Terms of Service

Effective 20 September 2026

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between Coduck Inc., a corporation with its principal place of business in Austin, Texas (“Coduck”, “we”, “our” or “us”), and you. By downloading, installing or using the Software, or by using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Software or the Site.

If you accept these Terms on behalf of an employer or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity, and “you” refers to that entity.

1. Definitions

• “Software” means the Coduck command-line tool, including any updates, documentation and related materials we make available.
• “Site” means the website at coduck.dev.
• “AI Provider” means a third party supplying the coding agent the Software invokes, currently Anthropic, PBC or OpenAI, L.L.C.
• “Your Content” means the source code, repositories, configuration, documents and issue content the Software processes on your computer.
• “Output” means the findings, summaries, questions and other results a review produces.

2. Licence and Provision of the Software

The Software is proprietary and is licensed, not sold. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and execute the Software on computers you or your organisation control, solely to review code you are authorised to review.

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

• sell, resell, rent, lease, sublicense, distribute or otherwise make the Software available to any third party;
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, or otherwise attempt to derive its source code, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits notwithstanding this restriction;
• modify the Software or create derivative works of it;
• remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notice contained in it;
• use the Software to develop a competing product or service, or publish benchmark or comparative results without our prior written consent; or
• use the Software in respect of code, systems or accounts you are not authorised to access.

Open source components distributed with the Software remain subject to their respective licences, which prevail over this Section in respect of those components.

3. Beta Software

The Software is pre-release and is provided without charge. You acknowledge that it may contain defects, may not operate as described, and may be modified, suspended or discontinued in whole or in part at any time without notice and without liability to you. Descriptions on the Site of functionality that is planned or in development are not commitments to deliver it. If we introduce paid plans, we will not begin charging for functionality you are already using without notice and your agreement.

4. Third-Party Accounts and AI Providers

The Software contains no artificial intelligence model. It performs a review by invoking a coding agent that you have installed and authenticated on your own computer, using your own session with the relevant AI Provider.

Charges. Each review makes multiple calls to that agent, which consume quota or incur charges on your account with the AI Provider. Reviews may take several minutes and may cost money. The --budget-dollars and --timeout options limit each individual call, but you remain solely responsible for all amounts the AI Provider bills you, and we have no liability for those amounts.

Transmission of Your Content. Running a review transmits portions of Your Content to the AI Provider under the agreement between you and that provider. You are responsible for ensuring that such transmission is permitted by your employer, your customers and any confidentiality, regulatory or contractual obligation to which you are subject.

Other services. If you connect an issue tracking or documentation service, you authorise the Software to read the records you have granted it access to, using credentials stored on your computer. Your use of those services is governed by your agreement with them. We are not responsible for their availability, content, or for changes that cause an integration to cease functioning.

5. Your Obligations

You will not use the Software or the Site to:

• violate any applicable law or regulation, or infringe the intellectual property or privacy rights of others;
• access code, systems, issues or accounts without authorisation;
• develop malicious software, or identify vulnerabilities in systems you lack permission to test;
• circumvent any limitation of the Software, or interfere with the operation of the Site.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of the computers on which you install the Software and of the credentials it stores locally.

6. Fees

We currently charge no fee for the Software. Amounts payable to an AI Provider or to any other third-party service are your responsibility as set out in Section 4.

7. Intellectual Property Rights

As between the parties, we own all right, title and interest in and to the Software, the Site, the Coduck name and logo, and all intellectual property rights in them. These Terms grant you no rights other than the licence expressly stated in Section 2.

As between the parties, you own Your Content and the Output. We claim no ownership of, and acquire no licence to, your source code, repositories, documents or the results of any review. We do not receive Your Content or the Output.

8. Feedback

If you provide suggestions, bug reports or other feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and unrestricted right to use and exploit it without obligation or attribution to you. Do not include confidential information or source code in feedback.

9. Term and Termination

These Terms apply from your first use of the Software or the Site and continue until terminated. You may terminate at any time by ceasing use and uninstalling the Software. We may suspend or terminate your licence immediately if you breach these Terms. On termination, the licence in Section 2 ends and you must stop using and remove the Software. Sections 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 survive termination.

10. Limited Warranty; Disclaimer

Nature of the Output. The Output is generated by a large language model applied to Your Content. It is probabilistic and is not deterministic or exhaustive. You acknowledge that the Software may fail to identify defects, including serious defects and security vulnerabilities; may report issues that are not defects; may produce different results for the same input on different runs; and that the absence of findings is not evidence that Your Content is correct, secure, compliant or fit for any purpose. The Output is advisory. It does not replace human code review, testing, security assessment or your own professional judgement, and you are solely responsible for all decisions you make in reliance on it and for all code you release. You will not use the Software as the sole control in any circumstance where failure could result in death, personal injury, or significant financial, environmental or legal harm.

THE SOFTWARE, THE SITE AND THE OUTPUT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT IT WILL DETECT ANY PARTICULAR DEFECT OR VULNERABILITY, OR THAT THE OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR RELIABLE.

Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Coduck and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to your use of the Software or the Site, Your Content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER CODUCK NOR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; FOR ANY DEFECT, VULNERABILITY, OUTAGE OR SECURITY INCIDENT THAT A REVIEW DID NOT IDENTIFY; OR FOR ANY AMOUNTS CHARGED TO YOU BY AN AI PROVIDER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY; WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE SOFTWARE OR THE SITE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM AND (B) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$100).

These limitations apply notwithstanding the failure of any limited remedy of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not permit certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

13. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

The state and federal courts located in Travis County, Texas will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Software or the Site, and each party consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waives any objection to venue. If you are a consumer, this Section does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory laws of your country of residence.

14. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between the parties in respect of their subject matter and supersede all prior understandings. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, agency or employment relationship. We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

We may revise these Terms. We will update the effective date at the top of this page and, where a revision materially affects your rights, provide notice on the Site before it takes effect. Your continued use of the Software after the revision takes effect constitutes acceptance.

15. Contact

Coduck Inc.
Austin, Texas, United States
privacy@coduck.dev