Terms of Service

Last updated: May 2, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Becki — the macOS application, the becki.io website, the becki-mcp server, and related services (collectively, the "Service") — provided by [FILL-IN: legal entity name] ("Becki", "we", "us"). By creating an account, downloading the application, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. The Service

Becki is a professional memory platform for knowledge workers. It captures meeting audio (locally), extracts structured memory (decisions, dead-ends, commitments, open-loops), and makes that memory available across the AI tools you use (Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc.) via Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP). See the Privacy Policy for what data flows where.

Becki is currently in private beta. Features, pricing, and capabilities may change as we develop the product. The Service is provided to approved testers under these Terms.

2. Eligibility and account

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) to use the Service.
You must provide accurate registration information and keep it current.
You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and for all activity under your account.
You must promptly notify us of any unauthorized access at security@becki.io.
You are responsible for the conduct of any AI tool you connect to your Becki account via MCP.

3. Acceptable use

Your use of the Service is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. In short, you may not use the Service to:

Record any person without obtaining the consent required by applicable law in the jurisdiction(s) of every meeting participant.
Process content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, harassing, or rights-violating.
Probe, scan, or attempt to compromise the security of the Service or any related infrastructure.
Resell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute the Service or its components without written permission.
Reverse-engineer or decompile parts of the Service except to the extent permitted by applicable law.

3.1 Recording consent is your responsibility

Important. Recording laws vary by jurisdiction. Some U.S. states (California, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington and others) require all-party consent; many countries require it as well. Becki captures audio when you tell it to — it does not announce that recording is in progress. You are solely responsible for obtaining the consent of every meeting participant before recording. Becki is not a "Notetaker bot" and does not represent itself to other attendees. Failure to obtain consent may expose you to civil and criminal liability under wiretapping or surveillance statutes — Becki is not liable for your failure to obtain it.

4. Your content and ownership

You own your content. Meeting transcripts, summaries, decisions, dead-ends, commitments, notes, and other materials you create or capture using the Service belong to you.
You grant Becki a limited license to host, store, transmit, process, display back to you, and route to the AI providers and AI tools you authorize, only to the extent necessary to provide the Service to you. We do not use your content to train AI models, advertise to you, or for any other purpose.
Aggregated, de-identified analytics. We may compute aggregated usage metrics (e.g. "average vault size", "p50 query latency") that cannot be tied back to any individual user, for product improvement and capacity planning.
You retain rights against third parties. If a third party requests your content from us via legal process, we will, where lawful and reasonable, notify you so you can object on your own behalf.

5. AI providers and routing

Becki integrates two categories of AI provider — they are governed differently and you should understand which you're using.

5.1 Embedding generation (Voyage AI) — always Becki-managed

All vector embeddings (of vault content and of your queries) are generated by Voyage AI. Calls go server-side from Becki's voyage-embed edge function using Becki's API key, subject to per-user usage caps. Voyage is not available as BYOK — the embedding architecture (model choice, dimensionality, query/document modes, chunking strategy, shared cache) is part of the Service. You do not need a separate Voyage account; we pay for Voyage usage. Voyage acts as Becki's data processor.

5.2 Generative AI (Anthropic Claude) — Becki-managed OR BYOK

Generative calls (extraction of structured memory from transcripts, summarization, semantic reranking, prose synthesis) use Anthropic's Claude family. Two routing modes apply, set in Settings → Providers:

Becki-managed (default). The HTTP request goes from your Mac to Becki's claude-proxy edge function, which forwards to Anthropic using Becki's API key. We pay Anthropic; you pay nothing for the inference. Per-user usage caps apply. In this mode, Anthropic acts as Becki's data processor and contractually does not use your content to train its models.
Bring-your-own-key (BYOK). If you supply your own Anthropic API key in Settings, the HTTP request goes directly from your Mac to api.anthropic.com using your key. Becki's servers never see the request. In this mode, Anthropic is your processor under your separate agreement with Anthropic; Becki is not party to that relationship and has no visibility into the calls beyond Settings remembering you opted in. You are responsible for the security of your key and for any usage charged to it. Any keys you provide are stored in your system Keychain and never transmitted to Becki.

