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Using your own AI key

Adnote writes down every call for free. Turning those transcripts into summaries and action items takes a model, and there are two ways to get one — most people want the first.

What most people should use

Your Claude or ChatGPT plan

Nothing extra

  • Uses the subscription you already pay for
  • Nothing to buy, no keys to copy
  • Ask follow-up questions, in the chat you already use
  • Its answers can be saved back onto the meeting
  • You ask in Claude or ChatGPT, not on the meeting page
  • Needs a paid plan — connectors are not on the free tiers
Connect in Settings

For summaries written automatically

Your own developer key

A few pence per meeting, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI

  • Summaries appear on the meeting page itself
  • No chat window, no copying
  • You choose the model
  • Works without a Claude or ChatGPT subscription
  • You are billed per use, by them, not by us
  • A key is a credential to look after
  • Slightly more setup
Add a key in Settings

Where a developer key comes from

A developer key is not a Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus subscription. It is a separate account billed for what you use — usually a few pence for a whole meeting. Adding credit is part of creating one.

Anthropic (Claude)

Sign in, add some credit, then create a key. It begins with sk-ant-.

OpenAI (ChatGPT)

Sign in, add a payment method under Billing, then create a secret key. It begins with sk-.

Paste it into Settings. It is encrypted before it is stored, never shown back to you in full, and you can remove it whenever you like. Adnote only ever calls a model when you ask it to — nothing runs in the background on your key.