Terms of Service

Effective May 25, 2026. We’ll post a notice on this page and update the effective date if anything material changes.

These are the terms under which you can use ctxpilot — the CLI, the worker, the MCP server, and the marketing website. Plain language, no dark patterns. If anything is unclear, email hi@ctxpilot.dev and we’ll clarify.

1. Who we are

ctxpilot is operated by an individual developer. The product is local-first software you download and run on your own machine. By installing or using ctxpilot, you agree to these terms.

2. License

We grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use ctxpilot subject to the plan you’re on:

• Free: local beta use with no subscription.
• Pro beta: paid beta use after license activation.
• Builder / Team: planned paid tiers that may change before launch.

Your captured memories remain yours and stay on your machine regardless of plan status.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Resell, sublicense, or rebrand ctxpilot as your own product.
• Reverse-engineer the licensing system or distribute cracked builds.
• Use ctxpilot to capture data you don’t have rights to (e.g., a coworker’s repo without their consent).
• Exceed the seat count of your Team subscription.
• Use ctxpilot in ways that violate applicable law.

Fair-use development, internal team use within your seat count, and contributing to open-source projects are all fine.

4. Subscriptions and billing

• Paid beta subscriptions are billed monthly in advance via Stripe once checkout access is enabled.
• You can cancel by emailing support while the self-serve billing portal is being built. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — no prorated refunds for unused days.
• We may change pricing for new subscriptions with 30 days’ notice. Existing subscriptions keep their current rate until renewal.
• Team billing and seat management are planned features and are not active in the current beta.
• All prices are in USD.

5. Refunds

If ctxpilot doesn’t work for you within the first 30 days of a paid subscription, email us and we’ll refund the most recent charge. After 30 days, we don’t do refunds — cancel and you’ll keep access for the remainder of the billing period.

6. Your data

Everything ctxpilot captures stays on your machine. We don’t have access to your code, memories, sessions, prompts, or model responses. See the Privacy Policy for the full list of what we do and don’t collect.

You retain all rights to anything ctxpilot writes to your disk. We claim no license, no usage rights, and no derivative works. A first-class export command is planned; today your data lives in your local SQLite database.

7. Third-party services

ctxpilot integrates with external services that you choose to use:

• AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) — you bring your own API keys. Your usage of those services is governed by their terms.
• Stripe — handles payments. Card data is held by Stripe, not us.
• Vercel — hosts this website. Vercel’s terms apply to website logs.

8. Service availability

ctxpilot itself runs on your machine, so it doesn’t have downtime in the SaaS sense. The supporting services we run (license validation, billing portal, this website) are best-effort. We don’t offer a formal SLA on the Free or Pro beta tiers.

9. Warranty disclaimer

ctxpilot is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We don’t warrant that ctxpilot will be uninterrupted, error-free, or save you a specific amount of money. Savings projections in the marketing material are estimates, not guarantees.

That said, we test thoroughly, dogfood the product daily, and care a lot about not breaking your workflow. Bug reports get triaged within a business day.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising from these terms or your use of ctxpilot is capped at the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim (or $50 if you’re on the Free tier). We’re not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages — lost profits, lost data, business interruption, etc.

11. Termination

You can stop using ctxpilot at any time. contextpilot uninstall removes managed hooks and local processes; add --delete-data to also delete the local ContextPilot state directory.

We may terminate or suspend access for material violations of these terms (e.g., reselling the product). If we do, we’ll refund any prepaid amount for periods after the termination date.

12. Changes to these terms

If we make material changes, we’ll update the effective date at the top of this page and post a notice on our changelog. Material changes only apply to subscriptions renewed after the effective date. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Disputes go to the state or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

14. Contact

For licensing, billing, support, or anything else: hi@ctxpilot.dev. For privacy or security: privacy@ctxpilot.dev.