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How to connect OpenAI

This guide creates an OpenAI Admin API key so CloudMonitor can read token usage and cost data from your OpenAI organization. Allow about 5 minutes. You need to be an OpenAI organization owner to complete it.

Step 1 — Generate an Admin API key

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Open platform.openai.com → Settings → Admin keys.

Click Create new key. Name it CloudMonitor. The key starts with sk-admin- and is shown only once — copy it now.

Step 2 — Add the key in CloudMonitor

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In the CloudMonitor Admin App, go to Settings → AI providers → OpenAI → Add connector.

Paste the Admin key. Click Verify.

Step 3 — Confirm the 14-day backfill

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CloudMonitor pulls the most recent 14 days as proof the connector works. You should see:

  • Daily input, output, and cached input token counts
  • Token use broken down by model, project, user, and API key
  • Dollar cost from the /v1/organization/costs endpoint, in USD
  • Batch vs standard tier split

If the totals match what you see in platform.openai.com → Usage, click Save.

Step 4 — Polling cadence

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CloudMonitor polls hourly for the current day and backfills T-2 daily to pick up settled cost entries. Reports refresh as new data lands.

What’s next

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