API Keys Setup | Alertness AI Suite

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Anthropic (Claude Code)

Required

Powers Claude Code - the AI assistant that runs Alertness AI Suite. Required for all AI features.

Used for:

AI Chat and conversations
Document analysis and summarization
Code generation and assistance
All AI-powered features

Cost: Max Plan $100/month (unlimited) or API credits (~$15/M tokens)

🚀 Get Max Plan 🔑 Get API Key

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OpenAI

Required for Video

Powers DALL-E 3 image generation for Alertness Engine video scenes, and OpenAI TTS voices.

Used for:

Alertness Engine video generation (DALL-E 3 images)
OpenAI TTS voices (Alloy, Echo, Fable, etc.)
GPT-4 fallback for certain features

Cost: DALL-E 3 HD: $0.080/image | TTS: $0.015/1K chars

🔑 Get OpenAI API Key

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Replicate

Recommended

Access to 20+ video generation models including Kling, Minimax, Luma, CogVideo, and more.

Used for:

Video generation (Kling, Minimax, Luma, WAN, SVD, etc.)
Background music generation (MusicGen)
Image generation alternatives (FLUX, SDXL)

Cost: Pay-per-use, typically $0.10-$1.00 per video clip

🔑 Get Replicate Token

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ElevenLabs

Recommended

Premium AI voices for podcasts and narration - the most natural-sounding TTS available.

Used for:

Premium podcast voices
Video narration
Multi-speaker conversations

Cost: Free tier: 10K chars/month | Starter: $5/month for 30K chars

🔑 Get ElevenLabs Key

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Google Cloud

Optional

Google Cloud TTS and Places API for location-based features.

Used for:

Google Cloud TTS voices
Places API for location data
Translation services

Cost: Free tier available, then pay-per-use

🔑 Get Google API Key

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Hugging Face

Optional

Access to open-source models for local processing and specialized tasks.

Used for:

Local Stable Diffusion (FREE video generation)
Open-source model access
Specialized ML models

Cost: Free for most models

🔑 Get HF Token

📄 Your .env File

Create a file named .env in your Alertness AI Suite folder with your API keys:

# Alertness AI Suite - Environment Variables # Copy this file to .env and fill in your API keys # REQUIRED: OpenAI (for DALL-E images and TTS) OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-openai-key-here # RECOMMENDED: Replicate (for video generation) REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=r8_your-replicate-token-here # RECOMMENDED: ElevenLabs (for premium TTS) ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=sk_your-elevenlabs-key-here # OPTIONAL: Anthropic (if using API instead of Max plan) ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-anthropic-key-here # OPTIONAL: Google Cloud GOOGLE_API_KEY=AIzaSy-your-google-key-here # OPTIONAL: Hugging Face HF_TOKEN=hf_your-huggingface-token-here # Server settings PORT=8000

Setup Instructions:

Create a new file named .env in your Alertness AI Suite folder
Copy the template above and paste it into the file
Replace each your-xxx-key-here with your actual API keys
Save the file
Restart the Alertness AI Suite server

💰 Cost Summary

Feature	Provider	Approximate Cost
Claude Code (unlimited)	Anthropic Max	$100/month
Alertness Engine Video (17 scenes)	OpenAI DALL-E 3	~$1.36
Video Generation (1 clip)	Replicate	$0.10 - $1.00
Premium TTS (1000 chars)	ElevenLabs	~$0.30
Local Video (Stable Diffusion)	Local GPU	FREE