---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Usage policy update"
description: "Today, we’re sharing some updates to our Usage Policy that reflect the growing capabilities and evolving usage of our products. Our Usage Policy serves as a framework for how."
resource: "https://www.anthropic.com/news/usage-policy-update"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "anthropic"]
timestamp: "2025-08-15"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "Anthropic"
cope_score: 26
confidence: 0.88
---

# Usage policy update

# Claim

Today, we’re sharing some updates to our Usage Policy that reflect the growing capabilities and evolving usage of our products. Our Usage Policy serves as a framework for how Claude should and shouldn’t be used, providing clear guidance for everyone who uses Anthropic’s products. In this update, our goal is to provide greater clarity and detail on our.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a low-signal vendor radar item. Keep it as context only unless a later benchmark, deployment, procurement change, or labour-market datapoint turns it into direct Appendix III evidence.

# Metadata

* Publisher: Anthropic
* Category: vendor
* Sector: Enterprise operations
* Capability: Vendor platform capability signal
* Cope score: 26
* Confidence: 0.88

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Usage policy update](https://www.anthropic.com/news/usage-policy-update)