Last Updated: June 10, 2026
By signing up for, accessing, or using the RunCabin platform ("Service"), you ("Customer") agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a business or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.
RunCabin (operated by Ryan Mergen, Baltimore, MD) provides a platform for designing, publishing, and hosting AI-agent-enabled websites. Each published site (a "Cabin") includes:
The Service does not hold or process funds on your behalf. If your Cabin sells products or accepts payments, you are responsible for connecting your own payment processor (Stripe or otherwise) and complying with that processor's terms.
3.1 Free Trial. New accounts receive a one-time grant of 450,000 Cabin tokens for design-time use of the AI builder. No credit card is required to use the free trial.
3.2 Publishing Fee. Publishing a Cabin to a live URL costs $9.99 USD per month, billed in advance via Stripe and beginning on the date your Cabin first goes live. This fee includes:
The $9.99/mo fee is launch pricing and may be increased on 30 days' written notice as described in Section 15.
3.3 Cabin Tokens & AI Usage. AI calls made by your Cabin's agent - chat conversations, image generations, and any other AI features - are metered in Cabin tokens and debited from your account balance in near real time. RunCabin pays the upstream model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, and others) and resells access at a margin disclosed on our pricing page. You are responsible for maintaining a positive Cabin token balance. If your balance reaches zero, AI features on your published Cabin will pause until the balance is topped up; the rest of the site (pages, images, web programs not requiring live AI) remains online.
Optional auto-refill is available: when enabled, your card on file is charged a pre-set amount when your balance crosses a threshold you choose. You can disable auto-refill at any time from your dashboard.
3.4 Domain Registration. If you ask RunCabin to register a domain on your behalf through our registrar partner, the registration fee is a one-time pass-through cost charged at our registrar's published price (typically $10-$25 per year depending on the TLD). RunCabin does not mark up domain registration. You remain the registrant of record; transferring the domain out is supported on request.
3.5 Refunds. Monthly publishing fees are non-refundable except as required by law or as expressly stated in Section 7.2. Cabin tokens purchased are non-refundable once consumed; unused tokens may be refunded at our discretion within 30 days of purchase. Domain registration fees are non-refundable once we have submitted the registration to the registrar.
3.6 Late Payment. If a monthly payment fails and is not cured within 7 days of written notice, RunCabin may suspend the Service (Cabin offline, AI agent disabled) until payment is received. Repeated failures may result in termination under Section 7.
3.7 Cancellation. You may cancel your subscription at any time at runcabin.com/cancel or by emailing hello@runcabin.com. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current billing period. Your Cabin's source-code repository is retained and remains available for ownership buyout after cancellation - see Section 8.4.
3.8 Repository Buyout. You may purchase full ownership of your Cabin's source-code repository at any time - while subscribed or after cancellation - for a one-time fee of $99.99 USD. See Section 8.4 for what the buyout includes and how to complete it. Customers whose subscriptions began before June 10, 2026 are exempt - see Section 8.6.
4.1 Accurate Information. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information when creating your account and to keep that information updated, including any registrant details required for domain registration.
4.2 Account Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials, the integrity of any GitHub repository transferred to you, and all activity that occurs under your account. RunCabin authenticates sign-in via first-party HttpOnly cookies (described in our Privacy Policy).
4.3 Third-Party Services. You are solely responsible for any third-party services you connect to your Cabin - payment processors, email senders, analytics, or others - including compliance with their respective terms.
The following are strictly prohibited on the RunCabin platform. Violation of any item in this section may result in immediate termination without refund.
RunCabin operates on shared infrastructure and its reputation directly affects the reliability of the platform for all customers. RunCabin reserves the right to immediately terminate your Cabin if, in RunCabin's sole reasonable judgment, your Cabin or conduct:
Termination under this section is termination for cause. No refund of any fees or unused Cabin tokens will be issued.
7.1 Termination for Cause. RunCabin may terminate your account immediately and without prior notice for violation of these Terms. No refund will be issued upon termination for cause.
7.2 Termination for Convenience. Either party may terminate the Service without cause at any time. RunCabin will provide a prorated refund of the current monthly publishing fee if RunCabin initiates termination without cause. You may cancel at any time per Section 3.7; partial-month refunds are not issued for customer-initiated cancellations.
