Terms of Service

LAWDE Shield Terms of Service

Effective Date: August 2026

These Terms govern your use of LAWDE Shield.

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be legally capable of entering into a binding agreement.

2. Description of the Service

LAWDE Shield provides software observability tools including:

• Error ingestion
• Semantic clustering
• AI-assisted diagnostics
• Repository analysis
• Developer workflow integrations

Features may change over time.

3. Accounts

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the security of your account
• Protecting API keys
• Activities performed under your account

Notify us immediately if you believe your account has been compromised.

4. GitHub Integration

LAWDE Shield uses a least-privilege GitHub App.

Repository contents stay read-only. We request pull_requests:write only to post or edit a single Athena comment on a pull request, plus checks:read and actions:read for CI logs. We do not request contents-write, push, or merge permissions.

You remain responsible for managing repository access and `.lawdeignore` configuration.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service unlawfully
• Attempt unauthorized access
• Interfere with platform security
• Abuse APIs
• Reverse engineer the platform where prohibited by law

5A. Fair Use & AI Allocations

Plans include daily allocations so the Service stays reliable for every workspace.

• Error caps. Hobby includes 1,000 errors per day. Pro includes 100,000 errors per day. Business includes 500,000 errors per day. Enterprise limits are set in your agreement.
• AI diagnostics. Hobby includes 2 analyses per day. Pro includes 30 analyses per day. Business includes 100 analyses per day. Paid plans use Enhanced analysis first, then Standard analysis for the rest of that day's allocation. Enterprise diagnostics are always-on (no hard stop): Enhanced-first daily allocation is 400, then Standard / overage as set in your agreement. Allocations reset at midnight UTC.
• Fair use. These allocations are meant for genuine application traffic. If a workspace stays near its error cap for a sustained period, we may review usage, ask you to move to a plan that fits that volume, or offer Enterprise terms. We will contact the workspace owner before changing paid access.

This section is not a surprise penalty clause. If you are growing past a plan, we would rather help you upgrade than interrupt diagnosis.

6. Intellectual Property

LAWDE retains ownership of LAWDE Shield.

You retain ownership of:

• Your repositories
• Source code
• Logs
• Intellectual property
• Uploaded content

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of your content to LAWDE.

7. AI Assistance

LAWDE Shield provides AI-assisted engineering guidance.

AI-generated analyses are advisory only.

You are responsible for reviewing and validating recommendations before using them in production environments.

8. Billing

Paid subscriptions renew according to your selected billing plan unless cancelled.

Except where required by law, fees are non-refundable.

9. Availability

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features of the Service at any time.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

10. Disclaimer

The Service is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, LAWDE disclaims all implied warranties.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, LAWDE shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless LAWDE from claims arising out of your misuse of the Service or violation of these Terms.

13. Termination

We may suspend or terminate access if these Terms are violated or to protect the integrity of the Service.

14. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which LAWDE is established, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

15. Changes

We may revise these Terms periodically.

Continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of updated Terms.

16. Contact

Questions may be directed to:

[support@lawde.net](mailto:support@lawde.net)