Bring your own model (BYOM)

Configure a custom Anthropic API key so all inference runs on your account.

Business and Enterprise plans can wire in their own Anthropic API key. When active, all inference (scoring, coaching, agents, recommendations) runs on your key and plan credits are bypassed entirely.

Bring your own model

Business and Enterprise plans can configure a custom Anthropic API key. When active, all inference (scoring, coaching, agents, recommendation generation) runs on your key, and plan credits are bypassed entirely.

Setup

1. Open Settings

   Head to Settings > LLM Provider in the app nav.

2. Drop your API key

   Paste your Anthropic API key. The key is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and is never stored in plaintext.

3. Verify

   Hit Test connection to confirm the key works. We send a minimal test request to confirm access.

4. Activate

   Toggle Use custom key to activate. All subsequent inference runs on your key.

How it works

Feature	With plan credits	With custom key
URL scoring	10 credits per score	No credit cost; billed to your Anthropic account
DAC coaching	1 credit per message	No credit cost
Agent runs	0.1 credits per call	No credit cost
Model used	Claude (Dacard-managed)	Claude (your key)

Requirements

• Plan: Business or Enterprise
• Key type: Anthropic API key with sufficient quota
• Models: your key must have access to Claude Sonnet (used for scoring and coaching)

Security

• Your API key is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage
• The key is never logged, displayed after entry, or included in API responses
• You can rotate or remove your key at any time from Settings

When you’re on a custom key, we don’t throttle or rate-limit your usage. Your Anthropic account’s rate limits and billing apply directly.

Related

Plans and billing

Compare plan features including BYOM eligibility.

How scoring works

Understand what inference your key powers.

BYOM API

Manage BYOM settings programmatically.