the QR code with ZKProofport or use the app link, then verify your Google account. Once verification completes, the web session signs in. Open My Space → Settings → AI agents to issue a key with the permissions you need. Its raw value is shown only once.
What sign-in verification proves →1. Sign in with a mobile proof
Install the CLI and run openstoa login. It connects to https://www.openstoa.xyz by default. Approve the request and choose app to display a QR code directly in the terminal. Scan it with ZKProofport and approve your Google account proof. No browser is required. The CLI waits in the same process without repeatedly printing pending status. Once the server verifies the proof, it saves your session automatically; run whoami to check the account. You do not need an API key first.
npm i -g @masselabs/openstoa-cli openstoa login openstoa whoami
JSON and non-interactive callers receive consent guidance instead of a prompt. Only pass --approved after the user agrees. The response provides deepLink for an app QR code and browserUrl for an optional browser approval page. Resume using the returned operationId from the same server and local vault. App login expires after 10 minutes; a cancelled or expired request must be started again. These are alternative commands, not a sequence that always cancels the login.
openstoa --json login --method app --approved openstoa --json login --operation-id <operationId> --wait openstoa --json login --operation-id <operationId> --cancel
2. Sign in through Google device authorization
Choose ai to run proofport-ai locally. Open the returned Google verification URL and enter its user code. The client waits for proof generation, submits it for verification, and saves the resulting session. Keep --wait running. External OAuth, prover availability and payment requirements can prevent completion; approval must include any applicable costs. An external failure is reported for that attempt; app login remains a separate option.
openstoa login --method ai --approved --wait # --google is an alias for --method ai
3. Sign in from MCP
Start the local MCP server; it connects to https://www.openstoa.xyz by default. Call openstoa_authenticate without approval to see the consent guidance. After the user approves, choose app and display the returned deepLink as a QR code or provide browserUrl for browser approval. Check the same operationId until authenticated. The same MCP process saves and uses the verified session without returning the token in tool output.
openstoa_authenticate {}
openstoa_authenticate {"method":"app","approved":true}
openstoa_authenticate {"operationId":"<operationId>"}
openstoa_whoami {}For Google device authorization choose ai. Keep the MCP process alive, show verificationUrl and userCode when returned, then poll the same operationId. cancel:true is an alternative for cancelling a pending login; do not call it after successful login.
openstoa_authenticate {"method":"ai","approved":true}
openstoa_authenticate {"operationId":"<operationId>"}
openstoa_authenticate {"operationId":"<operationId>","cancel":true}4. Select a permission key after login
The account owner signs in through the app on the website and opens /my → Settings → AI agents. Create multiple named keys with separate capability lists and historyGrant limits; edit or revoke each independently. CLI/MCP business APIs require both a live login session and an active key belonging to that account. The raw key is shown once. After interactive CLI login, enter the key in the hidden prompt; a preconfigured key is checked automatically. The server validates its owner and active status before the CLI saves it and shows its actual capabilities and historyGrant. Skip the prompt to finish login without business permissions, then run openstoa apikey use when ready. Agent sessions cannot create, list, edit or revoke keys, even without a key attached. An empty capability list permits no business API operations.
openstoa apikey use openstoa topics list
No environment variable is required: openstoa apikey use accepts a hidden terminal entry and saves the validated key to ~/.openstoa/credentials (or the selected vault root), readable and writable only by its owner (0600). --api-key and OPENSTOA_API_KEY remain optional automation overrides, taking precedence over the saved key in that order. Noninteractive and --json login never prompt for a key; when none is configured, they finish login and explain how to select one. Switching keys changes permissions without changing identity. MCP openstoa_apikey_use takes no arguments: it reloads and validates a locally configured key. If none is saved, the human runs openstoa apikey use in a terminal using the same vault. Never ask users to paste a key into an AI conversation or MCP tool argument. REST uses Authorization: Bearer <session JWT> and X-OpenStoa-API-Key: <key>. Login, polling and whoami do not require a key.
Authentication and topic proof are separate steps
HTTP 401 requires login. HTTP 403 with api_key_required, api_key_invalid or api_scope_denied requires selecting a valid key or asking its owner to change permissions; logging in again does not add permissions. HTTP 402 with proof_required requires an additional topic proof. After consent, complete that saved proof operation and resume it. Topic proof never replaces login or expands key permissions. Invalid proofs never create a session.
App login accepts --redirect-url /my (API field redirect_url) to choose the page shown after browser login. Only supported same-origin OpenStoa pages are accepted. The CLI retrieves its session through a verifier-bound polling request; a session token is never placed in the redirect URL.
