Terms of Use — Chorus

In plain English

Chorus is a tool. AI is fallible. Commit your work to version control before running it.
The CLI engine is open source under Apache 2.0. Use it however you want, no warranty.
If something breaks — your code, your files, your weekend — we're not on the hook. You agreed to this when you used it.
Don't use Chorus to do illegal stuff or harm other people's systems. We can revoke access if you do.

1. Acceptance

By accessing the website at chorus.codes ("the Site") or downloading, installing, or running the Chorus software ("the Software"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Site or the Software.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and the Chorus team, based in Sydney, Australia ("we", "us", "our"), the operator of Chorus.

2. License

2.1 The CLI engine and daemon

The CLI orchestrator, local daemon, MCP server, and core libraries are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Your use of those components is governed by that license, which includes its own warranty disclaimer and limitation of liability — those terms control over anything inconsistent in this document for the open-source components.

2.2 The hosted services

Any cloud-hosted features we operate (the marketing site itself, the notify mailing list, future Pro/Teams tiers, the bundled-credits edge proxy, premium templates) are proprietary. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use those services in accordance with these Terms.

3. Acceptable use

You agree NOT to:

Use Chorus or the Site to violate any law or anyone else's rights.
Attempt to reverse-engineer, probe, or compromise our infrastructure.
Send abusive volumes of traffic, automated requests, or attempt to bypass rate limits.
Submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, infringing, or that you don't have rights to.
Use the Software to generate malware, harass other people, or operate critical infrastructure where AI errors could endanger life or property.
Misrepresent your identity, impersonate others, or scrape personal data through the Software.

We may suspend or revoke your access to any hosted service at any time, without notice, if you breach this section. The Apache 2.0 license governing the open-source components remains intact regardless.

4. Your responsibilities — read carefully

⚠ Always commit your work to version control before running Chorus.

Chorus runs on your local machine with the filesystem permissions you grant it. AI models can produce wrong, harmful, or destructive code. The single most important risk-reducer is: have a clean commit before you run any doer phase. We say this twice on the FAQ for a reason.

You are solely responsible for:

Reviewing every change Chorus proposes before accepting it.
Backing up your work and using version control (git or equivalent) before initiating any run that may modify files.
Configuring permission policies appropriate to your environment (e.g., never granting write access to production systems via Chorus).
The output, behavior, cost, and consequences of any AI model invoked through Chorus, including third-party CLIs.
Complying with the terms of any AI provider you authenticate Chorus to talk to (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, etc.).
Securing the credentials you give Chorus access to.

5. AI-generated output disclaimer

Chorus orchestrates third-party AI models. We do not produce, train, or control those models. Their output may be inaccurate, biased, offensive, copyright-infringing, or otherwise harmful. You are solely responsible for reviewing and validating any AI-generated content before using it, including code, documentation, configuration, or any other artifact.

We make no representation that AI output is correct, safe, fit for any particular purpose, or non-infringing. Treat every AI suggestion as untrusted input.

6. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SOFTWARE AND THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR ABSENCE OF ERRORS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECT WILL BE CORRECTED.

6.1 Australian Consumer Law

If you are a "consumer" within the meaning of the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) — the "ACL"), nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer guarantee, condition, warranty, right, or remedy implied or imposed by the ACL or any other applicable law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

To the extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of any non-excludable consumer guarantee under the ACL is limited, at our option, to:

in the case of services — supplying the services again, or paying the cost of having the services supplied again; and
in the case of goods — replacing the goods or supplying equivalent goods, repairing the goods, paying the cost of replacement or repair, or refunding the price you paid.

7. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO:

(a) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR THE SITE;
(b) ANY OUTPUT GENERATED BY ANY AI MODEL ROUTED THROUGH THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING INACCURATE, OFFENSIVE, INFRINGING, OR DESTRUCTIVE CODE;
(c) ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE SOFTWARE ON YOUR LOCAL FILESYSTEM, REPOSITORY, OR ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING DELETION, MODIFICATION, OR OVERWRITING OF FILES;
(d) LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF SOURCE CODE, COMMITS, BRANCHES, BUILD ARTIFACTS, OR ANY OTHER DATA;
(e) DOWNTIME, INTERRUPTION, RATE-LIMITING, OR DEGRADATION OF ANY HOSTED SERVICE;
(f) BEHAVIOR, OUTAGE, OR BREACH OF ANY THIRD-PARTY CLI, MODEL, API, OR SERVICE INVOKED BY THE SOFTWARE;
(g) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CREDENTIALS, ACCOUNTS, OR FILES;
(h) ANY COSTS OR CHARGES INCURRED WITH THIRD-PARTY AI PROVIDERS AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THE SITE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (ii) USD 100. FOR FREE-TIER USE, THIS CAP IS USD 100.

THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, employees, contractors, and contributors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

Your use or misuse of the Software or the Site.
Your violation of these Terms or any law.
Any content or code you submit, run, or generate through the Software.
Your infringement of any third party's rights.

9. Intellectual property

You retain all rights to your own code, prompts, and any output generated through the Software. We do not claim any ownership over your work. The "Chorus" name, logo, and brand assets are ours; please don't pass off forks or derivatives as official.

10. Third-party services

The Software relies on third-party CLIs, AI providers, and hosted services. Their availability, output, pricing, and terms are outside our control. Your use of those third parties is governed by their own terms — we recommend you read them.

11. Termination

You can stop using the Software at any time by uninstalling it. We can suspend or terminate your access to any hosted service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. The disclaimers, liability limits, indemnification, and IP sections survive termination.

12. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as the product evolves. Material changes will be announced on the Site and, where appropriate, by email to subscribers. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

13. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute, claim, or proceeding arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of Chorus will be resolved exclusively in the courts of New South Wales, Australia and the federal courts of Australia, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

The above is subject to any mandatory consumer-protection law (including the Australian Consumer Law) that gives you a non-excludable right to bring proceedings in your country of residence or before a particular tribunal.

14. Severability and entire agreement

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. These Terms (plus the Apache 2.0 license for the open-source components, the Privacy Policy, and the Cookie Policy) constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding Chorus.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms: [email protected].