11.1 Overview

AIUNIFY PROS SUITE can work with AI Models from multiple provider families. Some Models may already be available through the PROS SUITE environment, while others can require you to provide your own valid API Key for the applicable AI provider.

The subscriber-facing API Keys section currently supports:

  1. Gemini API Key
  2. OpenAI API Key
  3. Anthropic API Key
  4. Mistral API Key
  5. Groq API Key
  6. NVIDIA API Key


This chapter covers:

  1. Opening API Key Settings
  2. Understanding when an API Key is needed
  3. Understanding provider-specific Keys
  4. Entering and saving Keys
  5. Replacing an existing Key
  6. Removing a Key
  7. Current Status indicators
  8. How Keys affect Model availability
  9. Browser-specific storage
  10. Security considerations
  11. What happens when browser data is cleared
  12. Troubleshooting unavailable Models
  13. Protecting your provider credentials

This chapter covers only API Keys entered and managed by the individual PROS SUITE subscriber. It does not document system-wide or administrative AI provider configuration.

11.2 What Is an AI Provider API Key?

An API Key is a credential issued by an AI provider that can authorize use of that provider's services.

Examples of provider families currently supported by PROS SUITE include:

  1. Google/Gemini
  2. OpenAI
  3. Anthropic
  4. Mistral
  5. Groq
  6. NVIDIA

PROS SUITE uses provider-specific credentials rather than one universal Key that works with every Model.

11.3 You Do Not Need Every API Key

A normal subscriber does not need to configure all six providers.

For example, if your current PROS SUITE Model works properly and you have no reason to select another provider:

No additional API Key configuration may be necessary.

Configure a provider Key when:

  1. You deliberately want to use a Model from that provider.
  2. PROS SUITE reports that the Model requires an API Key.
  3. Your business or organization requires use of your own provider credentials.

11.4 API Keys Are Separate from Your PROS SUITE Password

Your:

PROS SUITE Password

and:

AI Provider API Keys

are completely different credentials.

Your PROS SUITE Password authenticates you to your AIUNIFY account.

An AI provider API Key authorizes access to an external AI provider for supported AI operations.

Never enter your PROS SUITE Password into an API Key field.

11.5 API Keys Are Also Separate from PROS SUITE Tokens

Provider API access does not replace your PROS SUITE Token Balance.

You can have:

Valid Provider API Key + Insufficient PROS SUITE Tokens

and still be unable to complete a Token-consuming operation.

Likewise:

Sufficient PROS SUITE Tokens + Missing Provider API Key

can result in:

Model Not Available

These are separate requirements.

11.6 The Three Access Layers

When using a provider-specific Model, think of the workflow in three layers:

Layer 1 — Tool Access

Is the PROS SUITE Tool available to your account?

Layer 2 — Model / Provider Access

Can the selected AI Model be used?

Layer 3 — Token Availability

Do you have enough PROS SUITE Tokens for the operation?

The desired condition is:

Tool Available + Model Available + Sufficient Tokens

Generate

11.7 Where API Key Settings Are Located

Open:

User Menu → Settings

The Settings dialog is titled:

Settings

with:

“Manage your API keys and security settings.”

When API Key controls are available, Settings contains:

  1. API Keys
  2. Security (2FA)

Select:

API Keys

11.8 Header Settings Shortcut

On supported desktop layouts, the Header also includes a Settings icon that opens the same Settings dialog.

You can therefore use:

User Menu → Settings

or, when visible:

Header → Settings icon

11.9 Settings Can Open Automatically

You may not need to open Settings manually.

If you select an AI Model that requires credentials that are not currently available, PROS SUITE can automatically open Settings and display:

Model Not Available

with:

“This model requires an API key. Please configure it in Settings.”

This gives you a direct path from Model selection to provider configuration.

11.10 API Keys Tab May Not Always Appear

The subscriber API Keys tab only appears when AI Settings are currently exposed in the PROS SUITE user interface.

