Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)

BYOK lets CFactory call providers with keys you control, instead of (or in addition to) CFactory Gateway.

When to use BYOK

  • You already have Anthropic, OpenAI, or other provider keys
  • You want traffic to stay on your provider accounts
  • You are evaluating CFactory offline from Gateway billing

How to configure

  1. Open CFactory settings in the editor, or edit cfactory.json for the CLI.
  2. Add the provider and API key for the models you need.
  3. Select that provider/model in the model picker.

For Gateway-based models and a unified API, see Models & Providers.

Security

  • Prefer environment variables or the editor secret store over committing keys.
  • Never commit API keys to git.

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