Document client credentials for programmatic MCP access

ai/model-context-protocol.mdx

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 The MCP search tool supports optional parameters that AI applications use to control and refine search results.
 
 - **`pageSize`**: Number of results to return, between 1 and 50. Defaults to 10.
 - **`scoreThreshold`**: Minimum relevance score between 0 and 1. Only returns results at or above this threshold. Use this to filter out low-relevance matches.
 - **`version`**: Filter results to a specific documentation version. For example, `'v0.7'`. Only returns content tagged with the specified version or content available across all versions.
 - **`language`**: Filter results to a specific language code. For example, `'en'`, `'zh'`, or `'es'`. Only returns content in the specified language or content available across all languages.
 
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+### Client credentials for programmatic access
+
+If you need machine-to-machine access to your authenticated MCP server without interactive login, you can generate client credentials. Client credentials use the OAuth2 `client_credentials` grant type and are designed for backend services, CI/CD pipelines, and automated workflows that need to query your documentation programmatically.
+
+Client credentials bypass the interactive OAuth redirect flow. Instead, your service authenticates directly with a client ID and client secret to obtain an access token.
+
+<Steps>
+  <Step title="Generate client credentials">
+    1. Navigate to the [MCP server page](https://dashboard.mintlify.com/products/mcp) in your dashboard.
+    2. In the **Client credentials** section, click **Generate credentials**.
+    3. Enter a label for the credential (for example, "Production server").
+    4. Click **Generate**.
+    5. Copy the client ID and client secret. The secret is only shown once.
+  </Step>
+  <Step title="Request an access token">
+    Use the client ID and secret to request an access token from your MCP server's token endpoint. You can authenticate using either the request body or an `Authorization: Basic` header.
+
+    ```bash
+    curl -X POST https://your-docs-domain.com/mcp/oauth/token \
+      -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
+      -d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
+      -d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
+    ```
+
+    The token endpoint returns an access token:
+
+    ```json
+    {
+      "access_token": "eyJhbG...",
+      "token_type": "Bearer",
+      "expires_in": 1209600,
+      "scope": "mcp:search"
+    }
+    ```
+  </Step>
+  <Step title="Connect to your MCP server">
+    Use the access token as a Bearer token when connecting to your MCP server. Pass it in the `Authorization` header with any MCP client that supports token-based authentication.
+  </Step>
+</Steps>
+
+<Warning>
+  Store client secrets securely. Secrets are shown only once when generated. If a credential is compromised, delete it from the dashboard and generate a new one.
+</Warning>
+
 ### Rate limits
 
 To protect availability, Mintlify applies rate limits to MCP servers.