# Besidka

> Open-source bring-your-own-key AI chat app that runs on Cloudflare Workers. Users bring their own API keys for AI providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, and pay the providers directly.

## Overview

- [Besidka](https://besidka.com/raw/index.md): What Besidka is, its features and answers to common questions.

## Guides

- [BYOK: use GPT, Claude and Gemini with your own API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/byok.md): How bring-your-own-key works, what it costs and how keys are stored.
- [How memory works in Besidka](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/memory.md): What Besidka remembers, and how to see, edit and delete it.

## API key guides

Step-by-step guides for getting an API key from each provider.

- [How to get a Brave Search API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/brave-search-api-key.md): Create a Brave Search API key and add it to Besidka for web search in chat. $5 of free credit every month.
- [How to get an Anthropic (Claude) API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/claude-api-key.md): Create an Anthropic API key for Claude and add it to Besidka. Prepaid credits, no free API tier.
- [How to get a Cloudflare Workers AI API key and Account ID](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/cloudflare-workers-ai-api-key.md): Create a Cloudflare Workers AI API token and find your Account ID, then add both to Besidka. A free daily allowance is included.
- [How to get a DeepSeek API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/deepseek-api-key.md): Create a DeepSeek API key and add it to Besidka. Prepaid balance that does not expire. Read the data note first.
- [How to get an Exa API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/exa-api-key.md): Create an Exa API key and add it to Besidka for web search in chat. Free tier needs no card.
- [How to get a free Gemini API key in Google AI Studio](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/gemini-api-key.md): Get a free Gemini API key in Google AI Studio, no card needed. Free-tier limits, how Google uses free-tier prompts, and using the key in Besidka.
- [How to get an xAI (Grok) API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/grok-api-key.md): Create an xAI API key for Grok and add it to Besidka. Prepaid credits, billed to you directly.
- [How to get a Kimi (Moonshot AI) API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/kimi-api-key.md): Create a Kimi API key on the Moonshot AI platform and add it to Besidka. Prepaid recharge from $1.
- [How to get an OpenAI API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/openai-api-key.md): Create an OpenAI API key and add it to Besidka. Prepaid credits from $5, billed to you directly.
- [How to get an OpenRouter API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/openrouter-api-key.md): Create an OpenRouter API key and add it to Besidka. One key and one balance for models from many providers.
- [How to get a Qwen API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/qwen-api-key.md): Create a Qwen API key on QwenCloud and add it to Besidka. Pay as you go with a free quota for new models. Identity verification may be required.
- [How to get a TypeSafe AI API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/typesafe-ai-api-key.md): Create a TypeSafe AI API key and add it to Besidka. The key powers Jev, a decision model that answers yes/no questions for seven optional smart checks, such as memory checks and Auto web search. It adds no chat models.
- [How to get a Vercel AI Gateway API key](https://besidka.com/raw/guides/vercel-ai-gateway-api-key.md): Create a Vercel AI Gateway API key with a monthly spend budget and add it to Besidka. One key for models from many providers.

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://besidka.com/raw/legal/privacy-policy.md)
- [Terms of Use](https://besidka.com/raw/legal/terms-of-use.md)
- [Cookie Policy](https://besidka.com/raw/legal/cookie-policy.md)

## Agent resources

- [Agent skills index](https://besidka.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Agent Skills Discovery index of the skills published by this site.
- [AI catalog](https://besidka.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): ARD catalog of the AI resources published by this site.
- [MCP server card](https://besidka.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): Server card of the MCP server at /mcp: public read-only tools and OAuth-protected per-user tools.

## MCP Server

Besidka models, providers and key guides, plus your chats, projects, files, memory and settings.

- [Besidka](https://besidka.com/mcp): Streamable HTTP endpoint — connect an MCP client to this URL to call the tools, resources and prompts exposed by this site.

## Notes

- This llms.txt covers only the Besidka app and landing site.
- Product documentation and a blog are planned as separate apps at /docs and /blog, each with its own llms.txt. They are not published yet.
- Besidka has no public application API: application endpoints require a signed-in session. The MCP server at /mcp has public read-only tools, and per-user tools behind OAuth.
- Content signals in robots.txt allow search and AI input and disallow AI training.