API Terms Review Tool: Flags Marked on the Developer Agreement
Upload dated API terms or a developer agreement. Flags mark rate limits, deprecation, payload data use and suspension on that file.
“We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, your access to the API (or any part of it) with or without notice. GitHub Registered Developer Agreement, section 3, fetched 10 October 2026. Section 20 of that agreement is the law of the State of California, with courts in San Francisco County. The sentence is a public example of a modify-or-discontinue shape. It is not the file you hold, and it is not an England and Wales precedent.”
Rate limits, acceptable use, deprecation notice, payload data use, suspension and the SLA pointer.
| Flag on the file | What that sentence is doing | What you do with the mark |
|---|---|---|
| Rate limits | The figure in this file, whether an exceedance throttles, blocks or counts as breach, and any right to change it without notice. No fetched statute sets a requests-per-second number. | Flag that sentence. A live header dashboard is not the contractual limit. |
| Acceptable use | The prohibition list and the consequence, including immediate suspension. A contractual ban is not itself an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. | Flag the prohibition and the kill-switch. Do not treat a rate-limit exceedance as a crime. |
| Deprecation notice | Whether the file states a notice period and a channel before a breaking change or a retirement, including silence. No fetched statute states a minimum number of days. | Flag the sentence or the silence. Do not fill in a day count from another page. |
| Payload data use | Whether request or response content or logs may be reused, including to train a service. Roles are not decided here. | Flag what this file lets them do with the payload. Leave processor roles on the processor agreement. |
| Suspension | Immediate, at sole discretion, without notice, or without liability. On the other party's written standard terms, reasonableness is a question. The mark is not a finding that the term fails. | Flag the sentence before the integration depends on access. Do not call the clause void. |
| SLA pointer | A cross-reference, an incorporated uptime sentence, or silence. Where this file also restricts a remedy, that restriction is a separate mark. The schedule itself is another paper. | Flag the pointer or the silence. Do not review credits or a chronic-failure exit here. |
Save the dated API terms then upload
Save the clickwrap or the API schedule
Confirm the file is dated API terms or a developer agreement: a clickwrap PDF, or a negotiated API schedule. Website terms are a different file.
Upload that dated file
Open Analyse a contract at /document-analysis and upload the PDF or DOCX you saved. The pass reads that file. It does not read a live quota header.
Flags land on the developer agreement
Rate limits, acceptable use, deprecation notice, payload data use, suspension and the SLA pointer are marked on the uploaded file, with a short explanation and an England and Wales pointer.
A High clash leaves with the marked file
No notice on suspension or retirement, payload reuse where the content is personal data, or a statute chip that does not match the sentence goes to a solicitor with the marked file. The pass does not replace a solicitor.
A developer agreement is this file
Pros
- ✓Rate limits, acceptable use, deprecation notice, payload data use, suspension and an SLA pointer are sentences on the clickwrap or the API schedule.
Cons
- ✗A High clash on notice, payload reuse or a mismatched statute chip goes to a solicitor with the marked file.
Website terms are a different file
Pros
- ✓Renew, cancel, arbitrate, train and unilateral change belong on the live website terms page.
Cons
- ✗Those flags are not the six marks on a dated developer agreement.
The Accept checklist is a different job
Pros
- ✓Fee, renew, cancel, arbitrate, train and indemnify before Accept stay on the checklist article of 1 September 2026.
Cons
- ✗That checklist does not replace the rate-limit or suspension sentence on this file.
A dated API terms file is the paper the integration will run on. On that developer agreement the rate limit, the deprecation sentence and a suspension without notice are not obvious. Checkory is an api terms review tool. The same API terms come back with flags on rate limits, deprecation, payload data use and suspension, plus a short explanation and an England and Wales pointer.
Before this dated developer agreement is relied on, name which rate-limit, deprecation, payload-use or suspension sentence must be challenged, and which of those clashes go to a solicitor with the marked file. A High clash is no notice on suspension or retirement, payload reuse where the content is personal data, or a statute chip that does not match the sentence.
API terms review tool
The whole developer agreement in one upload
The job is one dated file, API terms or a developer agreement, as a PDF or DOCX. Acceptable use and the SLA pointer are columns on that file. They stay even though the outcome sentence names four flags.
Dated clickwrap or a negotiated API schedule
Save the clickwrap on the day it was offered, or use the negotiated API schedule, then upload it at Analyse a contract. YouTube API Services Terms and Canva API and App Developer Terms, both fetched 10 October 2026, govern publishing through a platform. They are not a review of the agreement you hold.
The same file comes back with flags
The AI contract review tool page, dated 30 August 2026 and updated 25 September 2026, describes the artefact as the annotated source file, with statute links where a provision of England and Wales may apply. A Checkory first pass does not replace a solicitor.
