A common question is where to add an AI provider key in Tiger Blocks. The short answer: you do not. Tiger Blocks keeps no server-side AI key store — AI-assisted building runs through the MCP Server, where your own AI client supplies the intelligence, and the deterministic tools work with no key at all.
Where: there is no AI Keys page in wp-admin. AI building is configured in your client and at WP Admin → Tiger Blocks → Settings → MCP.
How AI building actually works
Rather than storing a provider key on your site, Tiger Blocks exposes an MCP endpoint that an AI client — Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code — connects to. The model runs inside your client, using your account there, and calls the Tiger tools to create pages, edit blocks and manage content. That means:
- Usage is billed by your AI client’s own provider, not by Tiger.
- No AI secret ever lives in your WordPress database or is exposed to visitors.
- The only credential your site holds is the MCP bearer token, which authorises the connection.
Keyless tools still work
The MCP tools are deterministic — they build real block structures from your instructions without needing an AI key of their own. Connect a client and describe the outcome you want; the tools handle the block tree.
What happened to the AI Keys screen
Earlier previews included a “bring your own key” provider store, but it was retired: nothing consumed those keys, and the MCP server is now the single AI surface, which needs no server-side keys. If you followed an older guide looking for an AI submenu, use the MCP page instead.
Troubleshooting
I cannot find where to paste my OpenAI or Anthropic key
There is no such field, by design. Put your model credentials in your AI client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code) and connect it to the site’s MCP endpoint with the bearer token from the MCP page.
Do the third-party API keys (Google, Instagram) go here?
No — those are block service credentials and live under Settings → API. This topic is only about AI generation, which is handled entirely through MCP.