Add client_credentials grant type docs for MCP auth#5220
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Summary
client_credentialsgrant type for authenticated MCP servers, enabling machine-to-machine authentication for server-side applications, CI/CD pipelines, and automated toolsmcp:search), and server-side revocation behaviorShipped in mintlify/mint#6908: MCP auth now supports
client_credentialsgrant alongside the existing Authorization Code flow, with server-side revocation checks for issued tokens.Note
Low Risk
Low risk because this PR only updates documentation and does not change runtime behavior or security logic.
Overview
Documents OAuth 2.0 machine-to-machine authentication for authenticated MCP servers via the
client_credentialsgrant.Adds
curlexamples for requesting tokens from/authed/mcp/oauth/tokenusing either form-encoded body credentials or anAuthorization: Basicheader, and clarifies issued tokenscope(mcp:search), 14-day expiration, and revocation behavior.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit c5cc20b. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.