# Personal Access Tokens

Personal Access Tokens (PATs) provide a secure and straightforward way to authenticate and manage access to your Spice AI account via the API and CLI.

### Creating a Personal Access Token

Personal Access Tokens can be created in [Account settings](https://spice.ai/account/tokens).

* Click the profile picture on the top right corner of the portal interface.
* From the dropdown menu, find and select the **Account settings** option.
* Select **Tokens** in the sidebar
* Enter descriptive token name
* Specify the scope of the token to limit access only for the selected organization, or use **All**
* Select expiration date
* After creating a token, copy and securely store the value, as it cannot be retrieved later.


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