Use this skill when an agent needs safe terminal access to a deployed FlareAuth Management API. The default path uses Restish OAuth authorization code with PKCE through the built-in public flareauth-cli client. Do not ask for client secrets, API keys, or copied bearer tokens.

Prerequisites

restish is installed and available on PATH.
FLAREAUTH is the deployed FlareAuth base URL, for example https://auth.example.com.
The first login can open a browser on the same machine, or the operator can complete the browser login flow.
The user who authorizes Restish has admin or management permission in that FlareAuth deployment.
The deployment includes the built-in public native client:
- client id: flareauth-cli
- no client secret
- PKCE required
- redirect URIs include http://127.0.0.1:8484/callback and http://localhost:8484/callback
- scopes include openid offline_access management:read management:write

Session Setup

Set these variables at the start of every session:

export FLAREAUTH="https://auth.example.com"
export FA_API="flareauth"
export FA_MGMT="$FLAREAUTH/api/management"

Confirm the target before any mutation:

printf 'Target FlareAuth: %s\nManagement API: %s\n' "$FLAREAUTH" "$FA_MGMT"

First Run

Confirm the OpenAPI document is reachable. The Management OpenAPI operation is getManagementOpenApi.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/openapi.json" -o json >/dev/null

Configure a named Restish API. Use the FlareAuth base URL or the Management OpenAPI URL when prompted. Select OAuth2 authorization code when Restish asks for auth, use client id flareauth-cli, leave client secret empty, use redirect URL http://127.0.0.1:8484/callback, and request scopes openid offline_access management:read management:write.

restish api configure "$FA_API"
restish api sync "$FA_API"

Trigger the OAuth PKCE login with a harmless read. Restish starts a local callback listener on port 8484, opens a browser, exchanges the authorization code, and caches tokens for later commands.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/readiness" -o json

Authorize as an admin or management-capable user. Later commands reuse the cached Restish token and refresh it when possible.

Guardrails

Print and inspect $FLAREAUTH and $FA_MGMT before any post, put, patch, or delete.
Never print raw secrets, bearer tokens, restish auth-header output, or Restish token cache contents.
After every write, run the matching get or list command and verify the returned state.
Respect 401 and 403. Do not bypass authorization, use another user's session, or inject copied tokens.
Prefer narrow patch bodies over broad rewrites.
Treat flareauth-cli and any other systemManaged application as protected. Do not update or delete system-managed clients.
Avoid broad destructive commands. Delete only explicitly named test or operator-approved resources.

Readiness

Operations: getReadiness, getManagementOpenApi.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/readiness" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/openapi.json" -o json >/dev/null

Applications

Operations: listApplications, getApplication, createApplication, updateApplication, deleteApplication, listRedirectUris, replaceRedirectUris.

# List applications.
restish get "$FA_MGMT/applications" -o json

# Get one application.
APP_ID="app_123"
restish get "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID" -o json

# Create an application. Keep scopes ordinary; management scopes are reserved for flareauth-cli.
restish post "$FA_MGMT/applications" \
  '{
    "name": "Example Web App",
    "clientType": "confidential_web",
    "redirectUris": ["https://app.example.com/callback"],
    "allowedGrantTypes": ["authorization_code", "refresh_token"],
    "allowedScopes": ["openid", "profile", "email", "offline_access"]
  }' \
  -o json

# Update one field at a time when possible, then verify.
restish patch "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID" name:"Example Web App - Production" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID" -o json

# Replace redirect URIs as a deliberate whole-list operation, then verify.
restish put "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID/redirect-uris" \
  '{
    "redirectUris": [
      "https://app.example.com/callback",
      "https://app.example.com/oauth/callback"
    ]
  }' \
  -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID/redirect-uris" -o json

# Delete only a confirmed non-system-managed application, then verify it is gone.
restish delete "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID"
restish get "$FA_MGMT/applications/$APP_ID" --rsh-ignore-status-code -o json

Before deleting, inspect the application and stop if id, clientId, or slug is flareauth-cli, or if systemManaged is true.

Connectors

Operations: listConnectors, getConnector, listConnectorReadiness, listConnectorTemplates, createConnector, updateConnector, deleteConnector.

