Acceptable Use Policy

01. Overview

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") governs your use of all RelayForge, Inc. products, services, APIs, and platforms ("Services"), including FieldClaw, ClawHub, Anderson OS, Carapace Protocol, ARIA Registry, DAWES, and relayforge.tools. By using our Services, you agree to this AUP in addition to our Terms of Service.

We built RelayForge to make industrial AI safer and more accessible. This policy exists to protect the people using it, the people working near it, and the integrity of the platform.

02. Industrial & Safety-Critical Use

RelayForge operates in environments where errors can injure people or damage equipment. These rules are non-negotiable:

• No autonomous safety decisions. AI outputs must not be the sole basis for any safety-critical action, including LOTO, arc flash clearance, pressure relief verification, SIS proof test acceptance, or permit-to-work authorization.
• No bypassing site safety management systems. You may not use RelayForge tools to circumvent, override, or substitute for your site's PSM program, LOTO procedures, or applicable regulatory requirements under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119, NFPA 70E, or IEC 61511.
• Qualified review required. A competent, qualified person must review all AI-generated outputs before they are acted upon in a live process or electrical environment.
• Do not misrepresent AI outputs. You may not present RelayForge AI outputs as certified engineering work, official compliance determinations, or regulatory approvals to employers, regulators, or clients.

03. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Services to:

Harm people or infrastructure:

• Generate content designed to facilitate physical harm, harassment, or violence
• Develop or deploy agents intended to attack, disrupt, or damage industrial control systems, SCADA, DCS, or other operational technology
• Assist in the creation of weapons, explosives, or hazardous substances

Deceive or defraud:

• Impersonate another person, company, or AI system
• Submit false, misleading, or fabricated information to the Clawmark vetting process
• Use Carapace credentials belonging to another entity without authorization
• Generate or distribute disinformation, deepfakes, or synthetic media intended to deceive
• Create agents designed to deceive users about their AI nature

Violate laws or rights:

• Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation
• Infringe on intellectual property rights of any third party
• Process or transmit personal data in violation of applicable privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Use the Services to facilitate discrimination based on protected characteristics

Abuse the platform:

• Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from RelayForge without written permission
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code from our Services
• Circumvent rate limits, access controls, authentication, or billing systems
• Share account credentials with unauthorized users
• Resell or sublicense access to our Services without an express written agreement
• Use automated means to create accounts or submit bulk requests beyond documented API limits
• Intentionally overload our infrastructure or conduct denial-of-service attacks

Misuse AI and agents:

• Prompt-inject or jailbreak RelayForge AI systems to bypass safety filters
• Deploy agents that operate without appropriate human oversight in safety-critical contexts
• Use BYOT credentials to route traffic to providers in violation of those providers' terms of service
• Register agents in the ARIA registry that are designed to harm, deceive, or surveil users without disclosure

04. Carapace Protocol & ARIA Registry Integrity

The trust value of Carapace and Clawmark depends entirely on honest participation. You agree to:

• Accurately represent your tool's capabilities, data handling, and behavior during vetting
• Notify RelayForge promptly if a vetted tool changes materially after certification
• Not transfer, sell, or misrepresent Carapace credentials issued to your agents
• Not attempt to register agents under false pretenses or bypass the vetting process
• Not use the ARIA registry to facilitate access to tools that violate this AUP

05. Reporting Violations

If you become aware of a violation of this AUP — including tools in the ARIA registry behaving contrary to their stated capabilities, or RelayForge Services being used to bypass industrial safety controls — please report it immediately:

• Security issues: security@relayforge.tools
• AUP violations: trust@relayforge.tools
• Clawmark / ARIA integrity: registry@relayforge.tools

We take all reports seriously and will investigate promptly. Reports may be made anonymously.

06. Enforcement & Consequences

Violations of this AUP may result in the following actions at RelayForge's sole discretion:

RelayForge reserves the right to investigate suspected violations and may suspend access during investigation to protect the platform and its users. We will attempt to notify you of enforcement actions except where doing so would compromise an investigation or is prohibited by law.

07. Changes to This Policy

We may update this AUP as the platform evolves. Material changes will be communicated via email and posted here with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of the revised AUP.

Questions or concerns: trust@relayforge.tools