Connect an AI account

Cutscript uses your own AI accounts. You connect them once in Settings › AI › Providers. There are five: a ChatGPT plan, a Claude plan, OpenRouter, ElevenLabs and fal.ai. You do not need all of them.

Open the providers

1. Press ⌘ , to open Settings. On the home screen you can also pick AI from the settings list in the left sidebar.
2. Choose AI, then Providers.

The page opens with a line such as "2 of 5 connected", then one card for each account.

What each account is for

Every card ends with a Powers line that lists what it can run in Cutscript.

The two plans cover the AI director's text only. A plan does not transcribe, make pictures or generate audio.

Which ones to connect

• One key for everything. OpenRouter covers every row of the table, so one OpenRouter key is the smallest setup.
• A plan you already pay for. Connect the ChatGPT or Claude plan for the AI director. Add an OpenRouter, ElevenLabs or fal.ai key for the transcript, and for pictures if you want them.
• Audio first. ElevenLabs transcribes and makes music, sound effects and voiceover. Add a plan or OpenRouter for the AI director.

Each job has its own default model in Settings › AI. Recommended picks from the accounts you have connected, so connecting a new one can change what Recommended means. A default you chose yourself never changes without you.

The controls at the top

• Keep model lists up to date reads each provider's models when Cutscript starts. New models are marked New and never replace a default you chose.
• Check accounts checks every saved key again and looks for Claude Code again.
• Refresh models reads the model lists now. The line beside it says when they were last read.

Where keys are kept

The page says it plainly: "Keys are encrypted on this Mac with the system keychain and are only sent to the provider they belong to." A saved key shows only as a short preview, the first four and last four characters. The key itself is never shown again.

To disconnect a key, press Remove on its card and confirm with Remove key. To disconnect a plan, press Sign out on the ChatGPT card, or sign out of Claude Code itself. Each provider page has the details.

Choose which account the AI director uses

The AI director can run on your Claude plan, your OpenRouter key or your ChatGPT plan. Pick one in Settings › AI › AI director › Model, under Runs on. A ready plan card also has a Use it for the AI director button.

If the AI director's current source cannot run, for example because it has no OpenRouter key, and you finish signing in to a plan while this page is open, Cutscript switches to that plan for you. A notice names the new source and has an Undo button.

Related

• How AI works in Cutscript
• Transcription
• Prices before every paid step