# List connectors and provider templates.
restish get "$FA_MGMT/connectors" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/connectors/templates" -o json

# Inspect readiness for one connector.
CONNECTOR_ID="conn_123"
restish get "$FA_MGMT/connectors/$CONNECTOR_ID/readiness" -o json

# Patch a connector narrowly, then verify the connector and readiness.
restish patch "$FA_MGMT/connectors/$CONNECTOR_ID" '{"enabled": true}' -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/connectors/$CONNECTOR_ID" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/connectors/$CONNECTOR_ID/readiness" -o json

Connector secret material may be write-only or masked by the API. Do not print configured secrets or use verbose output around secret-bearing connector updates.

Sign-In Settings

Operations: getSignInSettings, updateSignInSettings.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/sign-in-settings" -o json

# Example narrow patch. Use the nested UpdateSignInSettingsRequest shape.
restish patch "$FA_MGMT/sign-in-settings" '{"signIn": {"passwordEnabled": true}}' -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/sign-in-settings" -o json

Branding Settings

Operations: getBrandingSettings, updateBrandingSettings, uploadBrandingLogo, uploadBrandingFavicon.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/branding-settings" -o json

# Example narrow patch. Copy and visual branding are separate nested objects.
restish patch "$FA_MGMT/branding-settings" \
  '{"copy": {"productName": "Example Auth"}, "branding": {"primaryColor": "#2563eb"}}' \
  -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/branding-settings" -o json

For logo or favicon uploads, inspect the OpenAPI for the deployed version first and avoid echoing binary data or asset contents into logs.

Account Center Settings

Operations: getAccountCenterSettings, updateAccountCenterSettings.

restish get "$FA_MGMT/account-center-settings" -o json

# Example narrow patch. Account Center fields live under accountCenter.
restish patch "$FA_MGMT/account-center-settings" \
  '{"accountCenter": {"profileEditingEnabled": true, "sessionsViewEnabled": true}}' \
  -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/account-center-settings" -o json

Users

Operations: listUsers, getUser, updateUser, deleteUser, banUser, unbanUser, createUserPasswordResetRequest, listUserSessions, deleteUserSessions.

Prefer read-only user operations unless the task explicitly requires user mutation.

# List users. Add query params only when supported by the deployed OpenAPI.
restish get "$FA_MGMT/users" -o json

# Get one user.
USER_ID="user_123"
restish get "$FA_MGMT/users/$USER_ID" -o json

# Read user sessions and linked accounts where appropriate.
restish get "$FA_MGMT/users/$USER_ID/sessions" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/users/$USER_ID/linked-accounts" -o json

# Request a password reset without exposing tokens or secrets, then verify user state if needed.
restish post "$FA_MGMT/users/$USER_ID/password-reset-requests" redirectTo:"https://app.example.com/reset" -o json
restish get "$FA_MGMT/users/$USER_ID" -o json

Troubleshooting

Restish is missing

command -v restish

Install Restish with the operator-approved package manager for the environment, then restart the shell and rerun restish --help.

OpenAPI discovery is missing

Check the public Management OpenAPI endpoint directly:

restish get "$FA_MGMT/openapi.json" --rsh-ignore-status-code -o json

If it is not available, the deployment may not include the Restish-ready Management OpenAPI changes. Stop and report the missing /api/management/openapi.json; do not fall back to undocumented endpoints for mutations.

Non-admin login

A successful browser login can still return 403 on Management API requests if the user lacks admin or management permission. Stop and ask the operator to authorize with a management-capable user. Do not try alternate clients or copied tokens.

Expired or bad cached token

Clear the Restish auth cache for the named API and rerun a harmless read to trigger PKCE login again:

restish api clear-auth-cache "$FA_API"
restish get "$FA_MGMT/readiness" -o json

Do not inspect or print the token cache.

Missing built-in CLI client

If Restish configuration or token exchange reports an unknown client for flareauth-cli, the deployment has not bootstrapped the built-in public native client. Stop and report that flareauth-cli is missing or misconfigured. Do not create a replacement client with management scopes unless the task explicitly asks for bootstrap repair and the operator confirms the target deployment.

Generated operation commands are unavailable

Restish can expose generated API commands when discovery succeeds. Generic verb commands in this skill remain valid as long as the named API auth profile matches the same base URL. Run restish api sync "$FA_API" and inspect restish --help for generated commands before assuming an operation command is missing.

name	flareauth-restish
description	Operate FlareAuth Management APIs with Restish OAuth PKCE login
user-invocable	false
allowed-tools	["Bash"]

FlareAuth Restish - Operational Procedures