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Set up single sign-on (SSO)

Single sign-on (SSO) lets people sign in to Mindflow with your company identity provider (IdP) instead of a local password. Mindflow supports OIDC and SAML2 with providers such as Microsoft Entra ID (Azure), Okta, PingIdentity, AWS IAM Identity Center, Google, and Cloudflare. SSO is not self-service in Studio—Mindflow configures the tenant after you share the IdP details securely.

  • Your organization requires corporate IdP login for Mindflow.
  • You are migrating existing username/password users to SSO.
  • Prefer the sign-in page SSO buttons only after Customer Success confirms activation for your tenant.

Before you begin, involve your IdP administrators. Decide whether you need OIDC or SAML2, and whether you will migrate existing Mindflow users or start with new SSO-only accounts.

If you already have Mindflow users, SSO sign-ups create new profiles unless Mindflow runs a migration to merge them. You can keep password sign-in enabled during a transition when Mindflow configures that option.

  1. Choose the migration path. New SSO-only users with no merge, or migrate existing non-SSO users after setup.
  2. Choose the protocol. OIDC or SAML2, based on what your IdP supports for Mindflow.

Collect IdP credentials and attribute mapping

Section titled “Collect IdP credentials and attribute mapping”

Gather secrets in a secure channel—never paste client secrets or metadata into chat or tickets in the clear.

  1. Collect protocol credentials. For OIDC: client ID and client secret. For SAML2: metadata URL (or metadata your IdP exports).
  2. Map required attributes. Email (required), full name (required), profile picture URL (optional).
    • OIDC: simple claim names such as email or name.
    • SAML2: often URIs such as https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress. Some IdPs (for example AWS IAM Identity Center) allow simpler mappings—follow your IdP docs.

Mindflow applies the IdP configuration on your Cognito-backed tenant and tells you when sign-in is ready.

  1. Share the plan securely. Send migration choice, protocol, credential handles (not plaintext in email if possible), and attribute mapping to Customer Success.
  2. Wait for activation. Mindflow notifies you when the IdP is configured and gives you the callback URL for your tenant.

After Mindflow activates SSO, register the callback (redirect / ACS) URL in your IdP so authentication responses return to Mindflow.

  1. Register the callback. Use the URL Mindflow provides. Typical shapes:
    • OIDC: https://auth-<tenant>.mindflow.io/oauth2/idpresponse
    • SAML2: https://auth-<tenant>.mindflow.io/saml2/idpresponse Replace <tenant> with your tenant slug. Some environments use a different root domain—use the exact URL from Customer Success.
  2. Test sign-in. Open the Mindflow sign-in page and use Sign in with your provider. Confirm a test user lands in the correct organization.

A company already on Okta SAML wants all operators on SSO. IT picks SAML2, maps email and name claims, shares the metadata URL with Customer Success, then pastes https://auth-acme.mindflow.io/saml2/idpresponse into Okta. Existing users are merged in a follow-up migration so each person keeps one Mindflow profile.

  • Always handle IdP secrets securely.
  • Attribute mapping mistakes are a common failure mode—plan a short trial-and-error window with a test account.
  • Facebook, Apple, and consumer “Sign in with Amazon” are not Mindflow enterprise SSO paths; use the IdPs listed above.
  • Mindflow can close email Sign Up for your tenant while SSO and existing password sign-in stay available. Ask Customer Success if you need that lock for an SSO-first rollout. Operators then join through Sign in with your provider or an administrator-created account—see Sign in.

Related: Sign in, Manage users.