Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Widgets gave you prebuilt React components for user management — but a ceiling on what you could customize. Today WorkOS opens up what's underneath with a new GraphQL API that gives you the data and mutations directly, so you can build exactly the UI you want. One query gets everything a page needs instead of chaining REST calls, and it uses the same session-aware, client-side auth model as Widgets — just without the prebuilt UI on top. WorkOSWorkOS
Watch an agent build a fully custom members search UI from scratch in 45 seconds, wired straight to the API — no SDK required.
Closed beta launches with full user management: users, memberships, roles, invitations, sessions, passkeys, MFA. SSO, Directory Sync, audit logs, RBAC, and more are coming shortly after. Widgets aren't going anywhere — this is for teams who want to own the UI completely. WorkOS
Full writeup + code: workos.com/blog/widgets-api
Chapters
00:00 Why Widgets hit a ceiling
01:50 Live demo: an agent builds custom UI in 45 seconds
03:38 Why GraphQL, not another SDK
Widgets gave you prebuilt React components for user management — but a ceiling on what you could customize. Today WorkOS opens up what's underneath with a new GraphQL API that gives you the data and mutations directly, so you can build exactly the UI you want. One query gets everything a page needs instead of chaining REST calls, and it uses the same session-aware, client-side auth model as Widgets — just without the prebuilt UI on top. WorkOSWorkOS
Watch an agent build a fully custom members search UI from scratch in 45 seconds, wired straight to the API — no SDK required.
Closed beta launches with full user management: users, memberships, roles, invitations, sessions, passkeys, MFA. SSO, Directory Sync, audit logs, RBAC, and more are coming shortly after. Widgets aren't going anywhere — this is for teams who want to own the UI completely. WorkOS
Full writeup + code: workos.com/blog/widgets-api
Chapters
00:00 Why Widgets hit a ceiling
01:50 Live demo: an agent builds custom UI in 45 seconds
03:38 Why GraphQL, not another SDK
