---
title: "Decode, inspect, sign, and verify JWTs while debugging auth flows with jwt-cli"
description: "Decode JWTs, inspect claims, and verify or sign tokens with local keys during auth debugging and test setup."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/mike-engel/jwt-cli"
author: "mike-engel"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category:
  - "Security & Verification"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "mike-engel/jwt-cli"
  github_stars: 1464
  npm_package: "jwt-cli"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 3419
---

# Decode, inspect, sign, and verify JWTs while debugging auth flows with jwt-cli

Decode JWTs, inspect claims, and verify or sign tokens with local keys during auth debugging and test setup.

## Prerequisites

jwt-cli

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install the jwt-cli package from npm, then provide JWTs and the relevant secret or key material when decoding, signing, or verifying tokens.
```

## Documentation

- https://github.com/mike-engel/jwt-cli

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/decode-inspect-sign-and-verify-jwts-while-debugging-auth-flows-with-jwt-cli/)