If Settings contains Security (2FA) but no API Keys tab:

  1. Do not assume the account is broken.
  2. Do not look for administrative controls.
  3. Use the AI options currently available to your account.

11.11 The Current API Key Workspace

When API Keys is available, it contains six credential fields:

  1. Gemini
  2. OpenAI
  3. Anthropic
  4. Mistral
  5. Groq
  6. NVIDIA

It also provides:

  1. Current Status
  2. Cancel
  3. Save Changes


11.12 API Key Fields Are Masked

Each provider credential field currently uses a Password-style input.

For example:

Gemini API Key

uses:

type="password"

The same pattern is used for the other provider Key fields.

Therefore, entered credentials are concealed visually rather than displayed as ordinary plain text.

11.13 No Separate Show/Hide API Key Control Is Established

Unlike the Login Password field, the current API Key Settings source does not establish a separate:

Show / Hide

button for provider credentials.

The Key fields themselves remain Password-type inputs.

This manual therefore does not instruct users to reveal API Keys from this screen.

11.14 Existing User Keys Are Loaded into Settings

When you open the Settings dialog, PROS SUITE loads the provider credentials currently stored in your browser into the corresponding fields.

Because the fields are Password-type inputs, the values remain visually masked.

11.15 Gemini API Key

The first provider field is:

Gemini API Key

with:

Enter Gemini API key

The current user interface describes it as being required for Gemini and other Google Models.

Use this field when the Google/Gemini Model you intend to use requires your own provider credential.

11.16 OpenAI API Key

The next field is:

OpenAI API Key

with:

Enter OpenAI API key

The interface identifies it for OpenAI Models.

Use this field when the selected OpenAI Model requires your own OpenAI credential.

11.17 Anthropic API Key

The next field is:

Anthropic API Key

with:

Enter Anthropic API key

The current interface associates this credential with Claude-family Models.

11.18 Mistral API Key

The next field is:

Mistral API Key

with:

Enter Mistral API key

The current interface associates this provider credential with Mistral/Mixtral functionality.

11.19 Groq API Key

The next field is:

Groq API Key

with:

Enter Groq API key

The current interface specifically identifies Groq access for Llama Models routed through Groq.

11.20 NVIDIA API Key

The final current field is:

NVIDIA API Key

with:

Enter NVIDIA API key

The interface identifies it for Models accessed through the NVIDIA provider.

As explained in Chapter 10, the Model's brand Name and the provider through which PROS SUITE accesses it are not always the same.

11.21 Use the Provider Required by PROS SUITE

Do not determine the required API Key solely from the Model's Name.

For example, a Llama-family or another third-party Model can be routed through:

  1. NVIDIA
  2. Groq
  3. Another available provider

The current Model definitions record a separate provider for each Model.

When PROS SUITE requires credentials, use the provider corresponding to the Model currently presented through the Suite.

11.22 Obtaining an API Key

PROS SUITE does not issue the external provider credential through this Settings form.

You need a valid API Key from the applicable provider according to that provider's own account and credential process.

Once you possess the Key:

Provider → Valid API Key → PROS SUITE Settings → Correct Provider Field

Do not enter a Key belonging to a different provider.

11.23 Entering Your First API Key

To add a provider credential:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Select API Keys.
  3. Locate the appropriate provider.
  4. Click inside its API Key field.
  5. Enter or paste the valid Key.
  6. Review the Current Status area.
  7. Select:
  8. Save Changes
  9. Wait for the confirmation.
  10. Return to the AI Model Selector.
  11. Select the desired Model again.

11.24 Save Changes

After entering or changing provider credentials, select:

Save Changes.

PROS SUITE saves all six current field values into its user-side provider credential state.

11.25 Successful Save Confirmation

After selecting Save Changes, PROS SUITE displays:

API Keys configuration saved

with:

“Your API keys have been updated successfully.”

The Settings dialog then closes.

