Get an API key: OpenAI

Every OpenAI key belongs to one project inside one organisation, and you pick that project while creating it. The project decides which models the key reaches and which budget it charges. It is an API platform account, billing separately from any ChatGPT plan on the same email.

Where the key is issued

1. Open platform.openai.com/settings/organization/api-keys.
2. Choose the project as you create the key. This is the moment the scope is settled.
3. Copy the string straight away; the console shows it once.

The balance that funds it

An organisation runs on a prepaid credit balance. Top up the balance; requests draw it down. Enabling auto-recharge refills the balance on its own, which removes the ceiling the deposit gave you.

Putting it in Big-AGI

Open Models with Ctrl + Shift + M. Should the Setup AI Models wizard appear, press More Services. Then Add -> OpenAI, paste into API Key, press Models, and watch the list build below the panel (add and manage your keys).

Setting the limit

Limits live at Settings -> Limits, on the organisation and again per project if you keep work apart. Fill Organization ID under Advanced only when the account holds more than one organisation.

Direct Connection

Direct Connection can be turned on once a key or a custom API Host is set - a host by itself is enough here. It starts off.

Related

• Connect an AI service
• Connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint