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PluginsStop Pasting Tokens: OAuth2 Login for JetBrains IDE Plugins
The moment a plugin needs account data, a simple API call turns into an authentication problem. The bad shortcut is familiar: ask the user to create a personal access token (PAT), make them paste it into settings, and hope it never leaks.
For a JetBrains IDE plugin, use this flow instead: the user clicks the Login button, the browser opens, the provider handles sign-in, the IDE receives a callback, and the plugin stores the token.
