# Add your AI keys

Create an API key with each AI provider Omnymous uses, add it in setup or in AI & Agents, and see what each one pays for.

![Setup’s Connect AI keys step: OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini marked Required, Higgsfield marked Optional, each with a key field and Validate & save](https://docs.omnymous.com/media/getting-started/set-up-your-workspace/keys.7bb0f3b9.avif)

Omnymous generates with your own keys, so each provider charges what a run costs to your account with them; Omnymous adds no charge per generation. Setup asks for a key from every provider marked **Required**. The video provider is **Optional**.

| Provider      | In setup     | What it runs                         |
| ------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| OpenAI        | **Required** | Content and image generation         |
| Anthropic     | **Required** | Content generation and page creation |
| Google Gemini | **Required** | Deep research, content and images    |
| Higgsfield    | **Optional** | Video generation                     |

## Before you start

- An account with each provider. OpenAI and Anthropic keys generate only once the account has billing credit; Gemini has a free tier.
- Setup’s **Connect AI keys** step, or **AI & Agents** in your account menu once setup is done.

## Create a key and add it

1. **Open the provider’s how-to**

   Each provider’s card ends with **How to get your … key**. It links to the provider’s site and lists the steps there.

   ![The OpenAI card: Required, the key field, Validate & save, and How to get your OpenAI key open with its three steps](https://docs.omnymous.com/media/getting-started/add-your-ai-keys/openai.6ea5dc9e.avif)

2. **Create the key on the provider’s site**

   - **OpenAI:** in the OpenAI Platform, click **Create new secret key** and name it. The key starts with `sk-`.
   - **Anthropic:** in the Anthropic Console, go to **API Keys** and click **Create Key**. The key starts with `sk-ant-`.
   - **Google Gemini:** in Google AI Studio, click **Create API key** and pick or create a Google Cloud project. The key starts with `AIza`.
   - **Higgsfield:** in the Higgsfield Console, go to **API keys** and click **Create**. You get a key id and a key secret: paste them as one value, `key_id:key_secret`.

   A key is shown only once: copy it straight away.

3. **Paste it and press Validate & save**

   Omnymous checks the key with the provider before it saves it. Keys are stored encrypted and never shared.

## Check that it worked

The strip under the cards counts the required providers that have a key, as in **3 of 3 required providers configured**, and **Next** becomes available.

## Change a key later

In your account menu, **AI & Agents** lists each provider’s key and its standing: **Active**, or **Rejected** once the provider has refused it, for example when the account has run out of credit. A rejected key has **Check again** and **Replace key**.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see                                          | What to do                                                                                                                     |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Next** stays greyed out                             | A provider marked **Required** has no key yet. The strip under the cards says how many do.                                     |
| “Could not reach … to validate the key”               | The provider did not answer. Wait a moment, then press **Validate & save** again.                                              |
| A key reads **Rejected**                              | Add credit on the provider’s site, or create a new key there. Then press **Check again**, or **Replace key** with the new one. |
| OpenAI or Anthropic generations fail on a new account | The account needs billing credit: OpenAI under **Settings → Billing**, Anthropic under **Plans & Billing**.                    |

## Related

- [Set up your workspace](https://docs.omnymous.com/getting-started/set-up-your-workspace): Setup's seven steps in order, what each one asks for, which ones you can skip, and the three it does not go back to.
- [Connect your ad accounts](https://docs.omnymous.com/getting-started/connect-your-ad-accounts): Connect Meta to launch ads and read their results, and Google and TikTok to read theirs, during setup or later in Settings.

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Source: https://docs.omnymous.com/getting-started/add-your-ai-keys