WorkOS AuthKit Next.js Authentication Toolkit

WorkOS AuthKit is a real authentication toolkit for Next.js applications. It gives agents a concrete integration target for login, sessions, RBAC, SSO, MFA, and user management backed by WorkOS docs and package releases.

Prerequisites

npm, pnpm, yarn, docker, go, rust, java

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• pnpm i @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs
• yarn add @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs
• Make sure the following values are present in your .env.local environment variables file. The client ID and API key can be found in the WorkOS dashboard, and the redirect URI can also b...
• Make sure this route matches the WORKOS_REDIRECT_URI variable and the configured redirect URI in your WorkOS dashboard. For instance if your redirect URI is http://localhost:3000/auth/callback then you'd put the above...

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• WorkOS requires that you have a callback URL to redirect users back to after they've authenticated. In your Next.js app, [expose an API route](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/routing/route-handle...
• When running in environments like Docker, set the baseURL explicitly to ensure the redirects point to the correct location.
• | baseURL | undefined | The base URL to use for the redirect URI instead of the one in the request. Required if the app is being run in a container like docker where the hostname can be different from the one in t...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

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• Video tutorial

• <a href="https://youtu.be/W8TmptLkEvA?feature=shared" target="_blank">

• Source: https://github.com/workos/authkit-nextjs

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/workos/authkit-nextjs/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange