Inbound Apps: Enabling Secure OAuth Integration for AI, Apps, and APIs

May 06, 2025
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Summary

Inbound Apps revolutionize secure connectivity by enabling applications to act as OAuth identity providers, facilitating seamless AI agent integration, partner app authentication, and granular user consent controls over data access across AI, apps, and APIs.

Key Points

  • Inbound Apps allow applications to act as OAuth-compliant identity providers, enabling secure connections with AI agents, partner apps, and APIs while providing users with consent controls.
  • Inbound Apps provide scope-based access control, allowing granular permissions and visibility into what data and actions third-party entities can access on behalf of users.
  • Inbound Apps enable use cases such as seamless AI agent connectivity, partner app authentication, OAuth-based marketplaces, and secure machine-to-machine authentication flows.

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