Programmatic API Key Management & Per-Key Usage/Cost Tracking

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Feature request for product/service

API Keys

Describe the request

Hi Cursor team,

We’re building multiple automated workflows on top of the Cursor SDK, where each workflow typically serves an individual end-user. Currently, managing API keys and tracking costs at scale is a significant operational burden for us.

Feature Requests:

1. Programmatic API Key Lifecycle Management

  • Create API keys via API (with optional metadata like user ID, label, expiration)
  • List active keys
  • Revoke / delete keys
  • This would allow us to dynamically provision and decommission keys per user workflow without manual dashboard operations.

2. Per-Key Usage & Cost Query API

  • Token consumption (input / output / cache)
  • Estimated cost per key
  • Request count and duration
  • Time-range filtering (daily / monthly)

Why This Matters:

With these APIs, we could:

  • Automatically spin up isolated keys for each user workflow
  • Track exact cost per user for billing and margin control
  • Set programmatic quotas and alerts before overages occur
  • Reduce manual ops overhead as we scale to hundreds of users

This would make Cursor significantly more attractive for teams building multi-tenant or workflow automation products on top of the SDK.

Thanks for considering!

Automation usage