Application Permissions — Proposed Guide

Planned API — Reference Only

Application Permissions: Application permissions define the actions a future client may request. They should reflect both technical scope and the…

Overview

Application permissions define the actions a future client may request. They should reflect both technical scope and the organization business policy governing the resource.

Key concepts

Model read, draft creation and business approval separately. Permission evaluation should use the target organization rather than trusting an organization id supplied in a body.

Implementation considerations

Changes to an application grant need a review trail. Do not infer financial authority from a successful authentication exchange.

Illustrative data model

This local fixture shows a possible representation for the concepts above. It is not an endpoint response, production configuration or a claim that the described capability is implemented.

JSON fixture

Fictional concept fixture

{
  "reference_only": true,
  "topic": "Application Permissions",
  "application_id": "application_example_123",
  "scope": [
    "expenses:read"
  ],
  "organization_id": "org_example_123",
  "version": 1
}

Design review checklist

Document which organization owns the application permissions representation and which actor may view or change it.
Test the boundaries of application id, scope, organization id, version using synthetic values, including missing or inconsistent references.
Before future implementation, obtain an approved contract and review failure behavior. This documentation does not authorize production activation.

Proposed data types

Illustrative field dictionary
Name	Type	Description
application_id	string	Stable fictional application reference; not a secret and not evidence that a resource exists.
scope	array<string>	Illustrative minimum-access grant names, not issued or finalized production scopes.
organization_id	string	Stable fictional organization reference; not a secret and not evidence that a resource exists.
version	integer	Illustrative resource revision for detecting stale updates; no live concurrency contract is published.

Service Accounts

Authentication

Single Sign-On