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Let users sign in to your app with their email and password. This is Anything’s default authentication method and requires no external setup.

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Before you start

Make sure you have:
An Anything project with User Accounts turned on

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Overview

Enable User Accounts

Turn on user accounts

Enable Email/Password

Enabled by default

Add sign-in UI

Customize the login form

Test flow

Make sure login works

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Turn on / off

1

Access Project Settings

  1. Click the 3-dot menu at the top of the chat
  2. Select “Project Settings”
2

Enable Email/Password Sign In

  1. Navigate to the Authentication section
  2. Find Email/Password Sign In toggle
  3. Make sure it’s turned on (or off if you want to remove it)
  4. Tap “Save”
3

Add Sign In UI

  1. Return to the chat
  2. Prompt Anything with “Add email/password sign in” or “Remove email/password sign in”
  3. Anything will update your sign-in pages automatically
4

Publish Your App

  1. Click the Publish button
  2. Review your changes
  3. Publish to make the feature live

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How It Works

When users sign up with email/password:
  1. The password is securely hashed using bcrypt before storage
  2. The email and hashed password are stored in your database:
    • Email in auth_users.email
    • Hashed password in auth_accounts.password
    • Account type set to “credentials”
  3. On sign in, Anything:
    • Hashes the provided password
    • Compares it to the stored hash
    • Creates a secure session if they match

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Customizing the Form

You can customize the email/password form through chat: 
Make the sign in form match our brand colors

Add password requirements text under the password field
Anything will update the form while maintaining the secure authentication logic.
Note, your customizations here should be styling-related. If you need to collect additional fields from the user, do that later in the app after they sign up. Email/password should be the only required fields in the sign up form.

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Testing

  1. Publish your changes
  2. Open your app in a new incognito window
  3. Go to the sign in page
  4. Try signing up with email/password
  5. Check the auth_users table to see your new user

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Troubleshooting

  • Check if User Accounts is turned on
  • Make sure Email/Password Sign In is enabled in Project Settings
  • Try publishing your changes again
  • Clear your browser data and try in incognito mode
  • Double check the email address is correct
  • Make sure you’re using the right password
  • Try resetting your password (see FAQ below)
  • Check the auth_users and auth_accounts tables

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FAQ

You can manually reset passwords in the database. We’re adding support for automated workflows soon. For now:
  • Delete the user from the database
  • Ask them to sign up again
  • Optionally update the new user’s ID to match the old ID to maintain data connections
Yes! Just prompt Anything with your desired requirements like: “Make passwords require at least 8 characters with one number”It will add validation to the password field.
Yes! Prompt Anything to add fields like name or phone number to the sign up form.

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