Authdog

Claude Agent SDK

Last updated Oct 22, 2026
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Claude Agent SDK keeps its own auth hook. Authdog stays the identity provider. The sample attaches an agent access token there and refuses the run when that token is missing or userinfo rejects it.

Sample: claude-agent/python. Python 3.10+. Package claude-agent-sdk==0.2.172.

Channel auth, machine credentials, tool checks, and instructions for this framework are the other pages under Claude Agent SDK in AI.

The hook

async def require_authdog(input_data, tool_use_id, context):
    token = token_for_this_run()
    if subject_if_accepted(token) is None:
        return {
            "hookSpecificOutput": {
                "hookEventName": input_data["hook_event_name"],
                "permissionDecision": "deny",
                "permissionDecisionReason": "unauthorized",
            }
        }
    return {}

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    hooks={"PreToolUse": [HookMatcher(hooks=[require_authdog])]}
)

There is no matcher, so the hook runs for every tool. permissionDecision: deny stops that call. An empty object lets the normal permission flow continue. The token comes from the host (token_for_this_run), not from input_data["tool_input"]. The model does not get to supply it. Tests call the hook. They do not need ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

This is agent identity: client_credentials, then this hook. It is not Agent Sign-In. A browser sign-in does not replace the hook.

What you should see

The hook returns permissionDecision deny when the token is missing or userinfo rejects it. The tool does not run.

The hook returns {} when userinfo accepts the bearer. A whoami tool may then return that subject.

pytest in claude-agent/python checks both. It does not call a model.

Configure

Name Purpose
Host-held access token What the hook sends to userinfo. Not a tool argument.

The shared exchange is in Agent frameworks. There is no refresh token. Repeat it before expires_in.

Read To learn how to
Agent frameworks Mint the bearer this hook checks
Pydantic AI The previous hook
Mastra The next hook
Custom channel auth for Claude Agent SDK The same check, as the auth boundary

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