Getting Started
Dashboard setup
You've signed up — now wire up the dashboard in three steps. This mirrors the empty state on your Overview page and gets your first request flowing through Orqen.
1.Connect a provider
Open Providers in the dashboard and add your LLM API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Groq, etc.). Keys are encrypted at rest and only decrypted per request.
- Click Connect provider and paste your key
- Orqen validates the key with a lightweight test call
- You can connect multiple providers — Orqen forwards to whichever your agent requests
2.Copy your Orqen API key
Go to API Keys and copy your Orqen key (sk-orq-...). If you just signed up, the welcome modal shows your first key once — save it somewhere safe.
This key authenticates your agent to Orqen. Your provider key stays in Providers — never send it from client-side code.
3.Send your first request
Point your existing SDK at Orqen — change only api_key and base_url. Your messages, tools, and model stay the same. See the Quickstart for SDK-specific snippets.
Within seconds, your first request appears on Overview and in the Requests log. Click any row to see what Orqen changed — tools forwarded, tokens saved, and routing method.
What to check after your first call
- Overview — saved tokens and LLM bill reduction
- Requests — tools in → tools out, latency, status
- Routing quality — recall misses if the model needed a tool you didn't forward
Free forever — 250K saved tokens per month, resets monthly. No credit card required.