These Terms of Service govern your use of the website located at https://www.cognition.run and any related services provided by Cognition.
By accessing https://www.cognition.run, you agree to abide by these Terms of Service and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using or accessing this website or using any other services provided by Cognition.
We, Cognition, reserve the right to review and amend any of these Terms of Service at our sole discretion. Upon doing so, we will update this page. Any changes to these Terms of Service will take effect immediately from the date of publication.
These Terms of Service were last updated on 16 April 2026.
By using this website, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and other parties you represent that you will not:
The intellectual property in the materials contained in this website are owned by or licensed to Cognition and are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. We grant our users permission to download one copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory use.
This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or the Terms of Service, and may be terminated by Cognition at any time.
Cognitive is a platform that is intended to allow users to host online experiments. Its purpose is to support the field of Cognitive Science. Content and form of experiments are the sole responsibility of the user; however, we reserve the right to exclude users from the platform if they are in violation of what we determine to be fair and responsible use. This includes but is not limited to excessive, commercial or fraudulent activity and the distribution of inappropriate material.
You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership of your content, but we do require a license from you in order to use it.
When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share, or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your content. However, to the extent that we (or our partners) have used your content in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the license will continue until the relevant commercial or post has been discontinued by us.
Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an 'as is' basis. To the extent permitted by law, Cognition makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property, or other violation of rights.
In no event shall Cognition or its suppliers be liable for any consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this website, even if Cognition or an authorized representative has been notified, orally or in writing, of the possibility of such damage.
In the context of this agreement, “consequential loss” includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity, or otherwise.
Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. Cognition does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to this website.
Cognition has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, approval, or control by Cognition of the site. Use of any such linked site is at your own risk and we strongly advise you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those sites.
Cognition provides programmatic access to its services through application programming interfaces (API), including the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Use of these interfaces is subject to these Terms of Service and any additional usage guidelines we may publish.
Access to the API and MCP requires authentication via OAuth tokens or Personal Access Tokens (PATs). You are solely responsible for safeguarding your authentication credentials. You must not share, publish, or embed your tokens in publicly accessible code, repositories, or client-side applications. If you believe your credentials have been compromised, you must revoke them immediately through your account settings.
Any action performed through the API or MCP using your authentication credentials — whether initiated by you directly, by a third-party application you have authorized, or by an AI agent acting on your behalf — is considered your action and is subject to these Terms of Service. You are fully responsible for all activity that occurs under your account through automated or programmatic access, including but not limited to creating, modifying, or deleting tasks, experiments, data, and collaborator relationships.
When you authorize a third-party application to access your Cognition account via OAuth, you grant that application permission to act on your behalf within the scope of the permissions you approve. Third-party applications are governed by their own terms of service and privacy policies. Cognition is not responsible for the behavior, data handling practices, or reliability of any third-party application. You should review the terms and privacy policy of any third-party application before granting it access to your account.
We may impose rate limits, request quotas, or other usage restrictions on API and MCP access to ensure the stability and availability of our services. You must not attempt to circumvent these limits. Excessive or abusive use of the API or MCP — including but not limited to automated scraping, denial-of-service behavior, or actions that degrade the experience for other users — constitutes a violation of these Terms of Service.
Cognition reserves the right to revoke or restrict API and MCP access at any time, without prior notice, if we determine that your usage violates these Terms of Service, threatens the security or stability of our platform, or infringes upon the rights of other users. You may revoke access granted to third-party applications at any time through the Connected Apps section in your account settings.
If your experiment collects Protected Health Information (PHI) — defined as health-related information (medical, psychiatric, psychological, physiological, or clinical data) combined with identifiers traceable to real people — you are solely responsible for classifying the experiment as PHI-protected using the PHI declaration system provided by Cognition.
Cognition provides the PHI declaration mechanism as a reasonable technical safeguard to prevent accidental exposure of PHI through MCP and API. However, Cognition does not independently review, audit, or verify the nature of data collected by your experiments. The accuracy of the PHI classification rests entirely with you.
If you fail to classify an experiment as PHI-protected and participant data containing PHI is subsequently accessed by a connected AI client through MCP or API, you bear sole responsibility for any resulting exposure, regulatory consequences, or harm. Cognition's liability in such cases is limited to the extent described in the “Liability” section of these Terms.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cognition, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with:
This indemnification obligation survives the termination of your account and these Terms of Service.
We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Service.
Any term of these Terms of Service which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Service is not affected.
These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Spain. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.