Terms of Service

1. THE FUNDAMENTAL COVENANT

This Terms of Service Agreement ("Agreement") constitutes a definitive and binding contract between the User ("you", "your", "Licensee") and Bothive ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). By initializing an account, deploying an autonomous agent via the Pulse Engine, or executing HiveLang script (collectively, the "Services"), you irrevocably manifest your assent to these terms. If you do not agree to the full extent of this Agreement, you are prohibited from accessing the infrastructure.

2. AUTONOMOUS AGENT LIABILITY & EXECUTION

Bothive is a **Passive Infrastructure Provider**. We provide the orchestration layer (the "Pulse Engine") and the domain-specific language ("HiveLang") to facilitate the deployment of autonomous software entities ("Agents").

**The "BotHive is the Pipe" Rule:** You acknowledge that Agents operate with varying degrees of autonomy based on the HiveLang scripts *provided by you*. Bothive does not curate, audit, or supervise the specific logic executed by your Agents.

• Absolute Agency: You are the sole principal for all Agents deployed under your Account. Every API call, every email sent, every database entry modified, and every destructive action taken by an Agent is legally attributed to YOU.
• Integration Responsibility: If an Agent logs into your GitHub, Google, or Notion account and deletes data, Bothive bears zero liability. You assume 100% of the risk associated with granting AI-driven Agents write access to third-party accounts.
• Financial Liability: You are responsible for all costs incurred by Agent activity, including third-party API usage fees (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Cloud) billed through your connected adapters.

3. THE HIVE STORE & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Bothive provides a marketplace for Agents and HiveLang Templates.

• Ownership: You retain ownership of the HiveLang scripts you author. However, by publishing to the Hive Store, you grant Bothive a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, distribute, modify, and display said content.
• Platform Rights: Bothive owns all rights, title, and interest in the Pulse Engine, the HiveLang syntax, the "Bothive" brand, and all underlying neural network optimizations. You are granted a limited, revocable license to use these for Agent deployment only.

4. INDEMNIFICATION: THE "SHIELD" CLAUSE

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Bothive, its parent companies, subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, and employees (the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all claims, suits, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with:

1. Your deployment of any Agent that causes damage, data loss, or financial harm to a third party.
2. Any defamatory, illegal, or infringing content generated or distributed by your Agent.
3. The unauthorized use of credentials (API Keys, OAuth tokens) stored within your Bothive Workspace.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (MAXIMUM PROTECTION)

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BOTHIVE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES.

**CAP ON DAMAGES:** OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY YOU TO BOTHIVE IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00), WHICHEVER IS LESS.

6. NO FIDUCIARY DUTY

Bothive is an automation tool only. No professional, fiduciary, or confidential relationship is established between you and Bothive. We are not your legal advisors, financial assistants, or business partners.

7. ACCEPTABLE USE & PLATFORM SECURITY

Your usage is governed by our strict Acceptable Use Policy. Any attempt to use Bothive for the development of malware, phishing agents, or "Black Box" financial manipulation is grounds for immediate termination without refund.

8. GOVERNING LAW & ARBITRATION

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising from this Agreement that cannot be settled amicably shall be settled by final and binding arbitration as described in our detailed Arbitration Addendum.

9. TERMINATION OF SERVICES

We reserve the right to "Kill Switch" any Agent or terminate any Account that we deem, in our sole discretion, to pose a threat to the platform, its users, or the public at large.