# Are API keys now bound to studios, and cannot be assigned to specific pickaxes only?

**URL:** <https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-api-keys-now-bound-to-studios-and-cannot-be-assigned-to-specific-pickaxes-only/5431>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-api-keys-now-bound-to-studios-and-cannot-be-assigned-to-specific-pickaxes-only/5431 "2025-04-22T06:06:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![concordhorizons](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/concordhorizons/32/2275_2.png) [@concordhorizons](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/concordhorizons)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-api-keys-now-bound-to-studios-and-cannot-be-assigned-to-specific-pickaxes-only/5431/1 "2025-04-22T06:06:55Z")

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Hi,  
In the old version of Pickaxe, API keys were manually entered and were associated with individual pickaxes only. In this new version and based on the other posts in the forum, the API keys seem to be locked to studios, in otherwords, all tools in a studio using the same API key. Is there any way to assign unique API keys (from the same company ie. two tools using separate OpenAI keys) to each tools inside a studio? Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ned.Malki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ned.malki/32/5918_2.png) [@Ned.Malki](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/Ned.Malki)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-api-keys-now-bound-to-studios-and-cannot-be-assigned-to-specific-pickaxes-only/5431/2 "2025-04-22T18:16:11Z")

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You can if you connect a make webhook and create a make scenario containing an Open Router module with your choice of LLM.

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**Author:** ![rainmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rainmaker](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/rainmaker)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-api-keys-now-bound-to-studios-and-cannot-be-assigned-to-specific-pickaxes-only/5431/3 "2025-04-24T04:16:57Z")

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Seems like we are trying to achieve something similar but I am looking for a simple solution that doesn’t involve webhooks. I posted a similar question here: [Do we get notified when our paid subscribers are about to use up our monthly credits?](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/do-we-get-notified-when-our-paid-subscribers-are-about-to-use-up-our-monthly-credits/5453)