Terms of Use
These terms cover the Contextator software and the product website at contextator.com. The software itself is free and open source: your rights to use, copy, modify and distribute it come from the GNU Affero General Public License v3, and nothing here takes them away.
1. The license comes first
Contextator is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 or later. Where these terms and that license disagree about what you may do with the code, the license wins. The sections below add what a license text does not cover: how the website is offered, and what running an instance means for you.
One consequence is worth spelling out because it is easy to miss. The AGPL's section 13 applies to servers: if you modify Contextator and let anyone interact with your modified version over a network, you must offer those users the complete source of what you are running, under the same license. Running the unmodified software — for yourself, your team or your company — triggers nothing. If those terms do not fit your case, a separate commercial license is available from Tunedness; see the License page.
2. No warranty
The software and the website are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. There is no promise that indexing is complete, that a search returns the right passage, that a sync with a third-party service succeeds, or that the software is free of defects.
3. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the author and Tunedness are not liable for any claim, damages or other liability — including lost data, lost profits, downtime or any indirect or consequential loss — arising from the software, its use, or the inability to use it. Consumer rights that cannot be waived under mandatory law are not affected.
4. Running an instance is your responsibility
If you deploy Contextator, you are the operator, and that carries duties this software cannot perform for you:
- Access control. The dashboard requires a personal account, and roles decide who reaches which project.
ADMIN_TOKENremains as machine access to the same API and acts with root permissions, so treat it like a root password and keep it out of browsers. The MCP endpoints have a separate door: a project's/mcp/*endpoint is open unless you require a bearer token on it, and while it is open anyone who can reach it reads that project's indexed documents. Deciding which projects to close, and keeping the server on a private network or behind an authenticating proxy, is yours. - The tokens you issue. An MCP token is a bearer credential with no identity attached: whoever holds it reads everything indexed in that project. Hand them out over channels you trust, give them names you will recognise later, and revoke the ones you no longer know the whereabouts of.
- The accounts you create. You decide who gets one, which role they get and when to take it away. Hand temporary passwords over a channel you trust; the software shows each one once and stores only a hash.
- Secrets. Set a strong
SECRET_KEYbefore storing repository or Notion tokens, and keep it out of version control. Tokens are encrypted with it; lose it and they cannot be decrypted. - The content you index. You must hold the rights to index the documents you add, and you must be allowed to expose them to the AI clients you connect. Do not index material you may not copy, and do not use the software to process content unlawfully.
- Third-party terms. Git hosting providers, Notion and any hosted embedding API you enable have their own terms and rate limits. Your use of them through Contextator is between you and them, under your own credentials.
- Data protection. If the documents you index contain personal data, the obligations of a controller are yours. See the Privacy Policy.
- Source, if you modified it. A modified version reachable over a network owes its users the source, under the AGPL. Keep a link to your fork where those users can find it.
5. No service, no support obligation
Contextator is software you run yourself, not a hosted service. There is no uptime commitment, no support window and no guarantee that a future version keeps any particular behaviour, configuration variable or API shape. The product website may change or be taken offline at any time. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome and answered when time allows, which is not the same as a support contract.
6. Acceptable use of the website
Do not attempt to break into, overload or disrupt contextator.com, and do not use it to distribute malware or unlawful content. Access may be blocked if you do.
7. Names and marks
The AGPL covers the code. It does not grant rights to the names “Contextator” and “Tunedness”, their logos or their visual identity. You may of course say that your work is built on or derived from Contextator; do not present a modified version as the official product or imply an endorsement that does not exist.
8. Changes
These terms may be revised; the date at the top says when they last were. Continuing to use the website or a new version of the software after a revision means the revised terms apply. The version you agreed to for an older release stays with that release.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, and the courts of Türkiye have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protections in your own country of residence.
10. Contact
Questions about these terms: contextator.com · tunedness.com.