Example deprecation and suspension flag
A version may be withdrawn on notice
The public example is GitHub Registered Developer Agreement section 3, fetched 10 October 2026. That section also says it is the developer's sole responsibility to stay compatible with the then-current API. The shape is retirement or a breaking change, with or without notice. It is not filled into a silent draft, and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 is not applied to that California agreement.
Access may be suspended if the limit is exceeded
Section 4 allows suspension of an application consuming a disproportionate amount of resources. Section 9 terminates the agreement immediately, without notice, on breach. Neither sentence is an England and Wales rule.
The flag sits on the dated file
On your upload the flag sits on the suspension or retirement sentence the file actually uses. Where one party deals on the other party's written standard terms, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 s.3, fetched 10 October 2026, is the pointer. As against that party, the other cannot by a contract term exclude or restrict liability for his own breach, or claim a performance substantially different from what was reasonably expected, or no performance at all, except so far as the term satisfies reasonableness. No notice on suspension or retirement raises that question. It is not a finding that the term fails.
A live quota dashboard is not this quote
Delimiter, fetched 10 October 2026, reads rate-limit response headers into a dashboard after calls are running. The quote here is the contractual sentence.
See the flags on the developer agreement
Analyse a contractWhat a suspension sentence asks on written standard terms
Mark immediate, sole discretion, without notice, or without liability. On written standard terms, s.3(2)(a) points at a term that excludes liability for the other party's own breach, and s.3(2)(b) points at substantially different performance or no performance at all. Neither is a stamp that the clause is void. A negotiated schedule may sit outside written standard terms. Section 3(3) sends a consumer contract to Consumer Rights Act 2015 s.62, which is not paraphrased.
The England and Wales pointer stays on this file
Section 3 is headed England and Wales and Northern Ireland. This page keeps the pointer on England and Wales and does not become a Northern Ireland guide. Scotland is outside s.3 as fetched on 10 October 2026. A consumer contract is sent by s.3(3) to Consumer Rights Act 2015 s.62, which is not paraphrased. A negotiated schedule may sit outside written standard terms. A first pass that marks the file does not replace a solicitor.
Rate limits deprecation and data use
Rate limits
Mark the figure in the file, whether an exceedance throttles, blocks or counts as breach, and any right to change it without notice. No statute fetched on 10 October 2026 sets a requests-per-second number.
Acceptable use
Mark the prohibition and the consequence, including immediate suspension. Computer Misuse Act 1990 s.1 requires intent to secure unauthorised access and knowledge that it is unauthorised. Section 17(5) says access is unauthorised if the person is not entitled to control access of that kind and does not have consent from a person so entitled, subject to section 10. A contractual ban is not that offence. Do not treat a rate-limit exceedance as unauthorised access.
Deprecation notice
Mark a notice period and a channel, or mark the silence. Do not copy a month-range, or the GitHub sentence, onto a silent draft.
How payload data use is read when the content is personal data
Payload data use
Mark whether request content, response content or logs may be reused, including to train a service. If the payload is personal data, UK GDPR Article 5(1)(b), in force from 5 February 2026, requires specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and bars incompatible further processing. Article 5(3) says compatibility alone does not make processing lawful. A non-personal payload does not become personal data because this column exists.
UK GDPR Article 28(3)(a) says a processor processes personal data only on documented instructions. Article 28(10) says a processor that determines purposes and means is a controller for that processing. Do not decide that question here.
Upload API terms for review
IBM Verify, fetched 10 October 2026, describes a method that attaches an end-user licence. Memories Upload terms describe a recordings programme. Upload the dated API terms instead. The only path is Analyse a contract. The pass is not permission to integrate.
Developer API agreement review tool
An OpenAPI diff reviews a schema, not this file. Justee, fetched 10 October 2026, returns suggested considerations. Vaulytica describes a Word report: the header says nothing is uploaded, and the steps say drop a PDF or DOCX. Branding is not a flag here.
API developer terms review
Accord and Shield is a dependency checklist. ContractsCounsel is a how-to about hiring a lawyer. CGAP Guidance Note, Key Considerations When Developing Legal Terms and Conditions for Financial Services APIs, January 2020, is named by title and is not copied. TOS Lawyer discusses drafting. The flag stays on the PDF you hold.
API terms vs website ToS vs the checklist
This file is the developer agreement. Website Terms Review Tool: Flags Marked on the Terms You Upload, dated 3 October 2026, marks renew, cancel, arbitrate, train and unilateral change. Website Terms of Service Review Checklist Before You Accept, 1 September 2026, walks fee, renew, cancel, arbitrate, train and indemnify before Accept. Its sums stay there.
Website terms stay on the website terms page
If the paper is website terms, use that page. Rate limits, deprecation notice and suspension stay on this URL.
An Accept checklist stays on the blog
The checklist is the moment of Accept. The heading here stays on the developer agreement and does not switch to a website-terms tool name.
An acceptable-use how-to stays on the blog
How to Review a Vendor Acceptable-Use Policy Mid-Term, 13 September 2026, compares a live URL with an emailed PDF. One row here is the prohibition and the consequence. A standalone policy has no URL on this page. Do not import that article's sums.
