Your own API keys

By default NORD uses its own, managed keys. There is nothing to set up for that, and for nearly everyone it is the simplest route.

If you have your own account with a provider and want to use it, you can — but it is not open straight away.

Request access first

1. Go to Settings and then the Eigen API-sleutels tab.
2. If there is no form yet, you see an explanation with the button Toegang aanvragen.
3. Press it. Your request comes in and you are notified once it is enabled.
4. Only then does the form for adding a key appear.

Adding a key

1. Under Nieuwe API-sleutel fill in a Naam you will recognise it by.
2. Choose the Provider: OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, Gmail / Google, Notion, Resend or Anders.
3. Paste the key into Sleutelwaarde and save.
4. The key appears under Opgeslagen sleutels.

What you can still see afterwards

The key is stored encrypted. After that you only ever see the last four characters — we cannot retrieve it to show you either. You can always delete it; you cannot look at it again.

If a key is rejected

NORD says so in the conversation, rather than quietly switching to something else. So you always know whose account a turn ran on.

Note

For most people, balance is simpler and easier to keep an eye on. Only request this if you already have your own account and know why you want it.