Terms of Use

1. About these terms

These terms apply to your use of VibeAd: the command-line launcher (the “CLI”), the website www.vibead.ai, and related services (together, the “Service”). The Service is provided by Gaurav Wasan, sole trader, Australia (“VibeAd”, “we”, “us”).

By installing or using the Service, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information and forms part of these terms.

2. What the Service does

VibeAd is for everyone who uses AI agents, and for advertisers of every kind. The CLI is a local launcher for terminal AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode. If you opt in, it shows one short sponsored line in the agent’s status line or notification area while the agent works. Each sponsored line is labelled [Ad].

VibeAd does not change the inputs sent to, or outputs returned by, the AI agent, and does not collect your prompts, code or conversation content.

3. Who can use it

You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding agreement. If you use the Service for an organisation, you confirm you are allowed to accept these terms for it.

4. Ads are opt-in, and you can turn them off

Sponsored lines are shown only if you opt in: vibead enable lists the changes it will make and asks before making them. You can turn ads off at any time with vibead disable, which restores your previous settings. vibead uninstall removes VibeAd’s changes and its data from your device.

Ads are provided by third-party advertisers; when none is available, we may show a line about VibeAd itself, also labelled [Ad]. We do not endorse advertised products, and we are not responsible for advertisers’ websites, products or claims. Clicking an ad is your own choice and at your own risk.

5. Accounts

Accounts are optional. If you create one, you sign in with GitHub; email-code and Google sign-in are not available yet. You are responsible for activity on your account and for keeping your device secure. You can delete your account at any time, yourself or by emailing a request to admin@vibead.ai. When your account is deleted, your personal data is deleted immediately, your tokens are revoked at once and install keys linked to your account are revoked; backup copies are purged within 30 days. Daily usage records are stored against a pseudonymous hashed install ID, not your account, and deleted automatically after 90 days. A running total of credited views and billed clicks per hashed install ID is kept so earnings can be credited. It does not expire automatically: it is deleted when that install’s install key is revoked, or when you delete your account if the install is linked to it. Uninstalling the CLI does not delete it.

The same account can also be used to ask to become a sponsor. Setting up a sponsor account or sending us the sponsor form does not commit you or us to anything: ads run only after we agree them with you, including the ad, the budget and how you pay.

6. Tracked views

The Service may show you a count of tracked views.

Earnings tracking and payouts open soon.

Tracked views are information only. They do not create any right to payment, credit or other value, and we do not promise any amount, share or date.

Any future program based on tracked views will have its own separate terms, which you would need to accept before taking part. We may decide not to launch one, and eligibility, rules and any amounts will be set out only in those terms. To take part, you would need to give our payment provider details such as your real name, bank and tax details. We will update our Privacy Policy before then.

7. Fair use: no fake views or clicks

You must not:

• generate artificial impressions or clicks, or use bots, scripts or automation to do so;
• tamper with, hide or change the [Ad] label or how ads are labelled;
• interfere with, reverse engineer or bypass our ad delivery, counting or anti-abuse systems, except where the law allows this despite this restriction;
• attack, overload or try to gain unauthorised access to the Service;
• use the Service to break any law or anyone else’s rights.

At most one click per install per ad in any 24 hours is counted for billing, and an install is capped across ads for the day. Later clicks on that ad, clicks over the daily cap, and bot clicks are recorded and are not counted for billing. We may exclude any activity we reasonably believe is invalid, and may suspend or end access for breaches.

8. Third-party AI agents

You must also follow the terms and policies of the AI agent tools you use with VibeAd (for example, those of Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenCode). Those terms are between you and the tool provider. We make no statement about how they apply to your use of VibeAd.

VibeAd is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI or any other AI agent provider. Their names are used only to identify the tools VibeAd can launch. We do not control those tools and are not responsible for their availability, output or behaviour.

9. Licence and ownership

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service in line with these terms. We (or our licensors) keep all rights in the Service, the VibeAd name and branding. The CLI is proprietary software, not open source; any third-party open-source components included in it remain under their own licences.

10. Changes and availability

The Service is at an early stage. We may change, pause or stop any part of it, including ad formats and features, at any time. We will try to give reasonable notice of major changes.

11. Ending your use

You can stop at any time by turning ads off, uninstalling, and (if you have one) deleting your account. We may suspend or end your access if you breach these terms, if required by law, or if we stop offering the Service.

12. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent the law allows, we make no promises that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or suitable for a particular purpose.

Australian Consumer Law. Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or changes any rights or remedies you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other laws that cannot be excluded. The same applies to non-excludable consumer rights in other countries.

13. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows:

• we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of data, profits or revenue;
• we are not liable for loss caused by third-party AI agents, advertisers or their websites;
• our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to supplying the Service again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.

14. Your responsibility

You are responsible for how you use the Service and for following these terms.

15. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If changes are significant, we will give notice, for example on our website or in the CLI. If you keep using the Service after changes take effect, the new terms apply.

16. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and courts that can hear appeals from them. This does not remove any right you have to bring a claim in your own country under local consumer law.

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