Connect Vercel AI Gateway
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
vck_…- In the Vercel dashboard, pick your team and open AI Gateway, then API Keys.
- Click Create key and give it a name.
- Copy the vck_ value now: it cannot be retrieved again.
An AI Gateway key from the Vercel dashboard. Reading the balance is free.
Open the pagehttps://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai-gateway%2Fapi-keys&title=AI+Gateway+API+Keys
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Vercel AI Gateway.
- 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 Vercel AI Gateway. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- remaining gateway credit and the total spent through it
- Calls
- https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/credits
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Vercel AI Gateway reference, checked 2026-09-16
Covers spend routed through the gateway only, not the rest of a Vercel bill.