Bring Your Own Key

Run AI skills on your terms.
Your data never leaves your hands.

BYOK lets you download any Glisk skill and run it directly on your own computer or servers. No data is sent to Glisk. You use your own AI provider account. You control everything.

Who needs this?

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Regulated Industries

Healthcare, legal, and financial teams that handle sensitive client data. BYOK means your patient records, case files, and financial documents never pass through a third-party server. Satisfy HIPAA, SOC 2, and internal compliance requirements.

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Privacy-Conscious Teams

Organizations that cannot send proprietary data to external APIs. With BYOK, documents, emails, and internal reports stay within your network. The AI processing happens on your infrastructure, not ours.

High-Volume Users

Teams running hundreds or thousands of tasks daily. BYOK eliminates per-run costs from Glisk and lets you use your existing AI provider agreement. Run as much as you want — no Glisk rate limits, no metered billing.

How it works

1

Purchase a license

Buy a BYOK license for a specific skill, or subscribe to BYOK All Access for the entire catalog. You get a unique license key.

2

Download the skill package

Each skill comes as a complete package: the system prompt, configuration, examples, reference files, and a ready-to-run Python script.

3

Run with your own key

Set your Anthropic API key as an environment variable and run the script. Your data goes directly from your machine to the AI provider. Glisk is never in the loop.

Cloud vs. BYOK

 CloudBYOK SingleBYOK All Access
PriceFrom $4.99 per skill2× cloud price$49/month
Where it runsGlisk serversYour infrastructureYour infrastructure
Data privacyProcessed by GliskYour data stays localYour data stays local
Rate limitsPer-tier limitsUnlimitedUnlimited
API keyGlisk-providedYour ownYour own
Includes cloud accessYesYes (included)Separate subscription

Common questions

Do I need to be technical to use BYOK?

You need someone on your team who can run a Python script and set an environment variable. The scripts we provide are ready-to-run — no programming required beyond that. If your team uses a command line at all, you can use BYOK.

What does “your own API key” mean?

AI skills run on large language models (like Claude by Anthropic). Normally, Glisk handles the connection to these models for you. With BYOK, you create your own account directly with the AI provider and use your own access key. This means your data flows directly between your computer and the AI provider — Glisk is never involved in the processing.

Is my data really private?

Yes. When you use a BYOK skill, the processing happens entirely on your machine. Your documents, text, and files are sent directly to the AI model provider (e.g., Anthropic) using your API key. Glisk has no access to your inputs or outputs. We only know that you have a license — not what you do with it.

What AI providers are supported?

Currently, BYOK scripts use Anthropic's Claude models. The generated scripts support streaming output, file attachments (documents, images, audio), and configurable model selection via the ANTHROPIC_MODEL environment variable.

Can I use BYOK skills with my agents or automation?

Absolutely. The downloaded skill package includes the full system prompt and configuration. You can integrate it into your existing agent frameworks, automation pipelines, or custom applications. The provided Python script is a starting point — you can adapt it to any language or framework.

What happens if I cancel my BYOK All Access subscription?

Your access to download new skills stops at the end of the billing period. Skills you've already downloaded continue to work — they run on your infrastructure with your API key, so there's nothing for us to turn off. Single-skill licenses are perpetual and never expire.

Ready to run AI skills locally?

Try any skill for free in the workbench, then look for the “Run Locally” tab on the skill detail page to get your BYOK license.