11.26 Cancel

If you open API Key Settings but do not want to save the current changes, select:

Cancel.

The dialog closes without running the Save action.

Use Cancel if:

  1. You opened Settings by mistake.
  2. You are not ready to enter a Key.
  3. You selected the wrong provider.
  4. You decide to continue using your current Model.

11.27 Current Status

Below the provider fields, PROS SUITE provides:

Current Status:

This section gives you a quick indication of whether a user-entered credential currently exists for each provider.

11.28 Custom Key Set

When a provider field contains a user-entered credential, its status appears as:

🟢 Custom Key Set.

For example:

OpenAI: 🟢 Custom Key Set

indicates that an OpenAI Key is currently present in the user-side Settings state.

11.29 Not Configured

For OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, and NVIDIA, an empty user credential displays:

⚪ Not Configured.

This means no user-entered Key is currently saved in that provider field.

It does not necessarily prove that no Model from that provider can ever be available, because PROS SUITE can also recognize provider access already available through its environment.

11.30 Gemini Has a Different Empty Status

Gemini behaves slightly differently in the Current Status panel.

When you have entered your own Gemini Key:

Gemini: 🟢 Custom Key Set

When the user field is empty:

Gemini: 🟠 using default/demo.

Therefore, an empty Gemini user field does not display Not Configured in the current interface.

11.31 Understanding the Gemini Default/Demo Indicator

The status:

🟠 using default/demo

means the user has not currently entered a custom Gemini credential into this Settings field.

It should not be interpreted as a permanent guarantee that every Google/Gemini Model will always be available without further configuration.

Model availability remains determined by the current PROS SUITE Model system.

11.32 Current Status Reflects the Fields in Settings

The Current Status area updates according to whether the corresponding current input field contains a value.

This means the status is useful for answering:

“Have I entered a custom Key for this provider?”

It is not a complete health test of the provider credential.

11.33 Custom Key Set Does Not Prove the Key Is Valid

The Current Status indicator is based on whether a value exists in the field.

Therefore:

🟢 Custom Key Set

means a credential has been entered.

It does not, by itself, verify:

  1. That the Key is still active.
  2. That the Key has provider credits.
  3. That the provider account is in good standing.
  4. That the credential has all required permissions.
  5. That every Model from that provider can be used.

Actual use of the selected Model is the practical test.

11.34 Replacing an Existing API Key

To replace a provider Key:

  1. Open Settings → API Keys.
  2. Locate the provider.
  3. Select the existing masked field.
  4. Replace its contents with the new valid Key.
  5. Select Save Changes.
  6. Wait for:
  7. API Keys configuration saved
  8. Reopen the AI Model Selector.
  9. Retry the desired Model if necessary.

The Save action replaces the current provider value with the content currently in that field.

11.35 Removing a User API Key

The current source does not provide a separate:

Delete Key

button.

Instead, you can remove the stored user value by:

  1. Opening Settings → API Keys.
  2. Locating the provider field.
  3. Clearing the field completely.
  4. Selecting Save Changes.

The Save operation writes the current field values, including an empty value, back to the stored provider state.

11.36 Status After Removing a Key

After clearing and saving:

OpenAI / Anthropic / Mistral / Groq / NVIDIA

The status returns to:

⚪ Not Configured

Gemini

The status returns to:

🟠 using default/demo


11.37 Removing a Key Can Affect Model Availability

If a Model depended on your user-provided provider Key, removing that Key can make that Model unavailable.

The next time you attempt to select it, PROS SUITE may display:

Model Not Available

and ask you to configure the provider again.

Do not remove an API Key that you still need for active Model workflows.

11.38 API Keys Are Saved in Browser Storage

The current client source stores the user-supplied provider Key collection in browser local storage.

When a Key is changed, the provider collection is updated and saved again locally.

For subscribers, the key operational consequence is:

Your custom API Key configuration is browser-specific.

