passkeys-web

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A skill for implementing passkey in web applications. You MUST use this skill whenever a user asks about passkey registartion, passkey authentication or passkey management. It defines the required database schema, API usage, and security best practices.

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Passkeys Implementation Guide (Web)

This skill provides a modular guide to implementing passkeys

Implementation Phase

Registration: Allowing users to create new passkeys.
Authentication: Logging users in with passkeys.
Management: Listing, renaming, and deleting passkeys.
Reauthentication: Logging users back in with passkeys.

Evaluation

Evaluate Passkey Skills: Evaluate passkey skills.

References

You MUST read the following references when implementing their respective features:

Conditional Create: Read this before implementing automatic passkey creation or conditional create.
Conditional Mediation: Read this before implementing form autofill based passkey authentication.
Signal API: Read this before implementing any PublicKeyCredential.signal* methods.
AAGUID Resolution: Read this before saving a new credential to the database during registration to map the provider name and icon.

Recommended Libraries

For backend, using a library is recommended. Here's a list of recommended open source libraries per language:

JavaScript/TypeScript: SimpleWebAuthn
Python: py_webauthn
Java: Java WebAuthn Server , WebAuthn4J, LINE FIDO2 Server
.Net: .Net library for FIDO2, WebAuthn.Net
Go: WebAuthn Go Library, Passkey Server
Ruby: WebAuthn Ruby
PHP: WebAuthn PHP Library, WebAuthn Framework

If you are using one of the libraries above, use the following skills:

Use [[simplewebauthn]] skill when implementing passkeys using SimpleWebAuthn