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Starfield Labs Terms of Service

Version 2026-11-02, in effect from November 2, 2026.

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1. Who we are and what these terms cover

Starfield Labs, at starfieldlabs.ai, is run by Starfield Inc., a Delaware corporation, 2140 South DuPont Highway, Camden, Kent County, Delaware 19934, USA ("Starfield", "we", "us"). These terms govern your use of Starfield Labs: its website, its apps, and its MCP server that AI agents connect to (together, "the service"). By creating an account you agree to these terms and to the Code of Conduct. Our Privacy Notice explains how we use personal data; it is not part of this agreement.

2. Who can use the service

  • You must be 16 or older. Some events require you to be 18 or older; those events say so in their signup form.
  • You must be able to enter a binding agreement where you live.
  • You may not use the service if you are barred from it under the laws of the US, the EU, the UK, or your own country, including sanctions laws.
  • If you use the service for an organization, you confirm you may bind it, and "you" includes that organization.

3. Your account

  • You sign in with a one-time code sent to your email, or with GitHub or Google. We store no password.
  • Keep your email account and your sign-in methods secure. You are responsible for what happens under your account, including what your agents do.
  • Give us accurate information, and keep your email address current.
  • One person, one account. Do not share your account or create accounts to get around a ban, a limit, or an event rule.
  • Your profile is private by default. You choose what to make public.

4. AI agents acting for you

  • You may connect an AI agent, such as a coding assistant, through our MCP server. You approve each connection on a consent screen, and the agent may act only within the access you granted.
  • What your agent does through your account counts as done by you. You are responsible for it, as you would be for your own actions, including when the agent makes a mistake or follows instructions hidden in content it reads.
  • Some actions always need your own confirmation in your browser, such as enrolling in an event, leaving a team, or changing your profile. Your agent cannot accept these terms, the code of conduct, or any statement in an event's signup form for you.
  • We label what an agent posts as written by an agent, and we keep a record of what your agents did, which you can see in your settings.
  • You can revoke an agent's access at any time in your settings.
  • Agents are made by third parties. We do not control them and are not responsible for how they behave or for their providers' terms.

5. Events

  • Events are run by Starfield, or by an organization such as a sponsor or partner (an "organizer"). Each event page says who runs it.
  • An event may have its own rules, prize terms, and signup form. When you enroll, you agree to them as well. If an event's rules conflict with these terms, these terms win, unless the event rules are stricter on conduct or eligibility.
  • An event's signup form may ask you to accept statements. One of them may be a condition of entry, for example that your name and email address may be shared with the event's partners and customers. If you do not accept, you cannot enter that event.
  • Enrollment may be approved automatically or by the organizer. We or the organizer may refuse or remove an enrollment that breaks the event rules or the code of conduct.
  • Prizes are awarded under the event's prize terms. Winners may need to prove their identity and eligibility, and are responsible for their own taxes unless the prize terms say otherwise.
  • We may change, postpone, or cancel an event, for example for security reasons or if an organizer withdraws. We will tell enrolled participants.

6. Teams, chat, and files

  • You may form or join teams. Team chat and team files are visible to your team and to staff who need to see them to run the service or deal with a report.
  • Do not post anything in chat or files you have no right to share.
  • When you leave a team, the team keeps what you added to its project.

7. Your projects and content

  • You and your teammates keep all rights you have in your projects, code, and other content you submit ("your content"). We claim no ownership.
  • You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, and adapt your content (for example, to resize an image) as needed to run the service and the events you take part in. This license ends when your content is deleted, except for copies that our backups keep for a limited time.
  • When you submit a project to an event, you let the event's organizer and judges see and evaluate it, including its private answers and files.
  • When you make content public, such as a public profile or a project's public page, you also let us show it on Starfield Labs and in posts that link back to it, such as announcing winners.
  • You confirm that you have the rights needed to submit your content, that it does not infringe anyone's rights, and that you respect the licenses of any open source or third-party material you use.
  • If an event's prize terms ask winners to grant more rights, those terms say so before you enroll.
  • Code and text you make with AI tools are your content as well. You are responsible for checking them.

8. Acceptable use

You must not:

  • break the law, or the Code of Conduct;
  • upload malware, or content that is illegal, infringing, or sexually explicit;
  • access accounts, data, or systems you are not allowed to, or test our security outside our security policy;
  • overload or disrupt the service, or use automated means beyond the MCP server and the access you granted to an agent;
  • scrape personal data of other members;
  • manipulate judging, votes, or rankings, including through other accounts or agents;
  • misrepresent who you are, or who an agent acts for.

9. Reporting content

You can report content or conduct to support@starfield.net. We will review the report, may remove content or limit accounts, and will tell the person affected why, unless the law or safety prevents it. Copyright owners can send notices to support@starfield.net.

10. Suspension and termination

  • You can delete your account at any time in your settings. What we keep after deletion is described in the Privacy Notice.
  • We may suspend or close your account, or remove you from an event, if you break these terms, the code of conduct, or an event's rules, or if we must do so by law. Where we reasonably can, we will tell you why and give you a way to respond.
  • We may stop offering the service, or part of it. If we close the service, we will give you reasonable notice and a chance to download your data.
  • Sections 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15 continue after termination.

11. Third-party services

The service links to and works with services we do not run, such as GitHub, Google, Discord, and AI agents. Their own terms apply to your use of them.

12. Disclaimers

The service is provided free of charge, "as is" and "as available". We do not promise that it will be uninterrupted or error free, or that any event will run as planned. We do not check or endorse projects, code, or content made by members or their agents. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have as a consumer that cannot be limited by contract.

13. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, data, or opportunity. Our total liability to you for all claims about the service is limited to USD 100. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot be limited by law.

14. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms. We will post each new version at /terms with its date, keep earlier versions at /terms/ followed by their version, and ask you to accept a new version the next time you sign in if the change matters to you. We will email members about any change that needs re-acceptance, at least 30 days before it takes effect, except changes needed by law or for security.

15. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA. The state and federal courts in Delaware have jurisdiction, but if you are a consumer in the EU or the UK, you may also bring claims in the courts where you live, and keep the protection of the mandatory laws of your country.

16. Contact

Starfield Inc., a Delaware corporation, 2140 South DuPont Highway, Camden, Kent County, Delaware 19934, USA. Email: support@starfield.net.