Developer Terms of Service

These Developer Terms of Service ("Developer Terms") govern your access to and use of the Clevora AI Developer Platform — the API, dashboard, SDKs, and related documentation served from developers.getclevora.xyz (collectively, the "Developer Platform"). By generating an API key or making a request against any /v1 endpoint, you ("you", "Developer") agree to be bound by these Developer Terms in addition to the general Clevora AI Terms of Service. If you are accessing the Developer Platform on behalf of a company, you represent that you are authorized to bind that company to these terms.

1. Eligibility & Account Activation

You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into contracts. To activate developer access, you must add at least $15 in credits to your account. Activation is required before /v1 endpoints will accept requests.

2. API Keys

• Issued once. The plaintext value of an API key is shown only at creation; treat it like a password.
• Yours to manage. You are responsible for the storage, rotation, and revocation of your keys. Activity from your keys is your activity.
• No sharing. Do not share keys across organizations or embed them in client-side code shipped to end-users.
• Suspected compromise. Revoke any key you believe has been exposed and notify us at dev-support@getclevora.xyz.

3. Acceptable Use

You may not use the Developer Platform to:

• Train, fine-tune, or otherwise create a competing AI model from Clevora outputs;
• Generate content that is unlawful, deceptive, defamatory, harassing, or that infringes a third party's rights;
• Build automated disinformation, spam, scam, or impersonation pipelines;
• Generate sexually explicit content involving minors or non-consenting persons;
• Circumvent rate limits, paywalls, authentication, billing, or per-key quotas;
• Resell raw API capacity without entering into a separate reseller agreement with Clevora;
• Use the API for any application in domains we restrict (live medical diagnosis, legal advice replacement, weapons design, surveillance of private citizens) without our prior written consent.

We may suspend keys, throttle endpoints, or terminate access without refund for violations of this section.

4. Rate Limits & Fair Use

Default rate limits are published in the documentation. Limits exist to protect platform stability for all users. We may adjust limits — generally upward, sometimes downward in response to abuse — with reasonable notice for material changes. Sustained traffic patterns that resemble denial-of-service or scraping behavior may result in immediate throttling.

5. Billing & Credits

• Prepaid balance. The Developer Platform runs on a prepaid usage-based model. Top-ups are processed by Dodo Payments. Credits never expire.
• Per-request metering. Each successful request deducts microcents from your balance based on the endpoint and token usage. Pricing is published in the docs.
• Insufficient funds. Once your balance reaches $0, the API returns 402 Payment Required until you top up.
• Pricing changes. We may revise rates with at least 14 days' notice via email and dashboard banner. Existing balances are honored at the rates prevailing at the time of consumption — top-ups made after a rate change are charged at the new rate.
• Taxes. Listed prices are exclusive of applicable VAT/GST/sales tax, which Dodo Payments may add at checkout based on your billing location.

6. Customer Data & Privacy

You are the data controller for any end-user data you send to the API. We process that data only to serve your request and operate the Developer Platform, as described in the Developer Privacy Policy. We do not use API request content to train our base models. You agree to provide your end-users with appropriate notices and obtain any consents required for sending their data to third-party AI providers via our API.

7. Output Ownership & Responsibility

You retain ownership of the outputs you generate via the API, subject to the acceptable-use rules above. Output is provided as-is — Clevora makes no representations that it is original, fact-checked, or fit for a particular application. You are responsible for evaluating outputs before relying on them in production. If your application is regulated (medical, legal, financial, journalism), implement appropriate human review.

8. Service Levels

The Developer Platform is offered without a formal SLA during the early-access phase. We target 99.5% monthly uptime on a best-effort basis and publish material incidents on our status channels. Scheduled maintenance is announced at least 24 hours in advance where practical.

9. Beta Features

Endpoints, models, or response fields marked "beta", "preview", or "experimental" may be rate-limited, modified, or removed at any time without notice. Do not build production-critical workflows that assume stability of beta features. If a beta feature is moved to general availability, we'll announce it in the changelog.

10. Confidentiality

Non-public materials we share with you (private endpoints, internal benchmarks, early-access feature briefings) are confidential. You may not disclose them outside your organization or use them for any purpose other than evaluating the Developer Platform, without our prior written consent.

11. Intellectual Property

The Developer Platform, including its software, schemas, documentation, and trademarks, is owned by Clevora AI. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the API in accordance with these Developer Terms. You may identify your application as "built with Clevora AI" or "powered by Clevora AI" provided you do not imply endorsement or partnership we have not granted in writing.

12. Disclaimers

THE DEVELOPER PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CLEVORA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE API WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR PRODUCE PARTICULAR RESULTS.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CLEVORA AI AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES — INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL — ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE DEVELOPER PLATFORM. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO CLEVORA IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Clevora AI from any third-party claim arising out of (i) your use of the Developer Platform in violation of these Terms, (ii) the content you submit to the API, or (iii) outputs that you published or otherwise put into production.

15. Termination

Either party may terminate this relationship at any time. You can stop using the Developer Platform by revoking your keys; we can suspend or terminate access for violations of these Terms or non-payment. Upon termination, any unused balance is handled per the Developer Refund Policy. Provisions relating to intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification survive termination.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Developer Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced via the dashboard, the changelog, and email. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

17. Governing Law

These Developer Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Clevora AI is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction.

18. Contact

Questions about these Developer Terms? Email dev-support@getclevora.xyz.