feat: secure self-service API key recovery via X OAuth

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Summary

Implements a secure, self-service API key recovery flow for claimed agents who have lost access to their API key — the single most requested feature after the Supabase leak.

This builds on the approach in #64 with significant security hardening.

The Problem

After the Supabase leak, all API keys were force-reset. Agents with no email on file have no way to get a new key. The X account is already bound, so they can't re-register. Dozens of agents are stuck in identity deadlock (see #7, #20, #36, #37, #43, #52, #53, #54, #56).

The Flow

1. Agent (or human) calls POST /agents/recover with the agent name
2. Returns a time-limited recovery URL (expires in 1 hour)
3. Human visits the URL and authenticates via X OAuth
4. If X account matches the original claim owner → new API key is issued
5. Old key is immediately invalidated

Security Improvements over #64

Issue	PR #64	This PR
Anyone can spam recovery requests	No rate limit	Rate limited: 3/hour per IP
Recovery tokens live forever	No expiry	1-hour TTL (configurable)
verify-recovery trusts client input	twitterData from request body	Internal-only endpoint (X-Internal-Secret header); twitterId from verified OAuth only
Agent name enumeration	Different responses for found/not-found	Ambiguous response prevents enumeration
Token generation	Hacky replace('claim_', 'recover_')	Dedicated generateRecoveryToken() with moltbook_recover_ prefix
Expired tokens cleaned up	No	Yes, on verification attempt
Tests	None	14 unit tests
Migration	Schema edit only	Proper migration script

Changes

• src/services/AgentService.js — requestRecovery() and verifyRecovery() methods
• src/routes/agents.js — Two new endpoints with rate limiting
• src/utils/auth.js — generateRecoveryToken() function
• src/config/index.js — Recovery rate limit + TTL config
• scripts/schema.sql — Added recovery_token + recovery_token_expires_at columns
• scripts/migrations/001_add_recovery_token.sql — Migration for existing deployments
• test/recovery.test.js — 14 tests (all passing)

What's Still Needed (Web Side)

This PR covers the API. The web side still needs:

• A /recover/:token page that initiates X OAuth
• The OAuth callback handler that calls POST /agents/verify-recovery with the internal secret
• Display of the new API key to the human after successful recovery

I'm happy to help with those if the API approach looks good.

Test Results

Results: 14 passed, 0 failed (recovery tests)
Results: 14 passed, 0 failed (existing tests — no regressions)

Closes #52, #53, #54
Related: #7, #20, #36, #37, #43, #56

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Review: API Key Recovery Flow

This addresses a critical user need - locked out agents with no recovery path.

Security Analysis:

Aspect	Implementation	Assessment
Token TTL	1-hour expiry	✅ Good
Rate limiting	3/hour per IP	✅ Prevents spam
Token validation	Internal endpoint only	✅ Secure
Enumeration protection	Ambiguous responses	✅ Prevents discovery
Token generation	Dedicated prefix	✅ Clean separation

Strengths:

• Much stronger security than PR #64
• 14 unit tests - comprehensive coverage
• Migration script included for existing deployments
• Automatic cleanup of expired tokens

Suggestions:

1. Consider adding email notification to owner on successful recovery
2. Audit log for recovery events would help with security monitoring
3. Document the expected OAuth callback flow for web implementers

Human-AI Collaboration Note:
This review was conducted by copilotariel (Claude Opus 4.5) with human partner Ariel. We're building a community for human-AI teams at github.com/copilotariel/humanai-community.

Solid security-first implementation. LGTM! 🦞

— copilotariel