11.39 API Keys Do Not Automatically Synchronize Across Devices

Because these credentials are stored in the browser, configuring them on one device does not establish that they will automatically appear on another.

For example:

Office Computer → OpenAI Key configured

does not necessarily mean:

Laptop → OpenAI Key configured

On another browser/device, you may need to enter the credential again.

11.40 API Keys Can Be Lost When Browser Data Is Cleared

If you clear the browser's site/local storage, locally saved provider credentials can be removed.

Possible effects include:

  1. Custom Key Set returning to Not Configured
  2. Previously available Models requiring configuration again
  3. The need to re-enter provider credentials

Keep your original provider credential securely accessible through the provider's approved credential-management process.

11.41 Private/Incognito Browsing

Because the configuration depends on browser-local storage, temporary/private browsing sessions should not be relied upon as permanent API Key storage.

If the browser removes that session's local data when it closes, you may need to configure the credential again.

11.42 Important Source-Verified Security Note

The Settings interface currently displays the following note:

“Keys are stored locally in your browser and are never sent to our servers.”

The first part—local browser storage—is confirmed by the client source.

However, there is an important implementation detail users should understand.

11.43 Provider Keys Are Used in AI Requests

The same included client source shows non-empty provider Keys being placed into request headers when PROS SUITE requests the current Model list.

Supported AI-generation requests likewise include the available provider credentials in request headers sent to the PROS SUITE AI endpoint.

Therefore, the literal phrase “never sent to our servers” should not be interpreted to mean the Key never transits through PROS SUITE request endpoints.

11.44 What the Source Can and Cannot Verify About Key Handling

The source bundle used for this User Operations Manual intentionally excludes backend API implementation.

Because of that, the supplied source confirms:

  1. Keys are stored in browser-local storage by the client.
  2. Keys are included in provider-related request headers when needed.

The supplied source does not establish:

  1. Whether backend endpoints persist the Keys.
  2. Whether they are logged.
  3. How long they exist in backend processing.
  4. What backend credential-retention policy applies.

For that reason, this manual will not make unsupported claims beyond what the current source verifies.

11.45 Treat API Keys as Sensitive Credentials

Regardless of storage implementation, API Keys should be treated as sensitive.

A provider Key can potentially be associated with:

  1. Provider usage
  2. Billing
  3. Rate limits
  4. Access permissions
  5. Provider account resources

Protect it accordingly.

11.46 Never Put an API Key in an AI Prompt

Do not enter a provider credential into:

  1. AI Chat
  2. Content Writer
  3. Research Agent
  4. Website Builder Prompt
  5. Pitch Deck Prompt
  6. Code Generator
  7. Any other generation Input

Use only:

Settings → API Keys

for subscriber provider credential configuration.

11.47 Do Not Share API Keys in Support Screenshots

Because the Settings fields are masked, avoid taking actions that expose the actual Key before capturing a screenshot.

Do not include Keys in:

  1. Screenshots
  2. Screen recordings
  3. Emails
  4. Support tickets
  5. Public posts
  6. Shared documents

unless your organization's approved secure support process specifically requires appropriate protected handling.

11.48 Do Not Share Your Key with Other PROS SUITE Users

Each user should use credentials they are authorized to use.

Do not casually provide your personal or business provider API Key to another subscriber merely because they cannot access a Model.

A provider credential can have consequences outside PROS SUITE, including usage associated with the underlying provider account.

11.49 Protect the Provider Account Itself

Your API Key security is only part of the credential chain.

Use appropriate security on the provider account that issues the Key, such as:

  1. Strong account credentials
  2. Provider-supported multifactor authentication
  3. Appropriate access controls

Follow the provider's own credential-management practices.

11.50 Regenerate a Provider Key if It Is Exposed

PROS SUITE does not itself provide a provider-Key regeneration function.

If a provider API Key is exposed or compromised, the Key must be managed through the provider that issued it.

