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Last updated: 3 November 2026
The ArcKit plugins
This covers the ArcKit plugins for Claude, published from tractorjuice/arckit-claude, and the ArcKit extensions for other AI assistants. ArcKit runs inside the AI assistant you already use. Everything it writes stays in your repository: the artefacts under projects/, and the session log and timing data its hooks keep under .arckit/memory/. None of that is sent to ArcKit.
Your conversations with the AI assistant itself, including the files you ask it to read, are handled by that assistant’s provider. For Claude, that is Anthropic’s privacy policy.
When the plugins send data elsewhere
ArcKit sends data to another service only in these four cases.
- A command queries a bundled MCP server. Research commands such as
/arckit:aws-research,/arckit:gov-reuseand/arckit:tenderscall the servers in the table below. They send the search terms and document IDs the assistant chooses, which can include wording from your requirements. The Google Developer Knowledge and Data Commons servers also receive the API key you configure for them. - A session starts. In Claude Code, the plugin makes one anonymous request to the GitHub API (
api.github.com) for the latest ArcKit release, so it can tell you when an update is available. No project data is sent. - You run
/arckit:trello. Your backlog’s epics, stories and acceptance criteria go to the Trello API (api.trello.com), with the Trello key and token you provide. - A research command searches the web. Search queries and URLs go to the sites the assistant searches or fetches, through the assistant’s own web tools.
The arckit-repo overlay also clones the repository you name when you run /arckit-repo:repo-audit, from that repository’s own host.
The arckit-nl overlay also fetches public reference material when you run /arckit-nl:nl-nora or /arckit-nl:nl-gemma: requests to NORA Online (www.noraonline.nl) and GitHub (api.github.com, raw.githubusercontent.com) for the NORA and GEMMA content those commands assess against. No project data is sent. Like any web request, they show your IP address to those services, and they identify themselves as ArcKit in their User-Agent header.
| Server | Endpoint | Run by | Policy that applies |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Knowledge | knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws | Amazon Web Services | AWS Privacy Notice |
| Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com | Microsoft | Microsoft Privacy Statement |
| Google Developer Knowledge | developerknowledge.googleapis.com | Google Privacy Policy | |
| Data Commons | api.datacommons.org | Google Privacy Policy | |
| govreposcrape | govreposcrape-api-1060386346356.us-central1.run.app | An independent community service, not operated by ArcKit | Its operator’s terms |
| UK Tenders | tenders.run.cns.me | An independent community service, not operated by ArcKit | Its operator’s terms |
The other community overlays (for example the UAE, France, Canada and UK Finance overlays) add commands, templates and reference material only. They send no data of their own.
Using ArcKit on sensitive material
If your work is OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE or has similar handling rules, check with your security team before running research commands, because they send search terms to the services above. ENFORCEMENT.md sets out what ArcKit enforces in code and what your organisation needs to supply.
This website
arckit.org is a static site hosted on GitHub Pages, which records standard server logs such as IP addresses.
- Google Analytics. Pages load Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which pages people read. It sets cookies and sends Google your IP address, browser details and the pages you view. The Google Privacy Policy applies, and you can opt out with Google’s opt-out add-on or your browser’s tracking protection.
- YouTube. Guide pages and the command reference offer each command’s short film. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play or follow a film link. The guide pages then load the player from youtube-nocookie.com, and the Google Privacy Policy applies to what YouTube collects.
- jsDelivr. Pages load the GOV.UK Frontend styles and other open-source libraries from jsDelivr, which sees your IP address when it serves them.
- Your theme choice. The light or dark theme you pick is stored in your browser’s local storage. It never leaves your device.
What you choose to share
If you open an issue, submit the adopter form, or join the Discord server, what you write is public on GitHub or visible to that Discord server. It is handled under GitHub’s or Discord’s privacy policy. Naming your organisation as an adopter is optional, and you can ask for it to be removed at any time.
ArcKit certification
When you pass the Awareness quiz we keep your name as you entered it, which level you passed, when, and the signed credential. We keep them so your credential link keeps working, and anyone with the link can see your name and credential. We don’t ask for your email or keep your answers. To have a credential removed, open an issue on GitHub or message us on Discord with the credential ID.
Public repositories
Once a week we search public GitHub for repositories that use or mention ArcKit, and list them on ArcKit on GitHub. The search sees only what is already public: ArcKit itself still sends nothing, and private repositories never appear. If you’d rather your repository wasn’t listed, open an issue and we’ll take it off the next weekly update.
Changes and contact
Changes to this policy are made in the public repository history. Questions or requests go to a GitHub issue.