# Acceptable Use Policy

> What shedix machines can't be used for: mining, attacks, abuse of others, illegal content, getting around limits.

Last updated: 3 November 2026

shedix machines are real computers on the internet, run on Google Cloud. Use them for building and running software
for yourself or your team: coding agents, development, tests, previews and similar work. Don't use them, or let an
agent you run use them, to do any of the following.

## Not allowed

- **Mining** cryptocurrency, or other work whose point is to burn compute (proof-of-work, plotting, and the like).
- **Attacks:** scanning, probing or attacking networks or systems you don't own or have written permission to test;
  denial of service; sending or relaying traffic to hide where it comes from (open proxies, VPN or Tor exit nodes for
  others).
- **Abuse of others:** spam or bulk email, phishing, malware or command-and-control servers, credential stuffing,
  scraping that ignores a site's limits or terms.
- **Illegal content:** anything illegal where you are or in the United States, including child sexual abuse material,
  which we report to the authorities.
- **Getting around limits:** several accounts to get more free credit or higher limits, sharing an account, or
  reselling shedix machines as a hosting service without our written agreement.
- **Breaking other providers' terms** that apply to what you run, including Google Cloud's Acceptable Use Policy and
  the terms of the agents you sign in to (for example Anthropic's for Claude Code and OpenAI's for Codex).
- Harming shedix itself: probing our API or infrastructure for weaknesses outside a good-faith report (send those to
  support@shedix.dev), or interfering with other people's machines.

## Public preview links

Preview links are public. Don't put anything behind one that would break this policy, and don't use them to host a
public service for others.

## What we do

We may look at a machine's running processes and network traffic patterns (not your files or sign-ins) when we see
signs of abuse, such as an attack report from Google. When something breaks this policy we may put machines to sleep,
suspend the account or delete machines, depending on how serious it is, and we'll tell you unless the law or safety
stops us. We cooperate with lawful requests from authorities.

Report abuse of a shedix machine to support@shedix.dev.