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Complexity Assessment Report

Request Summary

Add OAuth 2.1 compliant authorization to the ValTown MCP server following official MCP authorization specifications. The current system has basic token-based auth via headers, but needs to be upgraded to full OAuth 2.1 compliance with metadata endpoints, dynamic client registration, and PKCE flow support.

Complexity Score: 4

Reasoning

  • Cross-system OAuth Integration: Requires implementing OAuth 2.1 server capabilities or integrating with external OAuth provider
  • Multiple New Endpoints: Need /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server, /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource, dynamic client registration endpoint
  • Security Protocol Implementation: PKCE flow, token validation, audience validation, secure token exchange
  • Architecture Changes: Current simple header-based auth needs to be replaced with full OAuth flow
  • Third-party Integration Complexity: ValTown doesn't have OAuth server, so need to bridge API token system with OAuth specs

Impact Analysis

  • Backend Changes: Major - Multiple new endpoints, OAuth flow implementation, metadata generation
  • Frontend Changes: None - This is pure backend OAuth server functionality
  • Data Model Changes: Yes - Client registration storage, token management, session handling
  • API Changes: New - Multiple new OAuth endpoints (.well-known, /oauth/authorize, /oauth/token, etc.)
  • Breaking Changes: No - Can maintain backward compatibility with current header-based auth

Recommended Approach

For Score 4 (Complex):

Execute: /complex-pipeline oauth-authorization

  • Comprehensive planning with OAuth 2.1 specification review
  • Phased implementation:
    1. OAuth metadata endpoints
    2. Dynamic client registration
    3. PKCE authorization flow
    4. Token validation and audience checks
    5. Integration with existing ValTown API token system
  • Multiple validation gates for OAuth compliance testing

Risk Assessment

  • Technical Risk: High - OAuth 2.1 compliance is complex, security-critical
  • Business Risk: Medium - Authorization changes could break existing integrations
  • Rollback Complexity: Moderate - Can maintain dual auth methods during transition

Key Implementation Challenges

  1. ValTown API Token Bridge: Need to map ValTown's simple API tokens to OAuth token format
  2. OAuth Server Implementation: Either implement minimal OAuth server or use library
  3. PKCE Flow: Implement secure code challenge/verifier mechanism
  4. Metadata Generation: Dynamic generation of OAuth server and protected resource metadata
  5. Client Registration: Storage and management of dynamically registered clients

Next Steps

  1. Review this assessment
  2. Approve the complexity score
  3. Execute /complex-pipeline oauth-authorization
  4. Backend OAuth implementation MUST be completed and validated before any client-side integration testing
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