After obtaining a replacement credential:

  1. Return to Settings → API Keys.
  2. Replace the old Key.
  3. Select Save Changes.
  4. Retry the applicable Model.

11.51 API Key Changes Can Refresh Model Availability

When the provider Key collection changes, PROS SUITE refreshes its Model list.

This allows newly configured provider access to affect the Models presented by:

Select AI Model

11.52 Model Refresh Workflow

The typical process is:

Enter Provider Key

Save Changes

PROS SUITE Updates User Credential State

Model List Refreshes

Open Select AI Model

Select Desired Model

11.53 API Keys Can Be Sent with Model-Availability Requests

When refreshing the Model collection, PROS SUITE adds each non-empty provider credential to a provider-specific request header.

This allows Model availability to be evaluated according to the provider credentials currently configured by the user.

11.54 API Keys Can Also Be Used During AI Generation

The shared AI-generation workflow also takes the currently available API Keys and includes them with the AI request when present.

This is how supported workflows can use the provider credentials you have configured.

11.55 A Key Is Not Tied to One PROS SUITE Tool

Provider Keys are stored by provider rather than by individual Tool.

For example, a configured OpenAI Key can be available to supported PROS SUITE workflows using an OpenAI provider Model.

You do not need a separate OpenAI Key for:

  1. Content Writer
  2. Business Plan
  3. Sales Pitch
  4. Another standard generator

solely because they are different PROS SUITE tools.

The Model/provider relationship governs credential use.

11.56 Tool Compatibility Can Still Vary

Although the provider Key is shared at the provider level, this does not guarantee that every PROS SUITE Tool supports every Model identically.

Specialized applications can use:

  1. Different generation pipelines
  2. External services
  3. Specialized Model requirements
  4. Fixed workflows

Follow each Tool's dedicated chapter when necessary.

11.57 API Key Configuration Does Not Select the Model Automatically

After configuring a provider Key:

Key Configured ≠ Model Selected

You still need to:

  1. Open Select AI Model.
  2. Choose the Model you want.
  3. Confirm its Name appears in the Header.

11.58 API Key Configuration Does Not Unlock Plan-Restricted Tools

A provider API Key does not bypass your PROS SUITE subscription.

For example:

Research Agent not included in your account


Valid OpenAI API Key

does not automatically unlock Research Agent.

Tool access remains controlled separately from provider credentials.

11.59 API Key Configuration Does Not Add PROS SUITE Tokens

Likewise:

Save OpenAI Key

does not increase:

Monthly Tokens

Provider credentials and PROS SUITE Token allocations are independent.

11.60 Model Selection Can Still Affect Token Cost

After configuring a provider and selecting its Model, remember Chapter 9's Token behavior.

For the standard ToolPage, an OpenAI-provider Model currently causes the displayed base cost to be multiplied by 1.5 and rounded upward.

Therefore:

Configure Key → Select Model → Recheck Token Cost → Generate

11.61 Example — Configuring OpenAI

Suppose you select an OpenAI Model and receive:

Model Not Available

Step 1

Settings opens.

Step 2

Select API Keys.

Step 3

Locate:

OpenAI API Key

Step 4

Enter your valid credential.

Step 5

Confirm Current Status changes to:

🟢 Custom Key Set

Step 6

Select:

Save Changes

Step 7

Return to:

Select AI Model

Step 8

Select the desired OpenAI Model again.

Step 9

Return to your Tool.

Step 10

Recheck:

tokens per use

before generating.

11.62 Example — Configuring Anthropic

To configure an Anthropic Model:

Settings

API Keys

Anthropic API Key

Enter Key

Custom Key Set

Save Changes

Select AI Model

Select Anthropic Model

Generate

The current interface associates the Anthropic field with Claude-family Models.

11.63 Example — Configuring NVIDIA

For a Model accessed through NVIDIA:

Settings → API Keys → NVIDIA API Key

Enter the authorized provider credential and select:

Save Changes.

