earendil-works/pi · error

No API key for provider: ${provider}

Error message

No API key for provider: ${provider}

What it means

Error "No API key for provider: ${provider}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/ai/src/api/openai-completions.ts:79

/**
 * Check if conversation messages contain tool calls or tool results.
 * This is needed because Anthropic (via proxy) requires the tools param
 * to be present when messages include tool_calls or tool role messages.
 */
function hasHeader(headers: ProviderHeaders | undefined, name: string): boolean {
	if (!headers) return false;
	const expected = name.toLowerCase();
	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(headers)) {
		if (key.toLowerCase() === expected && value !== null && value.trim().length > 0) return true;
	}
	return false;
}

function getClientApiKey(provider: string, apiKey: string | undefined, headers: ProviderHeaders | undefined): string {
	if (apiKey) return apiKey;
	if (hasHeader(headers, "authorization") || hasHeader(headers, "cf-aig-authorization")) return "unused";
	throw new Error(`No API key for provider: ${provider}`);
}

function hasToolHistory(messages: Message[]): boolean {
	for (const msg of messages) {
		if (msg.role === "toolResult") {
			return true;
		}
		if (msg.role === "assistant") {
			if (msg.content.some((block) => block.type === "toolCall")) {
				return true;
			}
		}
	}
	return false;
}

function getDeferredToolNames(messages: Message[]): Set<string> {
	const names = new Set<string>();

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Solutions

1. Set the provider API key environment variable, or pass apiKey explicitly.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/ai/src/api/openai-completions.ts:79 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5b205115bca76fcd. Report an issue: GitHub.