Connect Deepgram
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
Paste the API key- In the Deepgram Console, pick the project from the Projects dropdown.
- Open Settings, API Keys, and click Create a New API Key.
- Choose the Admin or Owner role: Member cannot read billing.
- Click Create Key and copy the secret: it is shown only once.
Needs project read access. Reading the balance costs nothing.
Open the pagehttps://console.deepgram.com/
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Deepgram.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Deepgram. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- find which projects this key can see
- Calls
- https://api.deepgram.com/v1/projects
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Deepgram reference, checked 2026-09-15
Billing is per project. A key that sees several shows the first, with the rest as extra rows.