Licensing and Activation
Genie is free, with optional Coding Access. There is no product trial and no coding trial. Provider access remains a separate bring-your-own-key system.
The free version of Genie
Section titled “The free version of Genie”The free version of Genie works without a licence key or expiry clock. It includes:
- AGENT questions, inspection, explanation, and debugging
- read-only Query
- confirmed execution of one exact existing script
- Calculation AI expression insertion
- complete human-readable script steps and calculation fragments
- advisory DATA and layout guidance
No-key installs make no Genie licence network request and run no licence timer.
Coding Access
Section titled “Coding Access”A paid activation adds:
- native structured script artifacts and Preview/Copy/Create/Apply
- exact executable DATA plans and Execute
- LAYOUT mode
- QuickCode
- external Local MCP
- Stage, Workbench, and native Workbench actions
States
Section titled “States”| State | Product behavior |
|---|---|
| Free | Genie is ready to use for free; paid coding actions are unavailable. |
| Active | The free version of Genie plus Coding Access is available. |
| Grace | Cached paid access is temporarily retained while validation recovers. |
| Expired, invalid, revoked, seat-limited, or unverified | Genie falls back to the free version instead of locking the application. |
Manage Activation
Section titled “Manage Activation”Open Settings > General or Manage Activation to:
- enter and activate a paid key
- check the current Coding Access state
- deactivate this device before moving a seat
- open the purchase page
The application, AGENT, history, settings, provider configuration, and Free capabilities remain available when Coding Access is not active.
Validation behavior
Section titled “Validation behavior”- Cached paid state is shown immediately.
- Validation is one-shot and event-driven: activation, manual Check now, expiry/grace boundaries, or the next scheduled validation window.
- Startup, focus, visibility changes, and ordinary tab opens do not poll the licence service.
- Network trouble does not erase the stored key or activation history.
- Existing paid or ambiguous legacy keys are preserved during the no-trial migration.
Provider credentials are separate
Section titled “Provider credentials are separate”Your provider key authorizes model usage. Your Genie key authorizes Coding Access. You may use the free version with a working provider, or have Coding Access with a provider configuration that still needs repair.