BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: 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:
- 82/100
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.
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.