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API Key

A secret token that identifies and authenticates an API caller. Simpler than OAuth — appropriate for server-to-server integration, not for end-user delegation. Treat API keys like passwords: rotate them, scope them, never commit them to git.

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API (Application Programming Interface)

A set of rules that lets two pieces of software talk to each other. APIs are how AI agents connect to the outside world — fetch...

OAuth

An open standard for delegated authorization. Lets one application access another on a user's behalf without seeing the passwor...

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