Terms of Service

Acceptance of terms

This draft is a preview of terms intended to govern Helmora accounts and use of the service (the "Service"). It is not an operative agreement. Before public launch, an approved version will state when acceptance occurs and how it relates to our Privacy Policy.

If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" includes that organization.

Eligibility & accounts

You must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction) to use the Service. You may not use the Service if you have been previously suspended or removed by us.

Account responsibilities

• Provide accurate, current information when creating your account.
• Keep your authentication credentials and API tokens confidential. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Notify us promptly at security@helmora.io if you suspect unauthorized access.
• Do not share account credentials. Multi-user and organization access is not part of the current pre-alpha offer.

The service

Helmora provides a unified interface for supported AI coding agents. The current pre-alpha bridge integrates Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and ACP-based runtimes (OpenCode, Goose); supported capabilities vary by adapter. Do not infer support for another agent or provider unless it appears in current product documentation.

We may add, modify, or remove pre-alpha features at any time. There is no public paid Helmora plan today, so this draft does not promise paid-plan notice rights.

Beta features

We may label certain features as beta, preview, or experimental. Such features are provided as-is, may change without notice, and are excluded from any service-level commitments.

Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:

• Use the Service to violate any law, regulation, or third-party right.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the source code of the Service, except as expressly permitted by law.
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, including via automated scraping, denial-of-service, or excessive request volume beyond documented technical or abuse limits.
• Use the Service to develop a competing product or to benchmark the Service for publication without our prior written consent.
• Run agent operations targeting code, systems, or data you do not have authorization to modify.
• Use the Service to generate, distribute, or facilitate malware, spyware, or other harmful code.
• Resell, sublicense, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service without prior written authorization.

We may suspend or terminate access for violations, with or without notice depending on severity.

Your content & code

You retain all rights to the code, prompts, files, and other content you submit to or generate through the Service ("Your Content"). We claim no ownership over Your Content.

License to operate

You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, transmit, display, and process Your Content solely as necessary to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Service for you. The final agreement must align termination of this license, backups, and deletion with the implemented account-closure workflow and the reviewed retention policy; those are not yet final.

Model providers

When you use the Service to invoke a third-party model, Your Content may be transmitted to that provider under its terms. Helmora does not train models on Your Content; a model provider may have its own data-use and retention rules. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Self-hosted & bring-your-own-key

If your local agent runtime is configured with a self-hosted model or your own provider API key, you are responsible for that connection, its security, and any costs incurred with the upstream provider.

Third-party services

The current pre-alpha can use optional identity providers, agent-selected model providers, Expo and Apple notification services, and bridge-local GitHub CLI access for repository and pull-request context. Your use of those services is governed by each third party's terms and privacy practices. Helmora has no active public payment integration or paid offer today.

Model-provider and GitHub credentials stay with the bridge or agent runtime rather than being sent to the Helmora account service. Where Helmora does not expose a working disconnect control, revoke access directly with the third party and contact support.

Fees & billing

Helmora does not currently publish or sell a paid plan. Any candidate pricing shown on our pricing page is non-binding pre-release research, not an offer, quote, renewal commitment, or authorization to charge.

Charges from model providers, code hosts, mobile carriers, or other services you connect are separate from Helmora and remain your responsibility under those providers' terms.

Before Helmora accepts payment, we must publish the applicable price, taxes, renewal and cancellation terms, refund policy, and any usage limits, and replace this placeholder with an approved operative agreement.

Intellectual property

The Service, including its software, design, branding, and documentation, is owned by Helmora and protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service in accordance with these Terms. All other rights are reserved.

"Helmora," the Helmora logo, and related marks are our trademarks. You may not use them without our prior written consent.

Feedback

If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose, without obligation to you.

Termination

Self-service account closure is not implemented in the current pre-alpha. Approved testers can request manual closure through privacy@helmora.io. We may suspend or terminate pre-alpha access if you breach the approved tester terms or pose a security or legal risk to us or others.

The final agreement must define what happens to account data, content, backups, and surviving provisions after termination. Do not promise automatic deletion or a fixed schedule until the workflow and retention policy are implemented and reviewed.

Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

AI-generated outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, or unsafe. You are responsible for reviewing all agent output before merging, deploying, or otherwise acting on it. The Service is a tool to assist your work — not a replacement for human judgment.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Helmora and its officers, employees, and contractors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or related to your use of the Service.

Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the fees you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Helmora from any claim, damage, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of (a) your use of the Service, (b) Your Content, (c) your violation of these Terms or applicable law, or (d) your infringement of any third-party right.

Disputes & governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction — to be set by counsel], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The parties agree to attempt to resolve disputes informally first; if not resolved within 60 days, disputes will be settled by binding arbitration under the rules of [arbitral body], except that either party may seek injunctive relief in court for IP claims.

You waive any right to participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration to the extent permitted by law.

Changes to these terms

This placeholder may change at any time and is not effective. The final operative terms must define how material changes are communicated, how much notice is provided, and what constitutes acceptance.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at legal@helmora.io. For security reports, please use security@helmora.io.