An AI OAuth app discovery agent reads the OAuth grant data from the identity or workspace records provided and builds an inventory.
Reads sign-in grant records from identity and mail systems.
Builds a list of third-party apps holding access.
Notes what each app can read or change.
Compares each app with the approved software list.
The security reviewer decides to approve, restrict or revoke.
Records the outcome and flags new grants as they appear.
It groups apps by how much access they were given, for example read-only profile data versus the ability to read mail or files, and notes whether the app already appears in your approved list.
Unknown apps with broad access go to the reviewer with context, while known and approved apps are matched to their owner and contract.
These apps arrive through a click, not a purchase order, so they never pass through procurement and have no owner on file.
Free or personal-card tools connect through single sign-on, leaving no invoice for finance to catch.
Scope names are technical, and a person approving a grant may not realise what the app can read.
A tool tried once stays connected after the person stops using it or leaves.
Grants live in several admin consoles, so one list requires several exports.
Read the authorisation records and list each connected app with the user, date and scopes.
Merge duplicates, for example one vendor appearing under several client names, into a single entry.
Score each app by the breadth of data it can reach using your own scope categories.
Check whether the app is already approved, owned, or under contract, and note the gaps.
Send unowned or high-access apps to the reviewer with the evidence gathered.
Bring a small sample and watch Flo work through it.
| Aspect | By hand | With the agent |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Connected apps are found only when someone audits the admin console. | Grant records are read regularly and new apps appear on a list. |
| Scope clarity | Permission names are hard to read and rarely explained. | Each app's access is summarised in plain words with the data it touches. |
| Ownership | Nobody knows who connected an app or why. | The user who granted access and their team are shown with the app. |
| Spend link | Free apps that later turn into paid ones go unseen. | Apps with a payment trail are matched to the same vendor record. |
| Follow-up | Revoked apps come back with a fresh grant. | Repeat grants are noted and sent back to the reviewer. |
| If | Then | Who decides |
|---|---|---|
| An app has broad read access to mail or files | Rank it for urgent review with the scope stated | Security reviewer |
| An app is on the approved list | Mark it known and skip the review | No action needed |
| An app is unknown and has many users | Group the users and ask the likely owner what it is for | Application owner |
| An app has not been used for some time | List it as a candidate for revocation | Security reviewer |
| An app asks for new permissions | Compare old and new scope and flag the change | Security reviewer |
| The vendor appears in spend records too | Link the grant to the paid vendor record | Buyer is told |
Some grants are made by administrators for the whole company. The agent labels these separately so reviewers do not treat them like individual choices.
Automation tools may hold wide access by design. The agent lists their scope and the owner states whether the access is justified.
Removing a grant may stop a team's daily process. The agent lists dependent users and the reviewer decides timing.
One vendor may appear under several app names. The agent groups them by publisher and the reviewer confirms the match.
Talk it through with the team. We will map it to your steps and show where a person stays in control.
Connect the agent to grant records and produce a list with no actions.
Security reviews the highest-scope apps and records what was correct.
Define which apps are pre-approved and who handles the rest.
Alert on new grants and keep revocation with people.
It shows how much of the discovered estate has been looked at by a person. Read it alongside the count of high-access apps still waiting.
Quick answers to what people ask most about OAuth app discovery.
Book a demoIt is the practice of listing third-party apps that have been granted access to company accounts through an OAuth authorisation. The list shows who connected each app and what it can read or do.
They are a route for software to enter the company with no purchase process. Finding them reveals unmanaged spend, duplicated tools and data exposure that procurement and security share.
No. It identifies and ranks apps and prepares the request. An admin or security owner decides and revokes.
It needs access to the grant records from your identity or workspace tools, supplied by an administrator. Without that, it cannot see which apps are connected.
SaaS offboarding is removing a departing person's access, or retiring a whole application, so seats, data and costs are closed out properly.
→Usage based billing validation is checking that an invoice charged by consumption matches the contract rates and the usage actually recorded.
→A SaaS security review is a check of whether a software vendor's security practices and data handling meet your requirements before or after purchase.
→SaaS spend allocation is assigning the cost of software subscriptions to the teams, cost centres or products that use them.
→Bring a small sample of real items. We will show what Flo handles on its own and where it hands over to your team.
