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Terms of Use

Last updated: June 23, 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to the Scout software — the Claude Code plugin and the companion apps for macOS, iOS, and Android — and to this project's website (together, “Scout”), published by the Raven Scout contributors (“we”, “us”, or “the project”). By installing or using Scout, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use Scout.

1. Scout is free and open-source

Scout is provided free of charge as open-source software. Your rights to use, copy, modify, and distribute the source code are granted by the applicable open-source license in each repository (the MIT License). Where these Terms and the license differ as to the code, the license controls for the code; these Terms cover your use of Scout as a running tool and service-free product.

2. What Scout is — and what it is not

Scout runs on your own computer, under your own accounts and credentials, and helps you organize information from the tools you connect. Scout surfaces and summarizes information; it does not make decisions for you. Its output can be incomplete or wrong. You are responsible for reviewing anything Scout produces before relying or acting on it. Scout does not provide legal, financial, medical, or other professional advice.

3. Your responsibilities

By using Scout, you agree that you are responsible for:

• Your accounts and costs. Scout operates through your own Claude Code / Anthropic configuration and the third-party tools you connect. Any usage fees, API costs, or charges from Anthropic or those providers are yours.
• Your data and your machine. Scout writes to files on your device and to your own git history. Keeping that machine, those files, and any credentials secure is up to you. Back up anything you cannot afford to lose.
• Following others' rules. You must use Scout in compliance with applicable laws and with the terms of service of every tool you connect to it (e.g. Slack, Google, GitHub, Linear, Anthropic). Do not use Scout to access data you are not authorized to access, or to do anything unlawful or that infringes others' rights.

4. Third-party services and no affiliation

Scout integrates with third-party services and runs on Anthropic's Claude. Those services are controlled by their respective providers and governed by their own terms and privacy policies; we are not responsible for them. Scout is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, Microsoft, Slack, Google, Linear, GitHub, or any other company. All product names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to describe interoperability.

5. No warranty

Scout is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that Scout will be accurate, uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.

6. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Raven Scout contributors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) Scout — even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Because Scout is provided free of charge, our total liability for any claim relating to Scout is limited to the amount you paid for it, which is zero.

7. Your statutory rights and local-law limits

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages. In those places, the disclaimers and limitations in Sections 5 and 6 apply only to the extent permitted by law, and nothing in these Terms removes or reduces any mandatory rights you have as a consumer — including the statutory rights of consumers in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Where a mandatory consumer-protection law gives you greater rights than these Terms, that law prevails.

8. Governing law

Scout is a free, unincorporated open-source project with no single jurisdiction, and we do not assert a specific governing law or exclusive venue. Any dispute will be governed by the mandatory laws applicable to you, and these Terms are intended to be valid and enforceable in both the United States and the European Union to the extent the law allows.

9. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as Scout evolves. Material changes will be reflected by a revised “Last updated” date above, and the full history is preserved in the repository's git log. Your continued use of Scout after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

10. Contact

Scout has no hosted support desk. For questions about these Terms, open an issue at github.com/Raven-Scout/scout-plugin/issues. See also our Privacy Policy.