generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://docs.expectedparrot.com/en/latest/api_keys.md
docs: https://docs.expectedparrot.com/en/latest/api_keys.html
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - environment
  notes: Expected Parrot uses an API-key model rather than OAuth. An Expected Parrot
    API key (EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY) authenticates remote inference and platform
    (Coop) storage/sharing; alternatively users supply their own third-party model
    provider keys for local inference. No OAuth2 or OIDC surface is published.
schemes:
- name: ExpectedParrotApiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: environment
  parameter: EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY
  description: Personal Expected Parrot key from the account page; grants access to
    all available models via the Expected Parrot server (remote inference) and to
    posting/sharing content on the platform. Stored via the account, a local file,
    or an environment variable.
  managed_at: https://www.expectedparrot.com/home/keys
- name: ProviderModelKeys
  type: apiKey
  in: environment
  description: Optional user-supplied keys for model providers (Anthropic, Azure, Bedrock,
    Deep Infra, DeepSeek, Google, Groq, Mistral, OpenAI, Perplexity, Together, Xai)
    for local inference without the Expected Parrot server.