If you’re on a team plan with single sign-on (SSO), you can create SSO-enabled links directed to certain areas or specific content within Pluralsight Skills.
Use this article to create SSO links that help you access and share what’s most important to you and your team in Skills.
Who can use this?
| Current and legacy plans | |||||
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| Individual | Team | ||||
| Learners: | + | ||||
| Managers: | + | ||||
| Admins: | + | ||||
| + Available as a plan add-on. | |||||
| Learn more about Skills current plans, legacy plans, and roles. | |||||
Organization SSO identifier
The Pluralsight team member configuring SSO for your plan will provide your organization’s SSO identifier. This identifier is the same as the Company URL you enter on the SSO sign-in page (opens in new tab), without the top-level domain (such as .com or .net).
Use the templates below to create SSO-enabled links for service provider-initiated (SP) or identity provider-initiated (IdP) connections. If your SSO-enabled link isn't working, you may need to encode the URL using a tool like URL Encoder (external site, opens in new tab).
Important: Throughout this article, any information surrounded by angle brackets (< >), such as <org SSO identifier>, are provided as placeholders. When creating your own URLs, exclude the angle brackets.
SP-initiated SSO
The URL https://app.pluralsight.com/sso/<org SSO identifier> directs your learners to the Skills home page after successful SSO authentication.
SP-initiated SSO links to specific areas in the platform follow this standard format:
https://app.pluralsight.com/sso/<org SSO identifier>?returnUrl=<path to content or page>
Use the following table to create link templates for specific content types and pages within Skills.
Important: When your SP-initiated connection is set up with Pluralsight, links pulled using our Content APIs (opens in new tab) are automatically returned in an SSO-enabled format. We recommend using an API query to get these URLs rather than creating them manually. For links that have this option, the specific API query is provided in the table.
| Content or page | SP-initiated link template | Details |
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| Courses | ||
| Video course details page |
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API query: courseCatalog (opens in new tab) Find the course ID at the end of a course’s URL (before |
| Multi-modal course details page |
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| Labs | ||
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ACG cloud lab details page |
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API query: labCatalog (opens in new tab) The lab ID is an alphanumeric ID in the lab’s URL. Note: When manually creating SP-initiated SSO links to labs, do not open the lab and reference the link in the address bar. Instead, copy the link to the lab as it appears on the page you accessed it from (e.g., search results, path, or channel). |
| Google Cloud self-paced lab (redirect) |
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| IT ops/security lab details page |
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| Code lab |
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| Paths | ||
| Skills path |
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API query: pathCatalog (opens in new tab) Find the path ID at the end of a path’s URL. |
| Certification path |
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| Channels | ||
| Channel |
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Find the channel ID at the end of a channel's URL. Note: This link won't provide a user access to a channel they don't already have access to. |
| Company channels page |
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Find your plan ID at the end of your Company channels page URL. |
| Assessments | ||
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Important: For the best possible assessment experience, we strongly recommend not linking directly to the assessment itself. This ensures that learners receive brief instructions and necessary context before they begin the timed assessment. |
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| Intro page for a specific Skill IQ |
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Find the Skill IQ’s name in the intro page URL. |
| Landing page for a specific Role IQ |
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The role ID is an alphanumeric ID at the end of a role's URL. |
| Landing page for a specific Tech Foundations topic |
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API query: programCatalog (opens in new tab) Note: To use this query, your API key must be in the BETA release group. Find the topic ID at the end of the topic URL. |
| Learner links | ||
| Search results for a specific query |
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Find the search ID at the end of the URL after entering a query. Note: Additional filters applied on the Browse page are not supported in these links. |
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Takes learners directly to their bookmarks. | |
| History |
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Takes learners directly to their history. |
| Leader links | ||
| Leader hub |
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Takes admins and managers directly to the page in Skills. |
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Analytics landing page |
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| People page |
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IdP-initiated SSO
Follow this standard format to manually create IdP-initiated SSO links:
https://sso.pluralsight.com/<path to content or page>
Use the following table to create link templates for specific content types and pages within Skills.
| Content or page | IdP-initiated link template | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Courses | ||
| Video course details page |
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Find the course ID at the end of a course’s URL (before |
| Multi-modal course details page |
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| Labs | ||
|
ACG cloud lab details page |
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The lab ID is an alphanumeric ID in the lab’s URL. Note: When manually creating IdP-initiated SSO links to labs, do not open the lab and reference the link in the address bar. Instead, copy the link to the lab as it appears on the page you accessed it from (e.g., search results, path, or channel). |
| Google Cloud self-paced lab (redirect) |
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| IT ops/security lab details page |
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| Code lab |
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| Paths | ||
| Skills path |
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Find the path ID at the end of a path’s URL. |
| Certification path |
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| Channels | ||
| Channel |
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Find the channel ID at the end of a channel's URL. Note: This link won't provide a user access to a channel they don't already have access to. |
| Company channels page |
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Find your plan ID at the end of your Company channels page URL. |
| Assessments | ||
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Important: For the best possible assessment experience, we strongly recommend not linking directly to the assessment itself. This ensures that learners receive brief instructions and necessary context before they begin the timed assessment. |
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| Intro page for a specific Skill IQ |
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Find the Skill IQ’s name in the intro page URL. |
| Landing page for a specific Role IQ |
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The role ID is an alphanumeric ID at the end of a role's URL. |
| Landing page for a specific Tech Foundations topic |
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Note: To use this query, your API key must be in the BETA release group. Find the topic ID at the end of the topic URL. |
| Learner links | ||
| Search results for a specific query |
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Find the search ID at the end of the URL after entering a query. Note: Additional filters applied on the Browse page are not supported in these links. |
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Takes learners directly to their bookmarks. | |
| History |
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Takes learners directly to their history. |
| Leader links | ||
| Leader hub |
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Takes admins and managers directly to the page in Skills. |
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Analytics landing page |
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| People page |
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