Open the correct API Console
The API Console is separate from the consumer chat subscription. Check the domain and organization before adding money or creating credentials.
Bind Billing and set the spending boundary
Use a physical or virtual card that you are authorized to use. Enter it only in the provider’s official checkout, then configure prepaid credit or usage controls offered by the platform.
Prepaid Billing guide
Official instructions for credits, auto recharge, thresholds and monthly limits.
Read official guideBilling overview
Open your organization Billing page and confirm the correct organization.
Open Billing overviewDo not accept the default blindly. Set a threshold, recharge amount and monthly ceiling you can afford, or turn auto recharge off.
Create a project key and save it once
Create the key inside the project that will use it. Give it a descriptive name, copy it immediately to a password manager, and never paste it into AGG support chat.
Show only the last four characters when identifying a key. If a full key appears in a screenshot, ticket or public repository, revoke it and create a new one.
Test without exposing the credential
Store the key as an environment variable, then use the provider’s official quickstart request. Paste only the non-secret response or error into support.
$env:OPENAI_API_KEY="paste-your-key-locally"$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="paste-your-key-locally"