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Okta

Okta Workforce Identity Cloud is the industry-leading platform for enterprise workforce identity management. Mandaitor integrates with Okta to enable employees within organizations to delegate authority to AI agents with full lifecycle management.

When to Use Okta​

Okta is the right choice when your users are employees within an enterprise. Typical scenarios:

  • Employees delegating authority to AI agents within their organization
  • Enterprise customers with Okta as their primary identity provider
  • Organizations requiring SCIM-based user lifecycle management
  • Workforce scenarios with group-based delegation authority

Configuration​

1. Create a Custom Authorization Server​

In Okta Admin Console, create a custom authorization server for Mandaitor:

  • Name: Mandaitor Delegation Registry
  • Audience: https://api.mandaitor.eu
  • Custom scopes: delegation:create, delegation:read, delegation:revoke

2. Configure Mandaitor​

curl -X PUT https://api.mandaitor.io/v1/tenants/{tenantId}/identity-providers \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-d '{
"enabled_providers": ["API_KEY", "COGNITO", "OKTA"],
"okta": {
"issuer": "https://your-org.okta.com/oauth2/mandaitor-server",
"audience": "https://api.mandaitor.eu"
}
}'

Token Validation​

  1. Provider detection: Authorizer detects *.okta.com issuer
  2. JWKS verification: Signature verified against Okta's JWKS
  3. Claims extraction: uid, sub, groups, scp, and custom claims
  4. Identity resolution: Mapped to oidc:okta:<uid> canonical subject ID

Agents acting for a user​

Mandaitor does not exchange Okta tokens for delegation tokens. A person signs in with Okta and issues mandates. An AI agent authenticates with its own registered key and acts only on the mandates that name it (Agent Identity Registry). Acting with the user's own token, on their behalf, is not available.

SCIM Provisioning​

Mandaitor supports SCIM 2.0 for automated user lifecycle management with Okta:

EndpointMethodDescription
/scim/v2/UsersGETList provisioned users
/scim/v2/UsersPOSTProvision new user
/scim/v2/Users/{id}PUTUpdate user
/scim/v2/Users/{id}PATCHPartial update
/scim/v2/Users/{id}DELETEDeprovision (revokes all mandates)

Automatic Mandate Revocation​

When an employee is deprovisioned or deactivated via SCIM, all their active mandates are automatically revoked. This ensures delegations never outlive their organizational context.

Setting Up SCIM in Okta​

  1. In Okta Admin, go to Applications > Mandaitor > Provisioning
  2. Enable SCIM provisioning
  3. Set the SCIM base URL: https://api.mandaitor.io/v1/scim/v2
  4. Set the authentication: Bearer Token with your API key
  5. Enable Push Users and Push Groups

Group-Based Delegation Authority​

Map Okta groups to delegation authority in Mandaitor:

Okta GroupDelegation Authority
ManagersCan delegate to direct reports' agents
IT AdminsCan register and manage AI agents
ExecutivesCan approve high-value delegations

The groups claim from Okta tokens is available in the resolved identity for authorization decisions.

Event Hooks​

Okta Event Hooks can synchronize lifecycle events to Mandaitor:

  • user.lifecycle.deactivate → Revoke all active mandates
  • user.lifecycle.suspend → Freeze all mandates
  • group.user_membership.remove → Re-evaluate delegation authority
  • user.account.update_profile → Sync profile changes