Hacker Sidekick Enterprise ​

Hacker Sidekick Enterprise is your organization’s private Hacker Sidekick deployment. Your team connects the desktop app to the URL and per-user key your administrator provides—you do not point the app at an arbitrary third-party model host.

For the public service (sign in with your personal account at portal.hackersidekick.com), see Connection and sign-in.

First run and welcome ​

On first launch you can connect to Hacker Sidekick Enterprise the same way as in Settings → Connection: enter the base URL and your key (values are masked in the app).

Hacker Sidekick Enterprise welcome: base URL and key (masked)

Connection in Settings ​

Settings → Connection is where you set the base URL and API key for your organization’s deployment. This is different from the public Connection screen used for personal accounts.

Hacker Sidekick Enterprise Connection: base URL, key, and related controls (masked)

Base URL ​

Use the exact base URL your administrator gives you, including any path suffix they specify (many deployments end with /v1). A missing or extra path segment is a common cause of connection errors—ask your admin if chat or models fail to load.

Per-user key ​

  • Your API key comes from your organization’s Hacker Sidekick Enterprise web console (often shown once when created).
  • Paste it into Hacker Sidekick → Settings → Connection → API key in the desktop app.
  • Use only keys meant for desktop users, not operator or infrastructure secrets your admin says to keep on the server.

How to get a per-user key ​

Menu names can vary by version. A typical flow:

  1. Open your organization’s Hacker Sidekick Enterprise web URL in a browser (the same host you will enter as base URL in the desktop app).
  2. Sign in with the account your administrator created.
  3. Open API keys (or Account / User profile, depending on your deployment).
  4. Create a key, copy it to a password manager, then paste it into the desktop Connection settings.

If models or chat still fail, confirm the base URL and key with your administrator before changing other settings.

Sign-in and return to the desktop ​

If your org uses browser sign-in for Enterprise, the flow is similar to the public product: sign in in the browser, then return to the desktop app. See Connection and sign-in for the public flow your users may already know.

Switching back to the public service ​

GoalWhat to do
Use the public service after Hacker Sidekick EnterpriseClear Connection → API key, restore public Connection defaults (or use Reset to defaults if shown), then sign in with a public Hacker Sidekick account or choose use public account instead when prompted.

See also ​

Hacker Sidekick documentation