Add your own AI keys

Every plan includes a generous monthly pool of AI usage, and for most teams that is all you need. If you want a safety net so your AI never pauses, you can add your own provider keys. When your team's monthly tokens run out, your Noli apps switch to your keys automatically and keep working, and you pay your provider only for what is used beyond your plan. Your Chief of Staff works a little differently, see below.

You add keys once, in one place, and they cover every product and your Chief of Staff.

Where to add them

Open the account menu (top right of your dashboard) and choose AI keys. That opens the AI provider keys page. Only the workspace owner can add keys. If you are not the owner, you will see a note that your owner manages them.

At the top of the same page there is a second option: run your Chief of Staff on a ChatGPT plan you already pay for. See Use your ChatGPT plan.

Add a key

You can add any or all of four providers:

• OpenAI (ChatGPT), a key that starts with sk-
• Anthropic (Claude), a key that starts with sk-ant-
• Google (Gemini), a key that starts with AIza
• xAI (Grok), a key that starts with xai-

Paste a key in its box and click Save. Each provider shows whether a key is set. Adding several is best, because it lets Noli pick the right provider for each task.

Which keys reach your Chief of Staff

OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude) and Google (Gemini) keys are also pushed to each teammate's Chief of Staff, which restarts for about 30 seconds while they apply. xAI (Grok) keys are used by the Noli apps only.

Your Chief of Staff uses a key the moment it arrives, not only after the monthly pool runs out. Whenever it runs a model from that provider, the usage is on your key and billed by the provider. For example, with a Google key its default Gemini model runs on your key from then on. Remove the key and it goes back to your Noli tokens.

Getting a key from each provider

• OpenAI (ChatGPT): create a key at the OpenAI platform, then add a payment method on its billing page. OpenAI requires this before a key will work. Copy the key right away, it is only shown once.
• Anthropic (Claude): create a key in the Anthropic console and add some credit to your balance first. Copy it right away, it is only shown once.
• Google (Gemini): go to aistudio.google.com, sign in, and create a key. If asked, pick a project or let Google create one.
• xAI (Grok): go to console.x.ai, add credits or a payment method first, then create a key. Copy it right away, it is only shown once.

Each provider card on the page has a How do I get a key? link with the same steps.

Replace or remove a key

To replace a key, paste a new one over the old and save. To remove one, use Remove. With no keys set, your AI simply pauses when the monthly pool is used up, and resumes the next cycle.

How it works with your plan

For your Noli apps, keys are a fall-through, not a replacement. Normal usage draws on your included monthly tokens. Only once those run out do the apps switch to your keys, and that usage is billed by your provider, not by Noli. Your Chief of Staff is the exception described above: it runs on your key from the start. See Your AI usage and allowance for how the pool works.

Next

• Your AI usage and allowance
• Choosing a plan and managing billing