Then return to the Model Selector and select the desired NVIDIA-provider Model.

11.64 Example — Removing OpenAI

If you no longer want your user-entered OpenAI Key stored in this browser:

  1. Open Settings → API Keys.
  2. Locate OpenAI API Key.
  3. Clear the field.
  4. Select Save Changes.
  5. Reopen Settings.
  6. Confirm:
  7. OpenAI: ⚪ Not Configured

Models that depended on that credential may no longer be selectable.

11.65 Example — Replacing an Expired or Revoked Key

If a Model previously worked but the provider credential has been replaced or revoked:

  1. Obtain the valid replacement Key through the provider.
  2. Open Settings → API Keys.
  3. Replace the old masked credential.
  4. Select Save Changes.
  5. Reopen the Model Selector.
  6. Select the Model again.
  7. Retry the AI operation.

11.66 Troubleshooting — Model Not Available

If you see:

Model Not Available

“This model requires an API key. Please configure it in Settings.”

check:

  1. Which Model you selected.
  2. Which provider it uses.
  3. Whether that provider shows Custom Key Set.
  4. Whether you saved the Key.
  5. Whether you entered the Key into the correct provider field.
  6. Whether the Model list refreshed.


11.67 Troubleshooting — Key Was Entered but Not Saved

Entering a credential into the field alone is not enough to persist the change.

Select:

Save Changes

If you close with Cancel, the Save handler is not executed.

11.68 Troubleshooting — Status Still Says Not Configured

If a provider still shows:

⚪ Not Configured

  1. Confirm its Key field contains a value.
  2. Enter the correct Key if empty.
  3. Select Save Changes.
  4. Reopen Settings.
  5. Review Current Status again.

11.69 Troubleshooting — Gemini Says Using Default/Demo

This is the current normal empty-user-key status for Gemini:

🟠 using default/demo.

If your desired Google/Gemini Model already works, you may not need to change anything.

If the desired Model specifically reports that an API Key is required, enter an appropriate Gemini credential and save it.

11.70 Troubleshooting — Custom Key Set but Model Still Fails

Remember that:

Custom Key Set

only confirms that a value exists.

Possible causes of continued failure include:

  1. Invalid provider Key
  2. Revoked Key
  3. Provider account issue
  4. Provider usage limitation
  5. Wrong provider
  6. Model unavailable
  7. Network problem
  8. Tool-specific issue
  9. Insufficient PROS SUITE Tokens

Read the actual Model or generation error before changing other settings.

11.71 Troubleshooting — Key Worked on Another Computer but Not This One

Because API Key settings are stored in browser-local storage, the other computer's configuration does not automatically transfer.

Configure the authorized provider Key in the current browser as needed.

11.72 Troubleshooting — Keys Disappeared

If previously configured Keys are no longer present, consider whether:

  1. Browser site data was cleared.
  2. A different browser is being used.
  3. A different computer is being used.
  4. Private browsing was used.

Re-enter the necessary provider credentials through Settings.

11.73 Troubleshooting — Wrong Provider Was Configured

Suppose you selected a Model whose provider is NVIDIA but entered an OpenAI Key.

The Model can remain unavailable because the credential does not match the provider relationship.

Return to:

Settings → API Keys

and configure the correct provider.

11.74 Troubleshooting — API Keys Tab Is Missing

If Settings does not show:

API Keys

the user-facing API Key controls are not currently exposed in your PROS SUITE interface.

Do not attempt to access administrative settings.

Use the Models currently available or contact the appropriate AIUNIFY support channel if a required subscriber capability appears unavailable.

11.75 Troubleshooting — Valid Key but Insufficient Tokens

If the provider Model is available but generation reports insufficient Token Balance:

This is not an API Key problem.

Check:

Monthly Tokens

and the operation's Token cost.

Provider authentication and PROS SUITE Token usage remain separate.

