LongCat (Meituan): get an API key and write fiction with it on your phone

Meituan's model platform, famous in beta for generous daily free quotas (500K flagship / 50M lite tokens per day); metered billing is now live with LongCat-2.0 at a promotional ¥2 in / ¥8 out per million. This page is the BYOK quick answer for LongCat (Meituan): key steps, direct console and pricing links, and the app-side notes that matter. Verified 2026-07-18.

Two links up front: get your key at the official console and check rates on the official pricing page. Prices and free quotas move; the official pages are authoritative.

What does it power inside Foreverse?

The factory preset declares 1 modality flag for LongCat (Meituan). The models actually available come from the live catalog fetched in-app — catalogs move fast, and the flag only means the protocol wiring is ready.

Modality	Used for
Text	Continuation · roleplay chat · agent

How do I get a LongCat (Meituan) API key?

Open the LongCat platform at longcat.chat and register with a phone number (email works outside the mainland).
On the API Keys page, create a key — it's visible only at creation, so copy it on the spot.
Pay-as-you-go needs mainland identity verification plus a top-up in the billing center; failed calls (401/429/500) are never charged.

Key in hand: three steps to connect

Open the app's Settings → AI models & services and find LongCat (Meituan) in the list (one of 62 presets, with logo and search).
Paste the key and tap the connectivity test — it fires one real request to verify key and network, and pulls back the model list while it's at it.
Enable the models you want, then set per-modality defaults (text, image, speech, and video each get their own); continuation, chat, and listening route through them from then on.

The one universal host pitfall: the API host must include its full version prefix (this provider's exact form is in the notes below) — the app never appends /v1 for you.

LongCat (Meituan)-specific notes

The preset host is https://api.longcat.chat/openai/v1 — the OpenAI-form prefix is /openai/v1; the Anthropic-compatible base is https://api.longcat.chat/anthropic, and one key serves both. Cache-hit input runs ¥0.04/M at the promotional rate, which compounds nicely in long chats.

FAQ

Does LongCat (Meituan) have a free tier?

The beta era shipped auto-refreshing daily free quotas (500K tokens/day on flagship Chat/Thinking, 50M on Lite, upgradable on request); current docs have moved to metered billing plus token packs, with gift credit still deducted first — the usage page shows what your account gets today.

Where does the key live once I paste it into the app?

It's stored on your device only, under system-level encryption — never uploaded or synced to any Foreverse server. Requests go straight from your phone to the provider's official endpoint with zero markup. To revoke access, delete the key in the provider's console.