# Aura Auth


- **Start here**
- [Introduction](/docs): Batteries-included authentication for FastAPI — sessions, accounts, and a ready-made router.
- [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart): Mount the auth router, create tables, and protect a route with Depends.

- **Guides**
- [Architecture](/docs/architecture): Transport, strategy, backend, and the four persistence entities.
- [Configuration](/docs/configuration): AuraAuthConfig fields passed through AuraAuth(database_url=..., secret=..., **kwargs).
- [Sessions and cookies](/docs/sessions-and-cookies): Opaque session tokens, Bearer vs cookie transport, and local development.
- [Models and backend](/docs/models-and-backend): Mixins, default models, and BackendProtocol overview.

- **Project**
- [For LLMs and agents](/docs/for-llms-and-agents): Machine-readable exports — llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and .mdx URLs for this site.
- [Contributing](/docs/contributing): Clone, install, run checks, and read AGENTS.md for phased conventions.