Add a Google AI (Gemini) key for text, image, and video
Power your AI employee’s writing, image (Imagen), and video (Veo) generation with your own Google AI key — billed to your account, not a shared pool.
Google AI Studio — API keysWhy we ask for this
Gemini is the engine behind much of what your AI employee creates: drafting and rewriting text, generating images with Imagen, and producing short video clips with Veo. To do that work on your behalf, it needs access to a Google AI key.
This is a proxied key. It stays encrypted at our backend (AES-256-GCM) and is never injected into your workroom container. When the AI employee needs Gemini, it calls a backend proxy that attaches the key for that one request — so the credential never sits inside the running environment where code executes.
We ask for your own key rather than a shared one for two reasons: cost and quota control. Usage and image/video generation are billed to your Google account at Google’s published rates, you see exactly what you spend, and your limits are never throttled by other tenants. You can rotate or revoke the key from Google AI Studio at any time and access stops immediately.
Where to get your API key
- 1Go to Google AI Studio at aistudio.google.com and sign in with your Google account.
- 2Click "Get API key" in the left menu (or open aistudio.google.com/app/apikey directly).
- 3Click "Create API key" and choose an existing Google Cloud project, or let it create one for you.
- 4Copy the key the moment it appears — treat it like a password.
- 5Paste it into this field. To raise quotas or add billing, you can later manage the same key under Google Cloud Console → APIs & Services → Credentials.
What this key unlocks
One Google AI key covers three capabilities: Gemini for text generation, Imagen for image generation, and Veo for video generation. The creative and image features in your workroom use it automatically once it is saved.