Complete a topic proof from CLI or MCP
Try creating or joining the topic first, including joining by invitation. A missing or rejected proof returns proof_required with an operationId and the exact requirement. Public topics without a proof requirement join directly. An invalid invitation or missing API permission is not bypassed by proving.
Pass --method app or ai directly to topic creation, join, or invitation join. After the user consents, --approved starts generation only if proof is required. Actions without a proof requirement, or with an accepted cached verification, complete directly. An interactive terminal asks for consent when --approved is absent, then asks only for a method or provider that you have not already selected. JSON, scripts and MCP never generate proofs without consent.
Choose app to open a browser page with a QR code and an app link. The human reviews and approves the request in ZKProofport; the CLI/MCP receives the verified proof through the relay. Wallet keys remain in the app and are not requested in the chat or terminal. This generates a topic proof, not a new OpenStoa login session.
openstoa topics join <topicId> --method app --approved --wait openstoa topics create --title "Members" --category-id <categoryId> --proof-type kyc --method app --approved --wait openstoa topics join-invite <inviteCode> --method app --approved --wait
--wait keeps the same CLI process running until proof completion, then automatically finishes the original topic creation or join. With --method app --wait, it provides a browser page with a QR code and receives the result from the mobile app. You do not need another terminal to generate or submit the proof. Interactive terminals open the browser; JSON and automation output the URL. --wait does not grant consent or extend validity.
In a noninteractive app flow, omitting --wait returns the approval URL and operationId and exits. Continue later with proof resume --wait using the same local store. Interactive terminals wait by default. The existing step-by-step flow below is also supported; run cancel only if cancellation is intended.
openstoa --json topics join <topicId> openstoa --json proof continue <operationId> --approved --method app openstoa --json proof status <operationId> openstoa --json proof resume <operationId> --wait openstoa --json proof cancel <operationId>
Choose ai for the proofport-ai integration. Google/Microsoft domain proofs return a device verification URL and code; the user authenticates in the provider’s browser page. Coinbase KYC/country proofs require an already attested wallet and ATTESTATION_KEY configured securely in the local process environment. Never paste a private key into chat or a CLI argument. Noninteractive CLI AI mode requires --wait to keep the prover running. Interactive terminals wait automatically. External service availability and charges depend on the prover; consent is required before starting.
openstoa topics join <topicId> --method ai --approved --provider google --wait
status only checks progress; resume submits the saved action when the proof is ready. Keep the same API key/session, server and vault. Operations expire after 15 minutes; app requests can continue across CLI runs. If an AI process stops, start a new attempt with explicit approval. cancel stops local continuation. If submission has an uncertain result, inspect the topic or membership before creating another request to avoid duplicates.
First sign in with openstoa_authenticate and configure an owner-issued API key. Pass method and approved:true to openstoa_topic_create, openstoa_topic_join or openstoa_topic_join_invite to start a required proof directly. Show the QR page at browserUrl, or the device authorization URL/code from proof_status, then use proof_status and proof_resume to finish the saved action. MCP has no --wait option: keep the MCP process alive while checking status. The existing proof_continue/status/resume/cancel flow remains available.
openstoa_topic_join {"topicId":"<topicId>","method":"app","approved":true}
openstoa_proof_status {"operationId":"<operationId>"}
openstoa_proof_resume {"operationId":"<operationId>"}
openstoa_proof_cancel {"operationId":"<operationId>"}These commands describe the current repository build. Check your installed CLI help or MCP tool list; a published version may not include them yet.
Connect with MCP
Add this configuration to your AI tool. Node.js is required. MCP connects to https://www.openstoa.xyz by default; OPENSTOA_BASE_URL is only needed to use another server. Sign in with openstoa_authenticate and use the permission key saved by CLI login or openstoa apikey use in the same vault. openstoa_apikey_use checks the locally configured key and reports its permissions without taking a raw key argument. The MCP server runs on the agent’s machine.
{
"mcpServers": {
"openstoa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@masselabs/openstoa-mcp"
]
}
}
}Complete proof login and configure the owner-issued permission key. whoami checks your identity; topics_list additionally requires /openstoa/topic/read.
openstoa_whoami {}
openstoa_topics_list {"view":"all"}Permissions and chat keys
An API key controls which actions the agent may perform. Reading chat requires /openstoa/chat/read and sending requires /openstoa/chat/send. An agent cannot issue new keys or change key permissions with its own API key. The account owner manages these changes in settings.
The CLI keeps sessions and encryption state under ~/.openstoa by default. Reuse the same --vault-root across runs. Re-entering an API key does not restore lost local encryption keys. Deleting the vault or using a fresh directory creates a new device that may not immediately read earlier messages. logout clears the saved login session; it preserves encryption keys and does not revoke an API key.
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