In Claude's trust hierarchy, who is considered an 'operator'?
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Short Explanation
You're looking for the company or developer that accesses Claude through the API to build products and services. That operator is like the business owner who hires the chef and sets the menu rules, while end users are the diners.
Full Explanation
Anthropic's model defines three principal levels: Anthropic (highest trust, sets training-level values), operators (companies or developers using the API to build products, who interact via system prompts), and users (end users who interact with Claude through the operator's interface). Operators have agreed to usage policies and can customize Claude's behavior within Anthropic's guidelines. The description of an Anthropic employee who monitors Claude's outputs in real time describes Anthropic staff, not operators. The description of the end user who types messages in a chat interface describes users. The description of a government regulator who oversees AI safety compliance describes external regulators, who have no role in Claude's principal hierarchy.