Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)

Use your own AI provider API key with the Career API. When BYOK is enabled, AI limits are removed because you’re paying for AI costs directly.

Prerequisites

An active recurring Laddro subscription
An API key from one of the 10 supported providers

Setup

Via API


curl -X PUT https://api.laddro.com/v1/settings/model \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_LADDRO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "provider": "anthropic",
    "modelId": "claude-haiku-4.5",
    "apiKey": "sk-ant-your-key"
  }'

Via Console

Go to console.laddro.com
Navigate to AI Settings
Select a provider and model
Enter your API key
Click Save

Supported Providers

Provider	Default Model	Get a Key
OpenAI	gpt-4.1-mini	platform.openai.com
Anthropic	claude-haiku-4.5	console.anthropic.com
Gemini	gemini-2.5-flash	aistudio.google.com
DeepSeek	deepseek-chat	platform.deepseek.com
Groq	llama-3.3-70b	console.groq.com
Together	Llama 3.3 70B Turbo	api.together.xyz
Fireworks	Llama 3.3 70B	fireworks.ai
Mistral	mistral-small	console.mistral.ai
xAI	grok-3-mini-fast	console.x.ai
Perplexity	sonar-pro	perplexity.ai

Key Validation

Your provider API key is validated with a minimal test call (5 tokens) before being saved. If the key is invalid, you’ll get a clear error message.

Security

Keys are encrypted at rest using AES-256
Keys are never logged or exposed in API responses
Keys are only used server-side when making AI calls

Reset to Default


curl -X DELETE https://api.laddro.com/v1/settings/model \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_LADDRO_API_KEY"

This reverts to the system default (OpenAI gpt-4o-mini).