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AI in RhinoArtisan

Accounts and API Keys

Two accounts cover every AI feature, and you set them up once. Both are pay-as-you-go: you add credit up front and it draws down as you use the tools.

Which account each tool needs

ToolOpenRouterfal.ai
Assistant✓
Flow Studio AI✓
File Search, ✦ Smart mode✓
Generative AI Studio✓

You only need the account for the tools you actually use: if you never open Generative AI Studio, you never need fal.ai. RhinoArtisan MCP needs neither, because it works through the AI app you connect to it.

1. OpenRouter

  1. Create an account at openrouter.ai.
  2. Add credit to the balance. Start small; you can top up at any time.
  3. Open Keys in your account menu, create a key and copy it. It looks like sk-or-v1-…. Copy it immediately: providers show a key once and cannot show it again afterwards. If you lose it, you delete it and create another.

2. fal.ai

  1. Go to fal.ai and click Login.
  1. Sign up with Google, GitHub or an email and password.
  1. fal.ai then asks “How will you be using fal?” Any answer works: it is only for fal.ai’s statistics and does not affect your account, features or pricing.
  1. Add credit to the balance.
  2. Open the Dashboard, then Manage → API Keys. A default key is created for you; click Add key if you prefer one just for RhinoArtisan.
  1. Click Copy key. The key looks like fal_sk_…, and the same caution applies: keep it private.

3. Paste the keys into RhinoArtisan

Both keys go on the same page, so they are set once and every tool that needs them simply works: no panel will ever stop to ask you for a key in the middle of a job.

  1. Open the options: click the Settings icon under the File tab of the ribbon, or run Rhino’s Options command.
  1. In the sidebar, select Artisan.
  1. Open its Integrations sub-page.
  1. Paste each key into its group:
    • OpenRouter → API Key: your OpenRouter key.
    • Generative AI (fal.ai) → API Key: your fal.ai key.

Options → Artisan → Integrations

  1. Click OK. RhinoArtisan may ask you to restart so the change is picked up everywhere.

The same page sets the model each tool uses; the defaults are a good start, and Choosing models explains when to change them. Both keys are stored as password fields rather than plain text.

4. Check that it works

  • OpenRouter: open the Assistant panel and type Hi!. A reply means the key, the balance and the model are all in order. If the key is missing, the Assistant answers “OpenRouter API key not configured. Set it in Options > Integrations.”
  • fal.ai: open Generative AI Studio. If you see the prompt bar and the mode chip at the bottom of the window, you are connected; without a key the Studio shows a notice in their place.

If something fails, check in this order: the key is pasted in full, the account has credit, and the machine can reach the internet through any corporate proxy or firewall.