Terms of Use

Life Compass 2.0 beta · Effective September 24, 2026 · Updated October 11, 2026

These terms cover your use of the Life Compass 2.0 beta at beta.lifecompass.me. Life Compass is provided by Benjamin Richter. By creating an account, you agree to these terms and to the Privacy Policy.

The beta

Life Compass 2.0 is in beta. It is a working product, but features will change, some will be added or removed over time, and there may be interruptions or mistakes. We may change, pause or end the beta. If we end it, we'll give you reasonable notice and a way to download your data.

Your account

You must be at least 13 years old, and old enough to agree to these terms where you live, to create an account. Give us accurate information, keep your password private, and tell us right away if you think someone else is using your account. You're responsible for what happens in your account.

Your content

What you put in Life Compass, and what you connect to it, stays yours. You give us permission to store, process, copy and display it, and to send the relevant parts to the AI provider you choose, only as needed to run the service for you. We do not sell your content, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models. You're responsible for what you add, including files you attach, and for having the right to add it.

Connected sources

After you turn on AI, you can connect your email and calendars (Google or Microsoft) and Plaud recordings, and you can disconnect at any time. Life Compass asks for read-only access: it never sends, deletes, files or drafts your email and never changes your calendar. Providers set their own rules and can change or remove access. Life Compass is not affiliated with Google, Microsoft or Plaud. Disconnecting stops new collection; what was already imported stays in your history until you ask us to delete it (see “Ending your account”).

Availability can be limited. Google connections are limited to approved testers while Google's verification is pending, and you can request access in the app. Microsoft personal accounts work; work or school accounts may need an IT administrator's approval. Connecting a work or school account may share your employer's information with Life Compass and your AI provider, which may break your employer's rules. Check first. You are responsible for having the right to connect an account.

AI features, your account and your costs

AI features are off until the owner of a workspace turns them on, after reading a consent screen. Once on, the morning brief and evening review run automatically at the times chosen, until paused or until you remove your AI key, and you can also run them yourself.
AI features run on an AI account that you supply: an Anthropic API key, an OpenRouter account or an OpenAI API key. Life Compass does not provide AI compute. You are responsible for that account, its terms with the provider and all charges it incurs, including charges from automatic briefings, chat and any retries. Life Compass does not charge for AI or mark it up.
You must have the right to use the key you give us, and you must keep it secure. Do not give us a key that belongs to someone else or an account whose terms prohibit this use. We store your key encrypted and use it only for your workspace. If you remove or replace it, we stop using it. A Claude.ai or ChatGPT subscription login is not supported.
Life Compass shows estimates and measured costs and lets you set a limit for one routine and for the month; chat counts toward the monthly limit. It stops a routine before it goes over a limit and does not publish a partial brief. These are controls we apply in good faith, not guarantees: estimates can be wrong, a request already sent can finish and be billed, and your provider's invoice is what counts. Set your own spending limit with your provider too.
AI output can be incomplete, outdated or wrong. Check anything important, such as a deadline, an amount or a name, against the original before relying on it. A briefing may miss things in your email or calendar.
Providers can change prices, models and terms, or refuse requests, and we may change which models Life Compass uses. You are responsible for following your AI provider's usage policy.

Fair use

Use Life Compass lawfully. Don't try to access other people's accounts or data, interfere with or overload the service, get around its security or limits, or use it to store or share anything illegal or harmful. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these rules or puts the service or other people at risk.

Keep your own copies

Life Compass is a planning tool, not a guaranteed archive. Download a copy of your data from time to time (Settings → Support and privacy → Your data), and don't rely on Life Compass as your only record of important information. Copies of your connected email and calendars can be out of date or incomplete; the originals stay with their providers.

No warranty

To the extent the law allows, Life Compass is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, including that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or fit for a particular purpose.

Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, Benjamin Richter will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for lost data, profits, opportunities, missed appointments or deadlines, AI-provider charges, or decisions you make using Life Compass output, arising from your use of the beta. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have that can't be waived.

Ending your account

You can stop using Life Compass at any time. To close your account and delete its data, including any imported source copies, email benjirichter53@gmail.com.

Changes and contact

We may update these terms as the beta develops. If a change is significant, we'll tell you before it takes effect. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Questions: Benjamin Richter, benjirichter53@gmail.com.