Two-Factor Authentication
A password alone isn't enough for accounts that matter.
What it adds
TOTP-based 2FA with recovery codes.
What your agent is told to do
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What your agent is told to do
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Use TOTP (authenticator apps). SMS is better than nothing but is defeated by SIM swapping — don't make it the only option.
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Generate single-use recovery codes at setup and make the user save them. This is the difference between a locked account and a support ticket.
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Require the current password before enabling or disabling 2FA.
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Verify a code during setup before you turn it on — otherwise a misconfigured app locks the user out instantly.
Edge cases it handles
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Edge cases it handles
6- Accept a small time window (±1 period) for clock drift, but no more.
- A used TOTP code must not be replayable within its window.
- Recovery codes must be single-use, hashed at rest, and regenerable.
- Enabling 2FA should invalidate other active sessions.
- Rate-limit code attempts — six digits is brute-forceable otherwise.
- Don't lock a user out permanently; define the account recovery path before you ship.
Definition of done
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Definition of done
8- TOTP setup verifies a code before enabling.
- Recovery codes are generated, hashed, single-use, and regenerable.
- The current password is required to enable or disable.
- Code attempts are rate-limited and codes can't be replayed.
- Clock drift is tolerated within one period.
- A documented account recovery path exists.
- The feature matches the existing design system.
- No existing functionality is broken.
Related features
Password Generator
Password Generator
Offer a strong password in one click wherever someone sets or changes credentials.
What it does
A generate control on password fields that produces a strong value, shows it, and hands it to the user safely.
How it works
- 1 Add the control to every place a password is set: sign-up, password change, password reset completion, and any admin screen that provisions credentials for someone else.
- 2 Generate the value in the browser using the platform's cryptographic random source. The value must never be produced on the server or sent anywhere.
- 3 Reveal the generated password by default so the user can record it, and offer a regenerate control beside it. A hidden generated password that the user cannot see is a password they will immediately reset.
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https://addthisfeature.com/x/password-generator
Idempotent Form Submission
Idempotent Form Submission
Make one submit mean one result, even when the network retries.
What it does
Idempotency keys on high-impact writes so a double-click, a retry, or a refresh cannot create the same record twice.
How it works
- 1 Find the writes where a duplicate is expensive — payments, orders, invitations, provisioning, anything that sends money or email.
- 2 Generate an idempotency key when the form is rendered, send it with the submission, and persist it server-side alongside the result of the first successful attempt.
- 3 When the same key arrives again, return the stored result instead of doing the work a second time. When the same key arrives with a different payload, reject it — that is a client bug, not a retry.
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Add this feature to my app:
https://addthisfeature.com/x/idempotent-form-submission
Client Version Compatibility
Client Version Compatibility
Handle the tab that has been open since two deploys ago.
What it does
The server tells the client which build it expects, and the client responds — quietly for an optional update, insistently when the old code can no longer talk to the API.
How it works
- 1 Stamp every build with a version identifier and return it on API responses, either in a header or a small metadata endpoint. The client compares it against the version it was built as.
- 2 Separate two cases and treat them differently. A newer build being available is an optional update — offer it and let the user finish what they are doing. An API contract the running client cannot satisfy is a hard incompatibility and must block further writes.
- 3 For an optional update, show an unobtrusive, dismissible prompt and apply the new version at the next natural navigation. Do not interrupt.
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Add this feature to my app:
https://addthisfeature.com/x/client-version-compatibility
How it works
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Copy the link
Grab the Markdown instruction URL for this feature.
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Give it to your AI
Paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable — whatever you build with.
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It inspects, then implements
Your agent reads your existing app first, then adds the feature to fit it.
Works with your stack
These instructions are written to adapt. They tell the agent to detect your framework, match your existing design system, and reuse what you already have — rather than assuming a particular stack.
Need it tighter than that? Customize the feature and tell it exactly what you're running.