Bring your own provider keys

The experimental monitor supports optional OpenAI and Perplexity API connections. Consumer ChatGPT or Perplexity subscriptions do not include API billing or automatically provide an API key.

  • Create API credentials in the provider's own developer account.
  • Keep provider project budgets and usage alerts conservative.
  • Use the account connection panel to save or replace a key, test it deliberately, or remove it. A saved value is never displayed again.
  • Never paste a provider key into a scan URL, report, support screenshot, or ordinary form field.

Billing, limits, and provider processing

OpenAI and Perplexity bill API use under their own terms. Your SEO Wizard does not convert a consumer subscription into API credit.

  • The current default ceiling is 20 provider calls per account per UTC day.
  • A run can use one or two providers, so one run may consume one or two provider calls.
  • Output length and request timeouts are bounded, but provider-side budgets and alerts remain the account owner's responsibility.
  • The research query and location context are sent to each selected provider for processing.

Encrypted key storage

Account-scoped provider credentials are encrypted at rest before storage. The application uses server-held encryption keys and does not return saved values in reports, API responses, or browser storage.

  • Stored keys are partitioned by the normalized account identity and can be shared by supported Your SEO Wizard apps signed into the same account.
  • Removing a provider credential disconnects future requests but does not cancel the provider account.
  • Provider credentials are not included in exported scan reports or monitor history.

What monitor history retains

The current prototype saves the query, optional location, target definitions, provider and model context, answer text, parsed cited and consulted sources, citation metrics, timestamps, and comparison evidence under the account subject.

  • Saved answer history can contain text returned by OpenAI or Perplexity.
  • The prompt does not include scanned page text, and page content is not sent to the provider as monitor instructions.
  • History supports same-query comparisons but should not be treated as a complete record of consumer-product answers.

Retention and deletion

You can remove a provider connection from the account panel at any time. Retention controls for saved monitor answers are still being finalized; until self-service history deletion is available, contact support to request deletion of hosted monitor history.

  • Deleting a local desktop copy or export does not delete a hosted copy.
  • Operational backups and security records may expire on a separate schedule where legally or technically required.
  • Do not use the monitor for confidential, regulated, personal, or customer-identifying queries.

Official references

FAQ

Does my ChatGPT subscription pay for OpenAI API probes?

No. OpenAI API usage is billed separately through the API account and project.

Are provider keys included in reports?

No. Provider credentials are stored separately from reports and monitor history and should never be shown in exports.

Can I delete saved monitor answers?

Contact support to request deletion while public self-service history deletion is being finalized. Provider credentials can also be removed to disconnect future calls.

Keep the Next Step Small

Use the related guides to confirm what the page needs. Ask for support only when the change reaches code, templates, or server settings you do not want to guess at.

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