Quell Feed

Set up AI on your phone

Quell Feed can summarize long articles, translate them, and filter your feeds by your own wishes — if you switch that on. There is no account and no subscription behind it: you bring your own API key from an AI provider (think of it as a prepaid phone card — how to get one is explained below), and the app talks to that provider directly. Without a key the AI features simply stay off; everything else in the app works without them.

Type the key here, scan it with your phone

Phones are terrible at typing long keys. Fill in the fields on this big screen, scan the QR code with your phone's camera — and Quell Feed asks before saving anything. Nothing you type here leaves this browser tab.

Created in your provider's dashboard — for OpenRouter under Keys, for OpenAI under API keys.

The QR code appears once the key is filled in.
This QR code contains your real API key. Treat it like a password — don't share screenshots of it, and close this tab when you're done.

Where do I get a key?

A key is like a prepaid phone card for AI: you create it once in the provider's dashboard, put a few euros on the account, and the app uses it only when you tap Summarize, Translate, or when a feed filter runs.

OpenRouter (recommended — one key, many models)
  1. Go to openrouter.ai and sign in (Google/GitHub works).
  2. Top-right menu → Credits → add a small amount (5 € lasts a long time — a summary costs fractions of a cent).
  3. Top-right menu → Keys → Create key, give it a name like “Quell Feed”.
  4. Copy the key (starts with sk-or-) into the field above. Done.
OpenAI
  1. Go to platform.openai.com and sign in (this is the developer site — a ChatGPT subscription is a different product and not needed).
  2. Settings → Billing → add a payment method or prepaid credit.
  3. API keys → Create new secret key.
  4. Copy the key (starts with sk-) into the field above — it is shown only once.