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Clerk adds device authorization, Sanity audits media keys, and Knock enters more coding tools
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Launch of the Week
Clerk, an authentication and user management platform, added OAuth Device Authorization Grant for CLIs, televisions and other devices that cannot easily collect credentials. Hosted approval on a second device expands its reach against Auth0, although client developers must still implement token polling and its response handling.
Company Launch
Enigmata, an encryption infrastructure startup, emerged from stealth with $6.5 million in seed funding and opened Cipher to selected enterprise design partners. The company says its technology lets AI systems search and analyze encrypted data on existing hardware, giving teams considering IronCore Labs another approach to protecting data used by AI features.
Enterprise Watch
Sanity, a headless CMS, added an audit trail for Media Library signing keys, recording creation, revocation and the initiating person. Better visibility into authenticated asset access strengthens governance for teams comparing Cloudinary, but logging key changes does not itself replace an access-review process.
GTM Trends
Knock, a notification API platform, launched its ChatGPT and Codex plugin, combining its remote MCP server with messaging skills. Meeting developers inside their coding tools could widen distribution against Courier, while access to real account resources makes reviewing generated workflows important.
More Devtool News
- ✨ WorkOS, an enterprise authentication and feature-flag platform, added custom flag targets such as workspaces, plans and regions. Targeting product-specific resources enables more precise rollouts, but teams must supply consistent identifiers; compare LaunchDarkly.
- ✨ Knock, a notification API platform, released its Cursor plugin, packaging MCP connectivity and messaging skills without manual server configuration. Project-level or user-level installation simplifies setup, although the connected account still determines which messaging resources are affected; compare Novu.
- ✨ Liveblocks, a provider of real-time collaboration APIs, updated its Projects dashboard with grid and list views, search, filters and sorting. Navigation becomes easier as project counts grow, but this release changes project management rather than the collaboration engine; compare Ably.