Terms of Service
1. Harm Policy — Non-Negotiable
Decision Helper will not analyze, process, or store any input that involves potential harm to any person (including you yourself) or any animal.
This policy applies unconditionally. It cannot be bypassed by hypothetical framing, academic framing, or any other means.
Covered situations include but are not limited to:
- Self-harm or suicidal ideation (explicit or implied)
- Physical harm or violence toward another person
- Harm to animals
- Threats or plans that endanger others
When this policy is triggered:
- The analysis is immediately halted
- No data is saved to your account
- No charge is applied — the session is voided
- Crisis support resources are surfaced
If you’re going through something difficult, please reach out:
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 (US)
- Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
- International: findahelpline.com
2. Acceptance
By creating an account or using Decision Helper ("the Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.
3. What the Service Does
Decision Helper is a decision-support tool that uses artificial intelligence to help you think through choices. It applies structured decision theory frameworks and asks guided questions to help clarify your thinking. It does not make decisions for you, and its output is not professional advice of any kind — legal, financial, medical, or otherwise.
4. Your Account
You need an email address to create an account. You're responsible for keeping your account secure. We use magic link authentication — no passwords are stored.
5. Payments and Decisions
- The Yearly Pass ($36/year) includes 100 decision credits. One credit covers one full analysis, with any number of frameworks; re-calculations within the 72-hour edit window are free.
- Credits do not expire. Unused credits carry over if you purchase another Yearly Pass.
- The Yearly Pass does not auto-renew — there is no recurring charge.
- Payments are processed by Ko-fi, our billing provider. Credits are matched to the email address used at checkout, so please pay with your account email. By purchasing, you agree to Ko-fi's terms.
- Legacy plan: if you subscribed to the former $12/year plan (billed via LemonSqueezy), its terms — 1 included analysis per calendar month, resetting on the 1st and not rolling over — continue to apply until the end of your paid year. Previously purchased credits remain usable and do not expire.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service for unlawful purposes
- Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or abuse the API
- Share your account credentials with others
- Use the Service to harm, deceive, or manipulate others
7. Your Data
Your analyses are saved to your account for your own reference. You can delete individual analyses at any time, export all your data as JSON, and delete your entire account and all associated data from your account menu (or by emailing us). We use your email only to send login links and service notifications — no marketing without consent.
We never sell your data or use it to train AI models. To operate the Service, your data is shared only with the processors listed in our Privacy Policy: decision text and interview responses are sent to OpenRouter, which routes them to OpenAI (GPT-4o) or Anthropic (Claude) for analysis; login emails are delivered via Resend; payments are handled by Ko-fi (and, for legacy subscriptions only, LemonSqueezy); and anonymous, cookieless page-view statistics are collected via Plausible.
Automatic redaction. Before your decision text and interview responses are sent to the AI or stored on our servers, we automatically scan for and redact the following types of personally identifying information so they are never transmitted in the clear:
- Email addresses (e.g.
[email protected]) - Phone numbers (US and international formats)
- Social Security Numbers (and other government ID numbers in SSN-like formats)
- IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6)
Each match is replaced with a generic placeholder (for example [REDACTED_EMAIL]) so the analysis still makes sense without exposing the underlying value. You don't need to do anything — redaction happens automatically. We still recommend you avoid pasting other sensitive information (full home addresses, credit card numbers, medical record numbers, passwords) since redaction patterns can never be exhaustive.
8. Disclaimer
The Service is provided "as is." We make no warranties about the accuracy, completeness, or fitness of AI-generated analysis for any particular purpose. Use your own judgment. We are not liable for decisions you make based on output from the Service.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Decision Helper's total liability to you for any claim arising from use of the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.
10. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll notify you by email for material changes. Continued use of the Service after changes means you accept the updated Terms.
11. Contact
Questions? Email us at [email protected].