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# API Key

Give apps and agents runtime access to APIs that authenticate with a static key.

[Create Connector](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F~%2Fconnect%3Fcreate%3Dapi-key&title=Vercel+Connect)

1.  ## Install the skill

    ```
    $ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-connect
    ```

2.  ## Connect to API Key

    Via CLI[Vercel Dashboard(opens in new tab)](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F~%2Fconnect%3Fcreate%3Dapi-key&title=Vercel+Connect)

    ```
    $ vercel connect create your-api --name my-api
    ```

3.  ## Use its data in [agents(opens in new tab)](https://github.com/vercel-labs/eve-slack-agent-template) and [apps(opens in new tab)](https://github.com/vercel-labs/nextjs-linear-connect-template)

    ```
    import { getToken } from '@vercel/connect';

    const token = await getToken('api-key/my-api');
    ```

## Use API Key in apps and agents

Store a static API key once, then request it from server-side apps and agents only when it is needed. Vercel Connect keeps the secret out of source code, prompts, and client-side bundles while making the connection reusable across approved projects.

## Why use Vercel Connect with API Key?

- ### Credentials on demand

    Request API Key credentials only when your application or agent needs them instead of copying secrets into application code.

- ### Access for the right subject

    Keep app-scoped API Key access behind a reusable connector controlled by your team.

- ### Centralized credential management

    Manage API Key credentials in one place and retrieve them through a consistent runtime API.

- ### Vercel-native controls

    Bind connections to the projects and environments that need them while Vercel OIDC authenticates each runtime request.

## Use API Key with your stack

Follow a complete setup for the Connect SDK or a supported agent framework.

Add API Key to an existing Vercel application with the [Connect SDK](/docs/connect/ts-sdk-reference).

1.  ### Install the Connect SDK

    ```
    npm install @vercel/connect
    ```

2.  ### Create the API Key connector

    Run these commands from the project that will use the connection.

    ```
    vercel link
    vercel connect create your-api --name my-api
    vercel env pull
    ```

3.  ### Request API Key credentials

    app/api/route.ts

## More connectors like API Key

- [OAuth](/connect/oauth)
- [![](/static/connex/whoop.svg)WHOOP](/connect/whoop)

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