Alternative Token Authentication

Token authentication is the alternative to the default browser-based login flow. Use it when:

• You are running Aikido MCP in a CI/CD pipeline or other headless environment
• Your setup cannot open a browser (e.g. remote servers, Docker containers)
• You prefer to manage credentials explicitly via environment variables

For interactive use on a local machine, the browser-based login flow is simpler and recommended.

Creating a token

In Aikido, go to Settings → Integrations → IDE → MCP and create a Personal Access Token (PAT). Copy it to a secure location.

Setup by agent

Claude Code

Pass the token as an argument to the setup skill:

/aikido:setup your-PAT-here

This saves the token to your Claude Code user settings and registers the MCP server automatically.

Alternatively, set AIKIDO_API_KEY in your environment before starting Claude Code:

macOS / Linux

export AIKIDO_API_KEY=your-token-here
claude

Windows PowerShell

Cursor

When adding Aikido from the Cursor Marketplace, set your token as the AIKIDO_API_KEY environment variable when prompted during installation.

For a manual setup, add the token to your Cursor MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aikido": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aikidosec/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "AIKIDO_API_KEY": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex CLI

Pass the token via the --env flag when registering the MCP server:

codex mcp add aikido \
  --env AIKIDO_API_KEY=your-token-here \
  -- npx -y @aikidosec/mcp@latest

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add aikido \
  --env AIKIDO_API_KEY=your-token-here \
  npx -y @aikidosec/mcp@latest

JetBrains

Add the token to the environment block in the MCP server JSON config (Settings | Tools | AI Assistant | Model Context Protocol):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aikido": {
      "command": "npx -y @aikidosec/mcp@latest",
      "args": [],
      "environment": {
        "AIKIDO_API_KEY": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot — IDE

Add the token to the env block in your mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "aikido": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aikidosec/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "AIKIDO_API_KEY": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot — Cloud Agents

GitHub Copilot only exposes secrets to MCP config when their names start with COPILOT_MCP_. Create a repository secret:

COPILOT_MCP_AIKIDO_API_KEY = your Aikido token

Then use that variable name in your MCP config under Settings → Copilot → Coding agent:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aikido": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aikidosec/mcp@latest"],
      "tools": ["aikido_full_scan", "aikido_sast_scan", "aikido_secrets_scan"],
      "env": {
        "AIKIDO_API_KEY": "COPILOT_MCP_AIKIDO_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Mistral Vibe

Add the token as an environment variable in ~/.vibe/config.toml:

[[mcp_servers]]
name = "aikido"
transport = "stdio"
command = "sh"
args = ["-c", "AIKIDO_API_KEY='your-token-here' npx -y @aikidosec/mcp@latest"]

OpenCode

Add the token to the environment block in ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "aikido": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@aikidosec/mcp@latest"],
      "enabled": true,
      "environment": {
        "AIKIDO_API_KEY": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}