Okta MCP Server Integration

What does “Okta” MCP Server do?

The Okta MCP Server acts as a bridge between AI assistants (such as Claude) and Okta’s user management platform. By exposing Okta’s robust user and group management APIs as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, it empowers developers and AI systems to automate critical identity and access management tasks. This includes managing users (creation, activation, suspension), handling group memberships, and enabling onboarding workflows. By integrating with Okta via this MCP server, developers can streamline administrative operations, automate provisioning or deprovisioning, and ensure secure, programmable access to organizational directory data from AI-powered interfaces.

List of Prompts

No prompt templates are listed or described in the provided repository documentation or files.

List of Resources

No explicit MCP resources are documented or described in the repository. The README and repository files do not mention resources exposed as context for LLMs.

List of Tools

The Okta MCP Server provides the following tools, enabling programmatic user and group management:

• get_user
  Retrieves detailed information about a specific Okta user, such as ID, status, profile, account dates, email, employment details, address, and preferences.

• list_users
  Lists users in Okta with support for filtering (SCIM expressions), searching, sorting, and pagination.

• activate_user
  Activates a deactivated user in Okta, with an option to send an activation email.

• suspend_user
  Suspends an active Okta user.

• unsuspend_user
  Reinstates a previously suspended user.

• delete_user
  Permanently removes a user from Okta after deactivation.

• get_user_last_location
  Retrieves the last known login location and activity for a specific user from Okta system logs.

• list_groups
  Lists Okta groups with support for filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

• create_group
  Creates a new Okta group with a name and optional description.

• get_group
  Fetches detailed information about a specific Okta group.

• delete_group
  Deletes a group from Okta.

• assign_user_to_group
  Assigns a user to a specific group.

• remove_user_from_group
  Removes a user from a group.

Use Cases of this MCP Server

• Automated User Provisioning and Deprovisioning
  Streamline onboarding and offboarding workflows by programmatically creating, activating, suspending, or deleting users in Okta from within AI-powered development environments.

• Group-Based Access Control Management
  Automate the creation of groups, assignment or removal of users from groups, and group deletion to support dynamic access control policies.

• Compliance and Audit Support
  Retrieve detailed user data, including activity and location, to assist with compliance audits and investigations.

• Directory Synchronization
  Integrate Okta directory information with other systems or applications by listing and querying user/group data via AI workflows.

• Incident Response Automation
  Rapidly suspend or unsuspend users and update group memberships in response to security incidents, leveraging AI-driven detection and remediation flows.

How to set it up

Windsurf

No setup instructions provided for Windsurf.

Claude

1. Prerequisites:
   • Install Node.js (v16 or higher).
   • Obtain an Okta Developer Account and API Token.
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Open Claude Desktop configuration:
   • For MacOS:

     code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
     

   • For Windows:

     code %AppData%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
     

4. Add/update MCP server configuration:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "okta": {
         "command": "node",
         "args": [
           "PATH_TO_PROJECT_DIRECTORY/dist/index.js"
         ],
         "env": {
           "OKTA_ORG_URL": "https://your-domain.okta.com",
           "OKTA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

5. Save and restart Claude Desktop.

Securing API keys

Environment variables such as OKTA_ORG_URL and OKTA_API_TOKEN are set in the env object within the configuration as shown above, ensuring sensitive tokens are not hardcoded in code or arguments.

Cursor

No setup instructions provided for Cursor.

Cline

No setup instructions provided for Cline.

How to use this MCP inside flows

Using MCP in FlowHunt

To integrate MCP servers into your FlowHunt workflow, start by adding the MCP component to your flow and connecting it to your AI agent:

Click on the MCP component to open the configuration panel. In the system MCP configuration section, insert your MCP server details using this JSON format:

{
  "okta": {
    "transport": "streamable_http",
    "url": "https://yourmcpserver.example/pathtothemcp/url"
  }
}

Once configured, the AI agent is now able to use this MCP as a tool with access to all its functions and capabilities. Remember to change “okta” to whatever the actual name of your MCP server is and replace the URL with your own MCP server URL.

Overview

Our opinion

The Okta MCP Server offers a focused, well-documented set of Okta user and group management tools, but lacks prompt templates and explicit resource support. Sampling and Roots are not mentioned. The presence of a license, several tools, and moderate community interest (stars/forks) suggest good utility for Okta/IDM integrations, but some MCP features are missing.

MCP Score

Score: 6/10
The Okta MCP Server is robust for Okta identity management automation but would benefit from documented prompt templates, explicit resource support, and confirmation of Roots or Sampling support for broader MCP compliance.