# ory-auth-setup

> Claude/Codex skill by [@ory](https://omgskills.com/library/ory/index.md) · 3 stars · Updated 2026-09-30

Set up a complete authentication system using Ory Network with Ory Elements as the UI layer. Use whenever the user wants to add login, registration, account recovery, email verification, account settings, or session management to a web app — even if they only mention "auth", "sign-in", or "users". Ory Elements is the default UI; only fall back to custom rendering when Ory Elements cannot be used.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/ory/claude-plugins /tmp/claude-plugins && ln -s /tmp/claude-plugins/plugins/ory-agent-plugin/skills/ory-auth-setup ~/.claude/skills/ory-auth-setup
```

## From README

Set up Ory Authentication with Ory Elements You are setting up a complete authentication system using Ory Network and Ory Elements. Ory Elements is the default and strongly preferred UI layer for every flow (login, registration, recovery, verification, settings). Build the system with Ory Elements unless the user has an explicit, hard constraint that rules it out — and even then, propose Ory Elements first and confirm before choosing a different path. Why Ory Elements is the default Covers every self-service flow out of the box — login, registration, recovery, verification, settings, MFA — with a single component per flow. Renders the flow's UI nodes for you. You do not need to map flow.ui.nodes to form fields, handle CSRF tokens, error messages, multi-step states, or method-specific logic by hand. Social login and passkeys appear automatically as soon as they are enabled in the Ory project. No frontend changes needed.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/ory/claude-plugins/plugins/ory-agent-plugin/skills/ory-auth-setup/
- GitHub: https://github.com/ory/claude-plugins
- Author: [@ory](https://omgskills.com/library/ory/index.md)

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