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title: API keys
description: Create, name, copy and revoke API keys for AI tools, scripts and the REST API — and keep them safe.
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# API keys

An **API key** lets a script, an app or an AI tool act on your Schedule & Chill account. You only need one if a tool asks for a key. For Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code, the one-link option on **Connect AI Tool** needs no key — see [Connect your AI tool](/help/ai-tools/connect-ai-tool).

## Keep your keys safe

- A key gives **full access** to your account: posts, channels and media.
- Keys **do not expire**. They work until you delete them.
- Treat a key like a password. Don't paste it into shared documents or public code.
- Use one key per tool, so you can revoke one without breaking the others.

## Create a key

**From Connect AI Tool:**

1. In the left menu, click **Connect AI Tool**.
2. Under **Create a key**, click **Create key**. It is named automatically, like "API key 1".
3. Copy it right away. **You won't see it again.**
4. To rename it, click **Rename** in the key list.

**From Settings:**

1. Click your name at the bottom of the left menu, then **Settings**, then **API Keys**.
2. Click **Create your first key** (or the create button).
3. Optional: type a **Key Name**, for example "Claude Desktop".
4. Copy the key right away with **Copy**.

## Revoke a key

- On **Connect AI Tool**: click the trash icon next to the key and confirm **Revoke this key? Any tool using it stops working.**
- On **Settings → API Keys**: click the trash icon and confirm.

Any tool using that key stops working at once.

## Lost a key?

Keys can't be shown again. Create a new key, update your tool, and delete the old one.

## For developers

See [API Keys in the developer docs](/docs/rest-api/api-keys) and the [REST API overview](/docs/rest-api).