# Add a provider key

Provider keys are your organization's own API keys — OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI,
Gemini. They let tools that can't use a personal subscription (Cursor's managed mode, the
Copilot CLI) run on your account instead.

**Providers → Add Provider**, choose the type, paste the key.

## How the key is handled

It is encrypted before it reaches storage and **never shown again** — the screen only
displays the last four characters afterwards. If you lose the original, issue a new key
at the provider and replace it here.

## Azure OpenAI and regions

If the Azure region you enter differs from your Sentilai region, the screen warns you.
It's a warning rather than a block: routing EU traffic through a US deployment may be
exactly what you intended, but it should be a decision rather than an accident.

## Removing a key

**Remove** stops any tool relying on it. Developers on subscription mode are unaffected —
their own plan pays for their requests, which is the point of subscription-safe
governance.

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![Providers — where a key is added. The list stays empty until you add one, and only the last four characters are ever shown again.](https://docs.sentilai.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/oGXproviders.png)
*Providers — where a key is added. The list stays empty until you add one, and only the last four characters are ever shown again.*