BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.
AI Actions for Shortcuts
Bring-your-own-key AI actions for Apple Shortcuts on iOS, macOS, and visionOS.
- Category:
- Productivity Tools
- Pricing:
- Free
- Open source:
- No
- Self-hostable:
- No
- Local-first:
- Yes
- Platforms:
- Mobile, Desktop
- AI providers (bring your own key):
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter, xAI Grok, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
- API key storage:
- Stored locally on device
- Key risk level:
- LOW
- Trust score:
- 59/100
A free app by Sindre Sorhus that adds AI-powered actions to Apple's Shortcuts app on iOS/iPadOS, macOS (Apple silicon), and visionOS. It lets you build shortcuts that call ChatGPT/OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), and OpenAI-compatible endpoints (Ollama for local models, Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, xAI Grok) directly from your own provider account. The app requires you to supply your own API key, which is stored securely in the system keychain rather than embedded in the shortcut, so shortcuts can be shared without leaking credentials. Supports image inputs and DALL-E image generation; App Store description and reviews also cite image and PDF handling. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases. Note: the GitHub repo github.com/sindresorhus/Actions belongs to a different (and now closed-source) app, the general-purpose 'Actions' shortcuts app; AI Actions itself has no public open-source repository.
Why this trust score (59/100)
Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.
- Key Safety 23/25: The key is held on your own device.
- Request Routing 17/20: Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
- Transparency 3/20: Closed source with no public repository. The key handling cannot be independently inspected.
- Privacy 11/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere.
- Maintenance 4/10: Maintenance activity has not been established for this listing.
- Verification Confidence 1/10: Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.
What was checked
Verification tier RESEARCH_ASSISTED, derived from the evidence below and not set by hand.
- [REPORTED ยท RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
How your API key is handled
Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider.
Setup
Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start. The key stays on your device.