# Authentication Service - [Description](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/description.md) - [External Authenticators](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/external-authenticators.md) - [Internal Authenticators](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators.md) - [Password](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators/password.md): This document describes the configuration options available for enabling password-based user authentication. - [Email-Based Authentication](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators/email-based-authentication.md): This section describes the configuration and behavior of email authentication, which enables users to authenticate using an e-mail. - [Phone-based authentication](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators/phone-based-authentication.md) - [Passkeys](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators/passkeys.md) - [Social Identity Providers](https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service/internal-authenticators/social-identity-providers.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.simptel.com/human-identity/authentication-service.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.