Create an App in Tyk AI Studio

How to create and manage your applications in Tyk AI Studio as an AI Developer.

As an AI Developer, you can create and manage applications (Apps) to interact with the AI services offered through Tyk AI Studio. An App bundles the resources you need (like specific LLMs, Tools, or Data Sources) and provides you with credentials to make authenticated API requests.

Prerequisites

Before creating an App, ensure that an LLM provider is already configured and activated in the proxy. If not, a Studio Administrator must first create and enable an LLM provider.

Creating an App

To create a new App, follow these steps:

1. Go to the AI Portal tab. Click Create app on the Overview page, or go to Apps and click Create App.
2. In Details, enter the App Name and the Description. The administrator who approves the App reads the description.
3. In Add access, select a type, for example LLM providers. The tabs show only the types that you can add. For example: LLM providers, data sources, tools, MCP servers, and Model Routers.
4. Click + next to each item that the App needs. You can add items of different types. Access requested shows the items that you added, grouped by type.
5. Click Create App.

You can also start an App from an asset. On the detail page or the Browse card of an asset, click Build app. The App builder opens with that asset already added.

AI Studio refuses some combinations to protect data. No item on an App can have a higher privacy level than its LLM providers.

AI Studio creates the App and shows the App Submitted page. This page shows a summary of the App and the access that you requested. Click Open app to go to the App Details view.

App Approval: After you create an App, its credentials are not yet active. A Studio Administrator needs to review and approve your App before you can use it.

For more information on the approval process, see the Admin App Management documentation.

Getting Your Credentials

Once your App has been approved by an administrator, you can retrieve the credentials needed to make API requests.

From the App Details view, you will find your Credential Information:

• Key ID: This is the public identifier for your credentials.

• Secret: This is your secret API key. Treat it like a password and do not expose it in client-side code.

  

You will use this Secret to authenticate your requests to the Tyk AI Gateway.

App Status

The Overview page, the Apps list, and the App Details view use the same status values:

Status	Meaning
Active	The credential is approved. The App can call the gateway.
Awaiting approval	An administrator has not approved the credential yet. Requests with the key return 401 Unauthorized.
No credential	The App has no credential.
Disabled	The App is disabled.

Getting LLM Access Details

In addition to your credentials, you can also find the LLM Access Details in the App Details view. The section shows:

• Main Ingress: One OpenAI-compatible endpoint for all the LLMs of the App. You select the LLM in each request with a model string such as openai/gpt-4o. The section lists the model names that the App can use.
• Per-LLM Endpoints: The vendor-native endpoint and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint of each LLM, and the legacy endpoints.

For more information on each endpoint, refer to Endpoints.

Monitoring Your App

The App Details view also allows you to monitor the usage and performance of your application.

• Token Usage and Cost: A graph shows you how many tokens your App is consuming and the associated costs, which can be filtered by date.
• App Interaction: You can see number of interactions over time, which can help you understand usage patterns.

Next Steps

Now that you know how to create an App and get your credentials, you’re ready to start building!

Follow our tutorial to learn how to use your App’s API key in a simple command-line application:

• Tutorial: Create an AI CLI App