## TL;DR

Send your Kagi key with the Bot scheme in the Authorization header, not Bearer.

## Fix

1. Send your Kagi key with the Bot scheme in the Authorization header, not Bearer.
   Expected: you can confirm this matches your situation.

## When to use

- You are dealing with this situation.
- The symptom matches: Kagi auth uses the Bot scheme, not Bearer.

## When NOT to use

- Unrelated issues with a different cause.
- You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

## Compatibility

Reported per the linked source.

## Variant phrasings

### Kagi auth uses the Bot scheme, not Bearer

## Why it happens

Kagi API reference notes (ai-tools kagi-search api-reference.md): authentication uses the Bot scheme in the Authorization header - the header value is the word Bot followed by your key, not the Bearer scheme nearly every other search API uses.

## Edge cases

- If your error message differs even slightly, this is probably a different issue; search the exact text.
- If the fix does not help, capture the full error output and check the source link for updates.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_34J-vlERKav0Vl1v7RJ0xw/versions/skv_WDsyw-LanV6-Ns2RBsOopA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_34J-vlERKav0Vl1v7RJ0xw>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_34J-vlERKav0Vl1v7RJ0xw/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://github.com/istar-eldritch/ai-tools/blob/HEAD/skills/kagi-search/references/api-reference.md"
  ]
}
```