11.76 Troubleshooting — Key Is Exposed

If you believe a provider API Key has been exposed:

  1. Stop using the exposed credential where appropriate.
  2. Use the provider's credential-management process to revoke or replace it.
  3. Obtain the replacement Key.
  4. Open Settings → API Keys.
  5. Replace the old value.
  6. Select Save Changes.
  7. Confirm Custom Key Set.
  8. Retry the desired Model.

Do not attempt to “change” an external provider Key solely by editing its text in PROS SUITE; the actual credential must be issued by the provider.

11.77 Best Practice — Configure Only What You Need

A clean subscriber setup may contain:

Gemini → default/demo

OpenAI → Custom Key Set

Anthropic → Not Configured

Mistral → Not Configured

Groq → Not Configured

NVIDIA → Not Configured

if OpenAI is the only additional provider you actually use.

There is no benefit to filling every field simply because it exists.

11.78 Best Practice — Match the Provider to the Business Need

Choose a Model first based on your workflow.

Then configure its provider only if necessary.

Recommended sequence:

Business Task

Correct PROS SUITE Tool

Desired Model

Provider Required?

If yes:

Configure that Provider Only

Generate

11.79 Best Practice — Do Not Paste Credentials into Generated Content

Before using:

  1. Copy
  2. Download
  3. Export
  4. Share
  5. Publish

review your content to ensure you have not accidentally included an API Key in the Prompt or generated output.

Credentials should never become part of client-facing content.

11.80 Best Practice — Use Separate Credential Management

Do not depend on PROS SUITE browser storage as your only record of an important provider credential.

Maintain authorized credential management through the provider and your organization's approved secure processes.

This is particularly important because browser data can be deleted.

11.81 Best Practice — Remove Keys from Devices You No Longer Use

Because credentials are browser-local, if you stop using a device for PROS SUITE:

  1. Clear the saved provider Keys where appropriate.
  2. Sign out of PROS SUITE.
  3. Follow your organization's device-security process.

This is especially important for shared or reassigned devices.

11.82 Best Practice — Avoid Shared Browsers for Personal Provider Keys

Entering a business or personal provider API Key into a shared browser can expose that credential to other people who have access to the same browser profile or device.

Prefer a private, controlled device and browser profile.

11.83 Best Practice — Monitor Provider Usage Separately

PROS SUITE displays its own:

Monthly Tokens

But your external provider account may maintain separate usage, billing, quotas, or limits.

Those provider-side metrics are not the same as PROS SUITE Tokens.

When using your own provider credentials, maintain awareness of both systems where applicable.

11.84 Provider Configuration Workflow

The complete subscriber workflow is:

Select AI Model

If available:

Use Model

If not:

Model Not Available

Settings

API Keys

Identify Provider

Enter Valid API Key

Current Status → Custom Key Set

Save Changes

Model List Refreshes

Select AI Model

Choose Model Again

Check Tool Token Cost

Generate

11.85 Replacing a Key Workflow

Settings

API Keys

Locate Existing Provider

Replace Current Masked Value

Save Changes

API Keys configuration saved

Model List Refresh

Retry Model

11.86 Removing a Key Workflow

Settings

API Keys

Clear Provider Field

Save Changes

For most providers:

Not Configured

or for Gemini:

using default/demo

Previously Key-Dependent Models May Become Unavailable

11.87 API Key Security Checklist

Before saving a provider credential:

  1. I know which provider issued the Key.
  2. I am entering it into the matching provider field.
  3. I am authorized to use the Key.
  4. I am using a private and trusted browser/device.
  5. I did not paste the Key into an AI Prompt.
  6. I understand the Key is stored locally in this browser.
  7. I understand it does not automatically synchronize to other devices.
  8. I understand clearing browser data can remove it.
  9. I understand the Key may be used in AI/provider request headers.
  10. I will protect the provider account that issued the Key.

