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What is a Vault?

A vault is a secure place to store secrets. Most LLMs require API keys in order to access them. These can be securely stored in a Chatter Vault. Simply put, a vault is a configuration of API keys. You select a model family (ex. OpenAI) and input a key for it. Whenever the vault is active, the API key will be used for all models in that family. For example you could have one for prod, dev and staging to track costs. Or you could have one for each of your projects. The choice is yours.

You must have an active vault with a valid key for a model family in order to use the model family in your workspace

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Creating a vault

  1. In your workspace, navigate to the ‘vaults’ panel. This can be found in the bottom left corner of the workspace (inside the sidebar).

  2. Click the ‘Create Vault’ button.

  3. Name your vault

  4. Select a model family you want to use in this vault. Add the associated API key

  5. (optional) Add more model families if needed via ‘Add key’

  6. Click ‘Create’ and you will be returned to the Vaults panel

  7. Click ‘Activate’ to use the associated vault

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Using a vault

To use a vault you must activate it. This can be done by clicking the ‘Activate’ button in the vaults panel.

  1. In your workspace, navigate to the ‘vaults’ panel. This can be found in the bottom left corner of the workspace (inside the sidebar).

  2. Click ‘Activate’ to use the associated vault

Once a vault is activated, all runs made in the workspace will use the vault’s API keys.

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