The API key powers Grov's features (Haiku for reasoning extraction + drift detection). It does work with claude max plans, for example I use it with my claude code instances, and I am a max user, but you just have to use an API key for the fundamental features of Grov.

If this is a deal-breaker for you, in the near future I'll let teams use our API key, so you can just install it and run it normally without having to set anything up other than connect to your team. If you have any other questions you can find my email in the repo.

Hope this helps.