Guides

Published guides

• Send your first managed request

  Create a User API key and send one request through the managed AnchorShell Relay API.

• Create and call a Smart Group

  Create intent assignments, review the Model order, and call a Smart Group.

• Connect a provider account

  Authorize a supported model account, verify it, and enable discovered Models in AnchorShell Pro.

• Create an agent User API key and limit

  Create one user-owned agent key and enforce an exact request, token, or spend policy.

• Grant provider access

  Grant organization, user, or exact-key use of a connected subscription account.

• Self-host Relay from source

  Clone the public Relay repository, start the embedded application, and protect its first-run secrets.

• Send a request through the dummy model

  Configure Relay's built-in dummy provider and verify the routed gateway without an external account.

• Add a provider, model, and group

  Connect an upstream account and expose its model through an ordered Relay group.

• Build a free, local, and paid model order

  Create an explicit model order that uses free or local capacity before a paid fallback.

• Tune wait budgets, pacing, and cooldowns

  Control when Relay waits for a preferred model and when it evaluates a fallback.

• Configure guardrails before and after a model call

  Bind an external policy service to a Group, Provider, or Model and verify both lifecycle stages.

• Handle provider 429 responses

  Test Relay cooldown and requeue behavior without creating a retry storm.

• Inspect a request trace and reconcile cost

  Use Logs and optional OpenTelemetry traces to explain routing, timing, tokens, and cost.