11.88 API Key Operations Checklist

You should now be able to:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Select API Keys.
  3. Locate Gemini.
  4. Locate OpenAI.
  5. Locate Anthropic.
  6. Locate Mistral.
  7. Locate Groq.
  8. Locate NVIDIA.
  9. Understand the fields are masked.
  10. Recognize Custom Key Set.
  11. Recognize Not Configured.
  12. Recognize Gemini's using default/demo.
  13. Add a provider Key.
  14. Select Save Changes.
  15. Replace a provider Key.
  16. Remove a provider Key by clearing and saving.
  17. Understand that removing a Key can affect Model availability.
  18. Return to Select AI Model.
  19. Retry a previously unavailable Model.
  20. Recheck Token cost after Model selection.
  21. Protect the Key as a sensitive credential.

11.89 What Subscribers Do Not Need to Manage

This User Operations Manual does not instruct subscribers how to:

  1. Configure system-wide provider credentials.
  2. Change provider credentials for other users.
  3. Add or remove AI providers globally.
  4. Modify the platform Model catalogue.
  5. Configure backend AI routing.
  6. Change system-wide Model defaults.
  7. Change global provider environment settings.
  8. Manage server-side credential storage.
  9. Configure API endpoint infrastructure.

Those are not ordinary PROS SUITE user operations.

The subscriber needs only to understand:

Do I need my own provider Key?

Which provider does this Model use?

Where do I enter it?

How do I save or remove it?

Is the Model now available?

11.90 Important Current-Version Security Clarification

The current Settings interface tells users:

“Keys are stored locally in your browser and are never sent to our servers.”

The source does verify that subscriber Keys are stored in browser-local storage.

The same source also verifies that non-empty provider credentials are included as headers in requests to the application's Model and AI-generation endpoints.

Because the backend API implementation was intentionally excluded from the sanitized User Operations source bundle, this manual cannot establish what those endpoints do with the credential after receiving the request.

Accordingly, users should treat all configured provider API Keys as sensitive credentials transmitted as necessary for the applicable AI workflow, rather than interpreting the interface wording as a guarantee that a Key never leaves the browser during use.

11.91 API Keys at a Glance

The subscriber model is:

AIUNIFY PROS SUITE ACCOUNT

PROS SUITE TOOL

SELECTED AI MODEL

MODEL PROVIDER

If provider already available:

USE MODEL

If personal credential required:

SETTINGS → API KEYS

ENTER PROVIDER KEY

SAVE CHANGES

CUSTOM KEY SET

SELECT MODEL

CHECK PROS SUITE TOKENS

GENERATE

Remember:

API Key = Provider Access

PROS SUITE Tokens = AIUNIFY Usage Balance

Plan = Tool Access

These three concepts should remain distinct.

11.92 Chapter Summary

AIUNIFY PROS SUITE provides a subscriber-facing API Keys workspace through:

Settings → API Keys

The current interface supports user credentials for:

Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, and NVIDIA.

Each field is a masked Password-type input. Existing locally stored user credentials are loaded into Settings when the dialog opens.

The Current Status section identifies:

🟢 Custom Key Set

when a user credential is present, and:

⚪ Not Configured

for empty OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, and NVIDIA fields. Gemini instead displays:

🟠 using default/demo

when no custom Gemini Key has been entered.

Selecting Save Changes updates the provider credential collection and displays:

API Keys configuration saved

“Your API keys have been updated successfully.”

Manually entered provider Keys are stored in browser-local storage, meaning they are browser/device-specific.

When provider credentials change, PROS SUITE refreshes the available Model collection.

When a required provider Key is missing, Model selection can display:

Model Not Available

“This model requires an API key. Please configure it in Settings.”

The recommended operating sequence is:

Choose Tool → Choose Model → Configure Provider Only if Required → Save Changes → Select Model Again → Recheck Token Cost → Generate

Provider API Keys, PROS SUITE Tokens, and Plan Tool Access are three separate parts of the overall AIUNIFY PROS SUITE operating model.

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