Getting Started
Connect AI
Sign in for managed Sussur AI (Free or Trial budget), or bring your own OpenRouter key / run fully local with Ollama.
Updated 2026-07-27 · Verified against v0.10.25
Sussur does the listening on your Mac. The coaching itself is generated by an AI model. You choose how that runs.
Option A — Sussur AI (recommended)
Create a Sussur account and sign in from the desktop app. Sussur provisions a managed OpenRouter key for you — no BYOK wall.
- Free — forever, no card. A monthly coaching budget.
- Trial — 14 days of Pro budget; a card is required at checkout. After trial you keep Free unless you stay on Pro.
In the setup wizard, choose Sign in for Sussur AI when billing is configured. Budget and plan status show on your account and in the app.
Heads up
Hard stop when the budget is used. The managed key has a spend limit. Soft packaging gates (for example knowledge base on Free) are separate from that hard stop. Upgrade or wait for the Free reset to continue with Sussur AI.
Option B — Your own OpenRouter key (BYOK)
Prefer to pay providers directly? Bring your own OpenRouter key.
- Create an account at openrouter.ai.
- Add a little credit (a few dollars is plenty to start).
- Create an API key and copy it.
- In Sussur, paste the key into the setup wizard (or Settings → API Key) and click Test connection.
You'll know it worked when Sussur shows a "Connected" label with your remaining credit.
Option C — Ollama (free, fully local, no account)
Prefer to keep everything on your machine? Run a local model with Ollama.
- Install Ollama and pull a model (for example,
ollama pull llama3.2). - Make sure Ollama is running (
ollama serve). - In Sussur's setup wizard, choose Use local AI instead, or set the provider to Ollama in Settings.
Tip
Local models trade some coaching quality for total privacy and zero cost. You can switch between Sussur AI, your own OpenRouter key, and Ollama in Settings.
One more thing: the speech model
The first time you run a session, Sussur downloads a one-time on-device speech model (~640 MB). It transcribes your calls locally, with no network. Start it now and it'll be ready by the time you finish setup.