5.3 AI tools you connect via MCP — entirely on your end

When you install Becki's MCP server into an AI tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, etc.), that tool reads from your synced vault on your behalf. The AI inference performed by that tool happens entirely between you and the tool's provider — Becki only serves the retrieved vault chunks. The AI provider relationship for the tool is yours, not Becki's. We have no visibility into prompts the tool sends to its provider beyond the vault chunks it requests from us.

6. Software license (EULA)

Your use of the Becki desktop application is also governed by the End User License Agreement (EULA), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. The EULA grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the application on devices you own or control, subject to its terms.

7. Beta status, feedback, and pricing

The Service is currently in private beta and provided free of charge to approved testers. Beta features may be incomplete, change without notice, or be removed.

We may introduce paid plans in the future. If we do, we will notify you in advance and provide reasonable opportunity to choose whether to subscribe. You will not be auto-enrolled into a paid plan without your explicit consent.

Any feedback, suggestions, or ideas you provide about the Service may be used by Becki without restriction or compensation, subject to Section 4 (we still don't use the underlying content of your meetings/vault for product improvement; this clause covers comments you write to us in support emails, surveys, etc.).

8. Third-party services

The Service interoperates with third-party services (AI providers, calendar, source-control hosts, AI coding tools via MCP). Your use of those services is governed by their own terms, not by Becki. Becki is not responsible for, and does not control, third-party services. See /subprocessors for the current list of third parties Becki uses to operate the Service.

9. Intellectual property

Becki and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to the Service, including the application, the website, branding, designs, the BECKI Retrieval Pipeline (BRP), the Memory Provenance Graph (MPG), the Cross-Tool Memory Protocol (CTMP), Trigger-Driven Briefing (TDB), and all other software components. Nothing in these Terms transfers any ownership to you. The Becki name and marks may not be used without prior written permission.

We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe content accessible through the Service infringes your copyright, contact legal@becki.io with the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) (DMCA takedown notice).

10. Privacy

Our handling of personal data is governed by the Privacy Policy, incorporated here by reference.

11. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT AI-GENERATED OUTPUTS WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR FREE OF HALLUCINATION. YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Becki uses third-party AI models that may produce inaccurate, biased, or otherwise unexpected output. You are responsible for verifying any AI-generated content before relying on it for consequential decisions. Becki's "memory, not hallucination" design goal reflects an architectural intent, not a guarantee — retrieval and synthesis can still produce errors.

12. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BECKI AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE — WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT BECKI HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BECKI'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES YOU PAID TO BECKI IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). FOR USERS ON FREE BETA PLANS, ITEM (B) GOVERNS.

Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion of certain warranties or limitation of certain damages. To the extent the above limitations are not enforceable in your jurisdiction, they apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Becki and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, (b) your violation of applicable law (including recording-consent statutes), (c) your content, (d) your use of the Service in a manner not authorized by these Terms, or (e) your gross negligence or willful misconduct.

14. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service if you violate these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, or if continued provision of the Service would expose Becki to legal or security risk.

On termination: cloud-synced data is deleted within 30 days of an account-deletion request. Your local data on your devices remains on your devices unless you delete it.

15. Changes to the Service and these Terms

We may modify the Service or these Terms from time to time. For material changes to these Terms, we will provide notice (in-app or by email) and an opportunity to review before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

16. Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of [FILL-IN: governing-law jurisdiction, e.g. "the State of California, U.S.A., excluding its conflict-of-laws principles"]. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in [FILL-IN: venue, e.g. "Santa Clara County, California"], and both parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

[FILL-IN OPTIONAL: arbitration clause if you want one — many U.S. SaaS terms include a binding arbitration + class-action waiver. Consult a lawyer before adding; enforceability varies by jurisdiction.]

17. Miscellaneous

Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the EULA, the Acceptable Use Policy, and the Subprocessor list constitute the entire agreement between you and Becki regarding the Service.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect.
Waiver. A failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a corporate reorganization, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Notices. Notices to you may be sent to the email on your account. Notices to Becki must be sent to legal@becki.io.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms: legal@becki.io. General support: hello@becki.io. Postal: [FILL-IN: business mailing address].