generated: '2026-08-24'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/permissions, https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/authentication,
  https://docs.honeycomb.io/integrations/mcp/tools/, and the RFC 8414 authorization server
  metadata probed at https://ui.honeycomb.io/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
  (saved at well-known/honeycomb-io-oauth-authorization-server.json).
docs: https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/permissions
provider: Honeycomb
providerId: honeycomb-io
description: >-
  Honeycomb runs three distinct authorization vocabularies. Environment-scoped Configuration
  Keys carry named permissions. Team-scoped Management Keys carry resource:action scopes. The
  hosted MCP server is a full OAuth 2.0 protected resource whose authorization server
  advertises its own scope set. The OpenAPI declares only apiKey/http securitySchemes and no
  oauth2 scheme, so none of this is derivable from the contract - it was read from the docs
  and probed from the /.well-known/ metadata.
oauth:
  authorization_server: https://ui.honeycomb.io
  metadata_url: https://ui.honeycomb.io/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
  metadata_http_status: 200
  protected_resource: https://mcp.honeycomb.io/mcp
  protected_resource_metadata: https://mcp.honeycomb.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
  protected_resource_metadata_http_status: 200
  authorization_endpoint: https://ui.honeycomb.io/oauth/authorize
  token_endpoint: https://ui.honeycomb.io/oauth/token
  registration_endpoint: https://ui.honeycomb.io/oauth/register
  introspection_endpoint: https://ui.honeycomb.io/oauth/introspect
  grant_types: [authorization_code, refresh_token]
  response_types: [code]
  pkce: [S256]
  dynamic_client_registration: true
  client_id_metadata_document_supported: true
  scopes:
    - name: 'mcp:read'
      description: >-
        Read access through the Model Context Protocol server - workspace discovery, queries,
        traces, service map, semantic conventions, boards, triggers, SLOs, recipients and AI
        conversation analysis.
      advertised_by: [authorization server, protected resource]
    - name: 'mcp:write'
      description: >-
        Write access through the MCP server. Required by create_board, update_board,
        create_trigger, update_trigger, create_slo, update_slo, create_recipient,
        canvas_agent_invoke and feedback. No delete tool exists at any scope.
      advertised_by: [authorization server, protected resource]
    - name: 'autobots:use'
      description: >-
        Advertised by the authorization server but not by the MCP protected resource and not
        documented in the public docs. Recorded verbatim from the metadata document; its
        purpose is not stated publicly, so none is asserted here.
      advertised_by: [authorization server]
      documented: false
management_key_scopes:
  key_type: Management Key
  header: 'Authorization: Bearer'
  scope_style: 'resource:action'
  source: https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/permissions
  scopes:
    - name: 'environments:read'
      description: Read operations on the V2 Environments API.
      operations: [listEnvironments, getEnvironment]
    - name: 'environments:write'
      description: Create, update and delete operations on the V2 Environments API.
      operations: [createEnvironment, updateEnvironment, deleteEnvironment]
    - name: 'api-keys:read'
      description: Read operations on the V2 Key Management API. Covers both Ingest and Configuration keys.
      operations: [listApiKeys, getApiKey]
    - name: 'api-keys:write'
      description: Create, update and delete operations on the V2 Key Management API.
      operations: [createApiKey, updateApiKey, deleteApiKey]
  note: >-
    The V2 Auth endpoint (getV2Auth) requires only a valid Management Key and no particular
    scope. Management Keys can only be created through the Honeycomb UI.
configuration_key_permissions:
  key_type: Configuration Key
  header: X-Honeycomb-Team
  scope_style: named permission
  source: https://docs.honeycomb.io/api/permissions
  permissions:
    - name: Manage Public Boards
      endpoint_groups: [Boards, Board Views]
    - name: Manage SLOs
      endpoint_groups: [SLOs, Burn Alerts, Reporting]
    - name: Manage Queries and Columns
      endpoint_groups: [Queries, Query Annotations, Columns, Calculated Fields]
    - name: Run Queries
      endpoint_groups: [Query Data]
      note: Query Data requires BOTH "Manage Queries and Columns" and "Run Queries".
    - name: Create Datasets
      endpoint_groups: [Datasets, Dataset Definitions]
    - name: Send Events
      endpoint_groups: [Events, Kinesis Events]
      note: An Ingest Key is recommended; a Configuration Key with Send Events also works.
    - name: Manage Markers
      endpoint_groups: [Markers, Marker Settings]
    - name: Manage Recipients
      endpoint_groups: [Recipients]
      note: >-
        Recipients are team-wide, not environment-specific. A key with this permission can
        modify recipients across every environment in the team - the widest blast radius of
        any Configuration Key permission.
    - name: Manage Triggers
      endpoint_groups: [Triggers]
    - name: Read Service Maps
      endpoint_groups: [Service Maps]
  note: >-
    The V1 Auth endpoint (getAuth) requires any valid Ingest or Configuration Key and no
    specific permission. Honeycomb marks the permissions page as a temporary reference while
    per-endpoint requirements are moved onto individual endpoint pages.
openapi_declared_schemes:
  - configuration_key (apiKey, header X-Honeycomb-Team)
  - ingest_key (apiKey, header X-Honeycomb-Team)
  - firehose_access_key (apiKey, header X-Amz-Firehose-Access-Key)
  - bearerAuth (http bearer)
gap:
  summary: >-
    None of the permissions or scopes above appear in the OpenAPI. The spec declares four flat
    securitySchemes with no scopes attached, so a code generator or agent reading only the
    contract cannot tell that Query Data needs two permissions, or that Recipients is
    team-wide. This is the clearest contract-quality gap in Honeycomb's surface.