OpenAIOpenAI in the MacBook notch
Token usage and spend across your OpenAI organisation.
The 5 numbers Notch Metrics reads from OpenAI
- Tokenshourly, daily and weekly · sparklineInput plus output tokens on chat and completions requests in the window. Input includes cached reads and cache writes, so this matches what the Usage page totals rather than what you were charged for.
- Input tokenshourly, daily and weekly · sparklineInput tokens on completions requests, cached reads and cache writes included. Audio and image inputs are counted in their own token units, as OpenAI reports them.
- Output tokenshourly, daily and weekly · sparklineOutput tokens generated on completions requests in the window.
- API requestshourly, daily and weekly · sparklineModel requests on the completions endpoint. One batch job counts as the requests inside it, not as one.
- API spenddaily and weekly · sparklineBilled cost per day from OpenAI's cost report, every line item included: tokens, tools and storage. Rounded to the cent per day, so it tracks the invoice rather than the fractional amounts the API returns.
Connecting OpenAI, once, on the web
Paste a key on the web, once.
- Admin key
- Settings → Organization → Admin keys. A project or user key cannot read usage and will be rejected.
- sk-admin-…
- Project IDoptional
- Leave empty to total every project in the organisation.
- proj_…
Your OpenAI credential is encrypted with its own key, bound to your account and the provider. Our server calls OpenAI and hands your Mac a normalised number, so the Mac app never holds the credential. Remove the integration and the encrypted key is deleted with it.
Also called
- llm
- ai
- gpt
- chatgpt
- inference
- api
Questions
- What OpenAI numbers can Notch Metrics show?
- Notch Metrics reports 5 OpenAI numbers: tokens, input tokens, output tokens, api requests and api spend. Each one is a widget you place in the MacBook notch, sized from a single square up to the full width.
- How do you connect OpenAI to Notch Metrics?
- Sign in to notchmetrics.com, choose OpenAI and paste your key. Settings → Organization → Admin keys. A project or user key cannot read usage and will be rejected.
- Does the Notch Metrics Mac app hold my OpenAI key?
- No. Our server calls OpenAI and hands your Mac a normalised number. Your OpenAI credential is encrypted with its own key, bound to your account and the provider, so a row copied anywhere else does not decrypt.
- What does OpenAI in the notch cost?
- Every connector is included, with no per-integration charge. Notch Metrics is $9 a month or $49 a year, after a seven-day trial that needs no card. OpenAI counts as one of the connectors on every plan.