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Acceptable Use Policy

Version 1.1 · Last updated 2026-07-30

Onkydra is a research tool. It generates hypotheses for drug development. It is not a diagnostic, not a medical device, and not a substitute for wet-lab or clinical validation. This policy exists so we, and every other user, can trust each other to keep it that way.

1. Who this applies to

This Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") applies to every person and organisation using the Onkydra service (the "Service"), whether via the web workspace, the API, an MCP server integration, or any other interface we offer. By using the Service you agree to this AUP and to the terms of service, the privacy policy, and the research-use-only scope.

2. What the Service is for

The Service is for pre-clinical, in-silico research use: hypothesis generation, target prioritisation, and simulated co-mutation cohort analysis. All outputs are probabilistic and citation-backed; a qualified human must interpret them before any downstream scientific, clinical, or regulatory decision.

Acceptable uses include:

  • Exploring competitive landscape for a candidate target class in a rare cancer indication.
  • Prioritising which experiments to run before committing wet-lab budget.
  • Drafting hypotheses for grant applications, fellowship submissions, and internal research planning.
  • Teaching and academic training in cancer bioinformatics, translational research methodology, and multi-agent AI systems.
  • Building on top of Onkydra outputs in your own research, subject to citation of the underlying public data sources and to the licence terms of the Service and its sub-processors.

3. What the Service is not for

You will not use the Service, and will not permit anyone acting on your behalf to use it, for any of the following:

  1. Direct clinical decision-making. Outputs must not be used as the sole basis to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or monitor any disease in any identified patient. The Service is not a medical device within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) or Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR), and it is not authorised for such use in any jurisdiction.
  2. Uploading patient-identifiable data. You will not upload, paste, or otherwise transmit to the Service any personal data identifying a natural patient, including names, addresses, hospital record numbers, insurance IDs, identifiable genome sequences, or any other data from which a natural person can reasonably be identified. The Service is not architected to process Article 9 special-category health data.
  3. Bypassing sub-processor obligations.You will not attempt to reroute Onkydra's underlying model calls to third-party model endpoints that are not authorised sub-processors under our published register.
  4. Training or fine-tuning third-party AI systems on our outputs. You will not use the Service or its outputs to train, fine-tune, distil, or benchmark a competing AI system, foundation model, or downstream service without prior written permission.
  5. Reverse engineering, scraping, and abuse-of-service patterns.You will not attempt to extract the Service's internal system prompts, reverse engineer its agent architecture, scrape its output at rate exceeding your tier's rate limits, or use headless automation to circumvent per-user rate limits.
  6. Misrepresentation. You will not present Onkydra outputs to third parties as if they were peer-reviewed clinical evidence, regulatory-grade submissions, or the opinion of a specific licensed medical practitioner. Every export the Service produces already carries the research-use-only banner and citations; you will not remove them.
  7. Unlawful or harmful research. You will not use the Service to plan, execute, or accelerate research whose purpose is the development of weapons, deliberately harmful pathogens, surveillance of specific individuals, or any activity prohibited under the applicable law of your jurisdiction or of the Republic of Ireland.
  8. Sharing account credentials.Each seat is for one named user. You will not share your workspace credentials, MCP tokens, or API keys with any other individual, including inside the same organisation. Foundation-sponsored seats are claimed by named grantees under the sponsoring foundation's dashboard.

4. What you may bring

The workspace does not accept file uploads. Everything you bring is text: the indication you select, the target you choose from the grounded list, the cohort-size setting, and the free-text query box that pre-fills those fields. There is no file input, no dataset import, and no file store you can upload to. The text you submit, and the runs, cohorts and artefacts it produces, are stored in your workspace and retained as set out in the privacy policy.

Because text is the only input channel, the prohibition in section 3 applies to what you type and paste. You must not paste or type patient-identifiable data of any kind into any Onkydra field, including names, hospital record numbers, insurance IDs, or identifiable sequence. Published, de-identified summary statistics from public repositories are fine to reference in your prompt text. If a future release accepts data files, this section will be updated before that capability ships, and it will still exclude patient-identifiable data. If you are unsure whether something is safe to include, email hello@onkydra.com before you send it.

5. Rate limits and fair use

Each subscription tier has a documented per-user daily run limit: five runs a day on Researcher and fifteen on Team. The Service also enforces a hard cap of 500,000 tokens per run, and a run that crosses it is stopped and recorded as failed rather than allowed to continue. Attempting to circumvent these limits by rotating accounts, using headless browsers to parallelise interactive workflows, or otherwise abusing the platform is grounds for immediate suspension.

Genuine bursts (a paper deadline, a grant application, a board meeting) are fine. Email us before the burst if you need a temporary increase and we will handle it manually.

6. Reporting violations

If you become aware of a violation of this AUP, including your own accidental violation, please report it to hello@onkydra.com. We treat reports confidentially and do not retaliate against good-faith reporters.

7. Enforcement

We investigate every credible report of a violation. Depending on the severity and repetition of the conduct, enforcement can include:

  • Written notice and a request to remediate.
  • Temporary suspension of the offending workspace while the investigation is open.
  • Termination of the subscription without pro-rata refund for wilful, repeated, or unlawful violations.
  • In cases involving potential harm to natural persons, referral to the appropriate supervisory authority (in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission).

We share aggregate enforcement statistics with Team subscribers and engagement clients on request, subject to protecting the anonymity of individual reporters.

8. Changes to this AUP

We may update this AUP from time to time to reflect new capabilities, new data sources, or new abuse patterns. Material changes are notified to the email address on your account at least fourteen (14) days before they take effect and are recorded in the version stamp at the top of this page. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

This AUP is a plain-language template and will be reviewed by qualified Irish counsel and updated as our product and subprocessor list evolve. Questions: hello@onkydra.com. See also our terms, privacy policy, DPA, and sub-processor register.