Which provider key you need

A provider key is what lets Sentilai make the actual AI request on your behalf. You only need one for tools running in managed API key mode — tools on a developer subscription do not touch it.

Matching keys to tools

• Claude Code in managed mode needs an Anthropic key.
• Cursor always needs an OpenAI key — it cannot run in subscription mode at all.
• GitHub Copilot through the custom-endpoint route needs an OpenAI key.

Supported types

OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI and Gemini.

Azure OpenAI additionally needs your Azure endpoint and the Azure region. The region matters: if it is outside your organization's region, the console shows a warning badge on the key, because your AI traffic would be leaving the region you chose Sentilai to keep it in. It warns rather than blocks — sometimes that is a deliberate decision — but it should be a decision.

Enabled models

Each key carries a list of models it is allowed to serve. This is how you stop an expensive model from being used organization-wide, and it is also how Sentilai tells two keys of the same type apart.

If you have no key

Tools in subscription mode work fine. Tools in managed mode fail with a clear error saying no provider key is configured, and the Endpoint Suite warns developers before they connect a tool that would be affected.