Before you start
- An OpenAI account with API access.
Step-by-step
- 1
Create an API key
In the OpenAI dashboard, create a new secret API key scoped to a dedicated project.
- 2
Connect
Integrations → OpenAI → Connect and paste the API key. Optionally set a default model.
Security best practices
- Use a project-scoped key with usage limits — not your account-wide key.
- Rotate the key periodically; it is stored encrypted and never returned to the browser.
- Credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM — they are never stored in plain text.
- Only organization owners and admins can create or modify a connection.
- Prefer OAuth where available: it issues short-lived, scoped, revocable tokens instead of long-lived secrets.
- When you must use a token, create a fine-grained, least-privilege token and rotate it periodically.