Anti-Cheat & Fair Play

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Clutch is a voice assistant that sits next to your game, not inside it. It sees what you see on screen and nothing else. If you're trusting software to run while you play ranked, you deserve specifics instead of a vague "don't worry about it," so here they are.

What Clutch never does

Clutch never reads or writes game memory. We do not attach to game processes in any way.

Clutch never injects code. No DLL injection, no hooks, no modified game files.

Clutch never touches your inputs. It does not press keys, move your mouse, aim, or automate any gameplay action. It cannot play for you, and we will never build that.

Clutch never renders inside the game process. Anything you see from Clutch is a normal desktop window, the same as Discord or Spotify.

What Clutch actually does

Clutch captures your screen through the Windows Desktop Duplication API, the same operating system interface that OBS and other recording software use. It grabs a few compressed frames per second, listens for "Hey Clutch," and uses what is visible on screen to answer your question. Side features like clipping, Discord, and music control all happen outside your game.

That is the entire interaction with your game: looking at pixels your monitor is already showing you.

Why this matters for anti-cheat

Anti-cheat systems like Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Ricochet, and Vanguard exist to catch software that reads game memory, injects code, or automates inputs. Clutch does none of those things. Architecturally, it sits in the same category as streaming and recording tools, not the category anti-cheat is hunting for.

We built it this way on purpose. There are easier ways to get game data than analyzing the screen, and most of them involve hooking into the game. We took the harder path because it keeps your account safe.

Fair play

Clutch only knows what is on your screen, which is the same information you have. It cannot see through walls, read hidden enemy positions, or access any game state your monitor does not show. It is a coach on your shoulder, not an edge over other players. If a question is something a friend watching you play could answer, Clutch can help with it. If it is something only a cheat could know, Clutch cannot know it either.

The honest fine print

Anti-cheat policies are written by game publishers, not by us, and they can change. We track the policies for every game we support, and if a publisher's rules ever conflict with how Clutch works, we will tell you before you play that title. If you have a question about a specific game, ask in our Discord and you will get a straight answer.

Jake

Founder, Clutch Intelligence