Get your keys

With Smalt thinking, it uses one cloud model with your own API key: Claude, GPT, Mistral, or any OpenAI-compatible server. A TypeSafe key is optional.

Why your own key?

• Nobody in between. Smalt talks to the provider directly from your Mac. There is no Smalt server, so nobody else ever sees your questions, your files or the answers.
• You pay the provider, at cost. A meeting costs cents, and Smalt adds nothing on top.
• You stay in control. Set a spending limit at the provider, see every call in its console, and revoke the key in one click if you want to stop.
• Kept on your Mac. Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only sent to the service they belong to.

All of it is in Settings → Cloud → Cloud model and keys: pick the Provider, then paste its key.

Anthropic (Claude)

1. Go to console.anthropic.com and sign in.
2. Add a little credit under Billing: API use is paid separately from a Claude subscription.
3. Open API keys → Create Key, name it "Smalt" and copy it. It starts with sk-ant-.
4. In Smalt: Provider Anthropic, then paste the key.

OpenAI (GPT)

1. Go to platform.openai.com/api-keys and sign in.
2. Add credit under Billing: API use is paid separately from a ChatGPT subscription.
3. Click Create new secret key, name it "Smalt" and copy it. It starts with sk-.
4. In Smalt: Provider OpenAI, then paste the key.

Mistral

1. Go to console.mistral.ai and sign in.
2. Set up billing for your workspace.
3. Open API Keys, create a key, name it "Smalt" and copy it.
4. In Smalt: Provider Mistral, then paste the key.

Other (OpenAI-compatible)

For a server that speaks the OpenAI API, on your Mac or elsewhere: Provider Other (OpenAI-compatible), then its Server URL and the model name.

http://localhost:11434/v1

The key is optional for a server on your Mac.

TypeSafe (optional, spots questions)

1. Go to console.typesafe.ai/keys and sign in.
2. Create a key and copy it.
3. In Smalt: Settings → Cloud → Live answers → Jev, then paste it into TypeSafe key.

Jev judges every line of the meeting in about a third of a second, for a few cents a meeting. Without it, the cloud model does.

Check it

Click Check next to the key. It says Works, or what's wrong. Settings → Voice Assistant shows the same under Check Keys.