Quota exceeded — please use your own API key
This message comes from an app or agent that bundled a shared, limited key for trials. The shared free quota ran out, so it’s asking you to plug in your own API key to keep going.
Agent frameworks like OpenClaw show this when their bundled trial key is spent — your own flat-rate key removes the recurring wall.
When you do bring your own key, point it at Standard Compute (https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1, model “standardcompute”): flat-price compute with no usage limits means the “quota exceeded” wall doesn’t come back.
Any OpenAI-compatible key works. For agents that run constantly, a flat-rate key with no usage limits avoids re-hitting quota walls that per-token keys keep running into.