Terms of Service
Effective date: April 22, 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the InferLane platform, including the @inferlane/mcp package, the Claude Code plugin, any web applications at inferlane.dev or inferlane.com.au, the command-line tools, and the peer-to-peer inference network (collectively, the "Service"). By installing the plugin, running the daemon, creating an account, or using any part of the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. Who we are
The Service is operated by InferLane, operated by its founder as a sole trader in Victoria, Australia ("we", "us", "InferLane"). Operational contact: support@inferlane.dev. Legal notices: legal@inferlane.dev.
2. Who can use the Service
You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction. The Service is not directed at, and may not be used by, anyone under 18.
The Service is not available in countries or to persons subject to comprehensive sanctions imposed by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom, or Australia. If you use the Service on behalf of a company or organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
3. Accounts and security
You are responsible for:
- Keeping your credentials secure.
- Reporting suspected compromises to
security@inferlane.devwithin 72 hours of discovery. - All activity under your account until you report it compromised.
We may suspend or terminate access in response to security incidents, suspected fraud, or violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree to comply with our Acceptable Use Policy at all times. You also agree not to use the Service to generate content that violates the acceptable-use policies of the underlying AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and others), to circumvent rate limits or spend caps, to reverse-engineer the Service, or to resell or redistribute access without our written permission. Violations may result in termination for cause and forfeiture of credits as described in Section 6.
5. Operators
If you register as an operator running the InferLane node daemon, the Operator Agreement also applies to you. Operators are independent contractors, bear their own legal risk, and indemnify InferLane as described in that agreement.
6. Credits and payments
The Service uses an internal credit system ("Credits") consumed based on actual usage routed through the platform, per our published rate tables. Credits are subject to expiry and balance caps documented in the Operator Agreement and the service dashboard.
Credits do not convert to cash. InferLane does not offer, and has no present intention to offer, cash conversion, redemption, buy-back, or any other pathway by which Credits become dollars, euros, or any other currency or asset.
What Credits are NOT. For the avoidance of doubt, Credits:
- Are not securities, investment contracts, or financial instruments;
- Are not currency, legal tender, cryptocurrency, or a stablecoin;
- Are not a deposit or deposit-equivalent;
- Are not derivatives, futures, forwards, options, or swaps;
- Are not a claim on InferLane revenue, assets, or profits;
- Carry no investment character, no expectation of appreciation, yield, or interest, and have no value outside the Service;
- And do not convert to cash.
InferLane is not a bank, money transmitter, money services business, securities broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, exchange, or custodian, and does not hold itself out as providing financial, investment, tax, or legal advice.
Payments and refunds. Consumer payments are processed via Stripe or another licensed payment provider. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; cancellation is effective at the end of the current billing period. Subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by law. Purchased Credits are non-refundable once purchased, except where required by law, where the Service has failed in a material way, or as provided under Section 13 (Termination).
7. Intellectual property
Our IP: The Service (including the platform software, documentation, branding, and protocols) is owned by us. These Terms grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service as intended. No other rights are granted. Open-source components are governed by their respective licences.
Your content: You retain ownership of the prompts, responses, configurations, and other content you submit through the Service ("Your Content"). You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence to process Your Content solely to operate, maintain, and improve the Service. We do not use Your Content to train foundation models or to create derivative datasets.
Feedback: If you send us feedback, feature requests, or suggestions, you grant us the right to use that feedback without restriction or compensation.
8. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy describes what we collect, how we use it, and your rights. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
9. Third-party services
The Service routes inference through third-party providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and others) and may integrate with third-party tools (Stripe and others). Your use of those services is governed by their terms. We are not responsible for third-party acts, outages, or policies.
10. Warranties and disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT MODEL OUTPUTS WILL BE ACCURATE, APPROPRIATE, OR FREE FROM HARM.
11. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) USD $100 OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, OR GOODWILL.
12. Consumer guarantees
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy, or any guarantee, warranty, or other term or condition, implied or imposed by the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable law or non-excludable consumer guarantee that cannot lawfully be excluded. To the extent any provision of these Terms (including the warranty disclaimer in Section 10 and the liability limits in Section 11) would otherwise contravene a non-excludable consumer guarantee, that provision applies only to the extent permitted by that law, and our liability for breach of a non-excludable guarantee is limited, where the law permits, to resupplying the relevant service or paying the cost of having it resupplied.
13. Termination
Either party may terminate at any time:
- You: by closing your account and uninstalling our software.
- Us: by providing notice to the email associated with your account, either for cause (violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy) or for convenience.
Forfeiture only for cause. Credits are forfeited only where we terminate your account for cause. We will not forfeit your Credits on a termination for convenience.
Refund on convenience termination. If we terminate your account for our own convenience (and not for cause), we will refund the value of your unused purchased Credits through our payment processor. Any prepaid consumer balance held by our payment processor on your behalf is refunded by that processor per their published terms.
On termination your licence to use the Service ends. Provisions that by their nature survive termination (liability limits, indemnification, dispute resolution, IP ownership) survive.
14. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless InferLane and its officers, employees, agents, and contractors from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms or any law, your infringement of any third party's rights, or any content you submit, transmit, or process through the Service.
15. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms periodically. Material changes are announced at least 30 days before taking effect, by email and in the transparency report. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept, your remedy is to stop using the Service.
16. Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the courts of Victoria, Australia, except that either party may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction where mandatory local law overrides a contractual choice of law, that local law prevails to the extent required.
17. Export control and sanctions
You agree to comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws. You represent that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country or person subject to comprehensive sanctions as described in Section 2.
18. Miscellaneous
- Entire agreement: these Terms (together with the Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and Operator Agreement where applicable) constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
- Severability: if any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
- Assignment: you may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, sale, or reorganisation.
- No waiver: our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver.
19. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Contact us at legal@inferlane.dev.