Can you use your own API key with an AI agent on a Mac?
Yes. In Bandicot you add a hosted provider with your own key, or point it at a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint you control. The provider supplies inference and bills you directly. The project, approvals and history stay the same when you switch. Compatibility covers the request shape, not identical behaviour from every server or model.
How it works in Bandicot
- 01Add a provider or endpoint
Connect a hosted provider with your own key, or point Bandicot at an OpenAI-compatible endpoint you control.
- 02Keep the work, change the model
The project keeps its sessions, tool boundaries, approvals and version history while you compare models.
- 03Check the model's limits
Context limits, vision support, tool support and latency belong to the model, not to the harness.
Words you will see on screen
- Add a provider
- Custom endpoint
- Base URL
- Connection name
People also ask it as
- Use my own OpenAI API key in an AI agent app
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- Bring your own key AI workspace for Mac
- Switch between AI providers without losing my project