FAQ
Common questions
Setup & cost
Which API providers are supported? +
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini today. You paste in your own key for whichever one you use — nothing is preconfigured.
How much will this cost me? +
Around $0.0045 per video on average with a smaller model, based on our own usage so far. Your options page shows real per-call token usage and cost, read straight from your provider's response, never estimated.
Privacy & data
Does Consensus collect my data? +
No. There's no backend — everything runs locally in your browser and talks directly to the LLM provider you configured. Full breakdown on the Privacy page.
What gets sent to the LLM provider? +
The video title, category, and the filtered sample of comments being analyzed, sent straight from your browser to whichever provider you chose, under their own privacy terms.
Troubleshooting
No rating appears when I click Analyze. +
Confirm a valid API key is saved in options, then reload the YouTube tab — a stale tab from before install won't have the extension's scripts loaded yet.
My API key says invalid. +
Use the "Test Key" button in options to check it live. A key can be valid but out of quota/billing on the provider's side — that shows a different error than a bad key.