A unilateral update how-to stays on the blog
How to Review a Unilateral Online-Policy Update Right, 13 September 2026, covers a posted URL and continued use. Silence on notice is marked on the API terms. How to Review a Pinned Model Version and Deprecation Notice, 18 September 2026, is a named model on a master services agreement. Do not import its day counts.
An SLA schedule stays on the SLA page
SLA Review Tool: Flags Marked on the Service Level Schedule, dated 25 September 2026, marks uptime, credits, exclusive remedy and chronic-failure exit. Here, flag a cross-reference or silence. Where these terms restrict a remedy, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 s.13 also limits cutting off that remedy. Do not open the credit table.
A subscription paper stays on the SaaS page
BrieflyGo, fetched 10 October 2026, flags payment and cancellation on a general SaaS report. Renewal on a subscription paper belongs on SaaS Agreement Review Tool: Flags Marked on the Subscription Paper. Roles, sub-processors, transfers and deletion stay on DPA Review Tool: Risks Marked on the Processor Agreement, dated 14 September 2026.
A dashboard or a paste box is a different job
A rate-limit dashboard, a website-terms checklist or a paste-in terms scanner can mention limits, deprecation and data use. That does not mark the sentences on this dated developer agreement. Suggested considerations, a Word report and a generic SaaS report are other outputs.
A live rate-limit monitor is not this page
A monitor that reads RateLimit headers after go-live does not show the sentence in the PDF. A status page reports an incident. The right to discontinue access sits in the file.
A paste box or a Word report is not this file
Review-time figures, plan prices and an FAQ notice range are not reused. Check totals are not reused, and branding is not a flag. Terms.Law pastes text, so there is no saved date. Terms Analyzer, absent from the primary-query return on 10 October 2026, sorts general terms. You keep the agreement you uploaded.
Chat, Word add-on and lifecycle software
A thread, an editor add-on and a portfolio of reminders do not leave the sentences marked on the developer agreement. Risk flags, a short explanation and an England and Wales pointer sit on the file you uploaded.
When a High clash goes to a solicitor
You can point to the rate-limit sentence, the deprecation sentence, the payload-use sentence and the suspension sentence on the uploaded file, and you can see acceptable use and the SLA pointer as columns on that same file. Send a High clash to a solicitor with the marked file.
The pass is not a live rate-limit monitor and it is not permission to integrate. Legal Services Act 2007 s.12 lists reserved legal activity: a right of audience, the conduct of litigation, reserved instrument activities, probate activities, notarial activities and the administration of oaths. Marking a sentence is not that list, and it is not a ruling on reasonableness. Name the sentence you cannot accept and take the marked file.
FAQ
Which file belongs in this API terms upload?
Dated API terms or a developer agreement: a clickwrap PDF saved on the day it was offered, or a negotiated API schedule. Website terms, an Accept checklist, a processor agreement and a service level schedule are other files. A live rate-limit header is not a file you upload here.
Which sentences get a flag on the developer agreement?
Six sentences: rate limits, acceptable use, deprecation notice, payload data use, suspension, and the SLA pointer or its silence. Each mark has a short explanation and an England and Wales pointer beside the words. Acceptable use and the SLA pointer stay on this file even though the outcome sentence names four flags.
Does a silent deprecation clause get a notice period filled in?
No. Silence is the mark. No statute fetched on 10 October 2026 states a minimum number of days. Do not copy a neighbour month-range or a paste-scanner window onto the file. A pinned model identifier on a master services agreement is a different article.
When do the UK GDPR purpose rules sit beside a payload sentence?
Only where the payload is personal data, or the file does not say. Article 5(1)(b) and Article 5(3) are purpose pointers. Article 28(3)(a) and Article 28(10) are processor pointers. The page does not decide who is controller. A non-personal payload does not become personal data because the column exists. Roles, sub-processors, transfers and deletion stay on the processor page.
Is exceeding a written rate limit treated as a criminal offence here?
No. Computer Misuse Act 1990 s.1 and s.17(5) are a fence so the acceptable-use column is not described as an offence. A contractual ban is not itself that offence. Exceeding a written rate limit is not treated as unauthorised access on this page.
What should go to a solicitor with the marked file?
A High clash: no notice on suspension or retirement, payload reuse where the content is personal data, or a statute chip that does not match the sentence. You should be able to point at the rate-limit sentence, the deprecation sentence, the payload-use sentence and the suspension sentence. The pass does not replace a solicitor, it is not a live rate-limit monitor, and it is not permission to integrate.
Does an SLA pointer review the uptime schedule?
No. The row flags a cross-reference, an incorporated uptime sentence, or silence. Uptime, credits, exclusive remedy and chronic-failure exit stay on the service level page. Where the API terms themselves restrict a remedy, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 s.13 is the pointer, and the credit table stays closed.
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