7.3 Effect of Termination. Upon termination, your Cabin will be taken offline and its container, Postgres data, and uploaded media may be deleted after a reasonable retention period (typically 30 days). Your Cabin's source-code repository is retained by RunCabin and remains available for ownership buyout (Section 8.4) after termination. You are responsible for exporting any data you wish to retain prior to termination.
8.1 Your Content. You retain all ownership rights to content you create and upload to your Cabin. By using the Service, you grant RunCabin a limited, non-exclusive license to host, display, and back up your content solely for the purpose of operating your Cabin.
8.2 Your Cabin's Source Code. Each published Cabin's generated source code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, server-side code, the AGENTS.md contract, and configuration) is maintained in a private GitHub repository operated by RunCabin. While your subscription is active, RunCabin hosts and operates that code for you as part of the Service. You may purchase full ownership of the repository at any time through a Repository Buyout (one-time fee of $99.99, Section 3.8). Upon completion of a Repository Buyout, RunCabin transfers the repository to your GitHub account or organization and grants you a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, modify, copy, and host the generated code on infrastructure of your choosing, with or without RunCabin. That license survives termination of the Service.
What the licence does not include: the RunCabin orchestrator, AI builder ("Stony"), meter proxy, dashboard, billing system, the Vibe SDK server runtime, or any other RunCabin-owned infrastructure that lives outside your Cabin's repository. Those remain RunCabin's intellectual property under Section 8.3.
8.3 RunCabin Platform. RunCabin retains all rights, title, and interest in the platform, orchestrator, AI builder, meter proxy, dashboard, infrastructure tooling, and any software that is not delivered to you via your Cabin's GitHub repository. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of those components to you.
8.4 Repository Buyout & Access After Cancellation. Your Cabin's repository is retained after cancellation and remains available for a Repository Buyout ($99.99 one-time, Section 3.8) at any time. To complete a buyout, email hello@runcabin.com; we will invoice you and transfer the repository to your GitHub account or organization, at which point the license in Section 8.2 takes effect.
8.5 Feedback. Any feedback, suggestions, or feature requests you submit may be used by RunCabin without obligation.
8.6 Customers Before June 10, 2026. If your publishing subscription began before June 10, 2026, the prior version of this Section 8 continues to apply to you: repository access is included with your subscription, the license in the prior Section 8.2 applies to you without any buyout, and ownership transfer of your repository is available on request at no cost. The Repository Buyout fee applies only to subscriptions started on or after June 10, 2026.
You are solely responsible for ensuring that your Cabin, its content, its AI agent's outputs, and your business operations comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to: sales tax collection and remittance (if you sell products), business licensing, consumer protection laws, advertising disclosure rules, accessibility requirements, and the legality of your products or services in the jurisdictions where you operate. RunCabin provides hosting and tooling only and is not your legal, tax, or compliance advisor.
9.1 AI Agent Disclosures. You are responsible for any disclosures required by law for the AI features on your Cabin (for example: that visitors are talking to an AI, that automated decisions are being made, or that personal data is being processed). The default AI agent is configured to identify itself as an AI when asked; do not modify it to deny being an AI.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless RunCabin, its owner, officers, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your Cabin's content, products, or AI agent outputs; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any third-party rights; or (d) any claim by a visitor, customer, or third party related to your Cabin.
RunCabin makes reasonable efforts to maintain reliable infrastructure and periodic backups of Postgres data. However, RunCabin does not guarantee the availability, integrity, or retention of any backup data. You are strongly encouraged to maintain your own independent records and exports of all Cabin data, content, and customer information. RunCabin is not liable for any loss of data. Your GitHub repository (Section 8.2) is mirrored on GitHub's infrastructure and is the canonical copy of your Cabin's source code.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. RUNCABIN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. RUNCABIN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE OUTPUTS OF ANY AI AGENT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, RUNCABIN'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL PUBLISHING FEES PAID BY YOU IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. IN NO EVENT SHALL RUNCABIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, OR DATA LOSS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Baltimore, Maryland.
RunCabin reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated via email to the address on your account or via notice on your dashboard at least 30 days before taking effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, your sole remedy is to cancel under Section 3.7.
Questions, concerns, or notices under these Terms should be directed to:
RunCabin
hello@runcabin.com
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