Terms of service

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These terms govern your use of tcpapi (the "Service"), operated by [Company legal name], [registered address] ("we"). By creating an account or using an API key you agree to them.

1. The Service

tcpapi gives you API access to AI language models. Each request is matched to a model backend ("seller") that meets your price and speed limits; backends may be operated by us or by third parties. If a backend fails during a request, the Service may complete it with another backend serving the same model. Output is generated by AI models and can be wrong, incomplete or offensive; you are responsible for how you use it.

2. Accounts and keys

You must give a valid email address and keep your API keys secret. You are responsible for all use of your keys. Tell us at [contact email] if a key may be compromised; revoke it in your dashboard.

3. Credit, prices and payment

The Service is prepaid. Credit is bought through our payment processor, Stripe, and is deducted per request at the price matched for that request (output tokens at the matched price; input tokens at the model's published input weight). Before a request starts, its maximum possible cost is reserved and the unused part released when it ends. Prices are shown on the website and in every response. Credit is not legal tender, earns no interest, cannot be transferred, and is not refundable except where the law requires or at our discretion. During the beta, balances may be capped. We may change prices for future requests at any time.

4. Acceptable use

You must follow the acceptable use policy. We may suspend or close accounts that break it, that we reasonably believe are used for fraud, or whose payments are disputed or reversed.

5. Availability

The Service is in beta and provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not guarantee uptime, latency or any specific model's availability.

6. Liability

To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the three months before the claim, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits or lost data.

7. Your content

You keep the rights to your prompts and the outputs you receive. You grant us and the backend serving a request the rights needed to process it. See the privacy policy for what we keep.

8. Changes and termination

We may update these terms; material changes take effect 14 days after we post them or email you. You may stop using the Service at any time. [Governing law and venue: jurisdiction].

Last updated: [date]. Contact: [contact email].