You may not share your login or make your account available to others, and you answer for its activity
You may not share your Account login information, Anthropic API key or Account credentials with anyone else, and you may not make your Account available to anyone else. You are responsible for all activity under your Account. If you become aware of unauthorized access to your Account, you agree to tell Anthropic immediately by emailing support@anthropic.com.
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You may not share your Account login information, Anthropic API key, or Account credentials with anyone else.
You also may not make your Account available to anyone else.
You are responsible for all activity occurring under your Account, and you agree to notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized access to your Account by sending an email to support@anthropic.com.
Qualifications & exceptions
Responsibility for all activity under the Account is stated without an exception for unauthorized access; the duty to report applies once you become aware of it.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No scraping, and no bots or scripts except through an Anthropic API Key or with explicit permission
You may not crawl, scrape or otherwise harvest data or information from the Services except as the Terms permit. You also may not access the Services through automated or non-human means, such as a bot or script, unless you are accessing them through an Anthropic API Key or Anthropic otherwise explicitly permits it.
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You may not access or use, or help another person to access or use, our Services in the following ways:
To crawl, scrape, or otherwise harvest data or information from our Services other than as permitted under these Terms.
Except when you are accessing our Services via an Anthropic API Key or where we otherwise explicitly permit it, to access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 13 says that if you breach Section 3, you agree Anthropic may seek injunctive relief without proving actual damage or posting a bond.
Use of an Anthropic API key is itself governed by the separate Commercial Terms of Service, as the opening of these Terms states.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No hacking, deception, malware, spam, DDoS, or bypassing Anthropic's protections
You may not use the Services, the Materials or the Actions to obtain unauthorized access to any system or information, or to deceive any person. You also must not abuse, harm, interfere with or disrupt the Services, for example by introducing viruses or malware, spamming or DDoSing the Services, or bypassing any of Anthropic's systems or protective measures.
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You may not access or use, or help another person to access or use, our Services in the following ways:
To use our Services, the Materials, or the Actions to obtain unauthorized access to any system or information, or to deceive any person.
You also must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our Services, including, for example, introducing viruses or malware, spamming or DDoSing Services, or bypassing any of our systems or protective measures.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 13 says that if you breach Section 3, you agree Anthropic may seek injunctive relief without proving actual damage or posting a bond.
The listed malware, spam, DDoS and bypass examples illustrate the disruption ban; they are not a complete list.