Terms of Service

Effective: June 19, 2026 · Last updated: August 7, 2026

These terms set out the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between the company that provides Consilience (the “Service”) (the “Company”) and the user who uses the Service (the “User” or “you”). By signing up for or using the Service, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms.

Article 1 (Purpose)

These terms set out the basic matters — including the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between the Company and the User, and the conditions and procedures of use — regarding the use of Consilience (a local-first ontology agent workspace provided as a desktop app and a hosted web version, and related supplementary services) provided by the Company.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The terms used in these terms are defined as follows.

• Service: the Consilience desktop application provided by the Company, the hosted web version (cloud workspaces used in the browser), and all incidental services such as workspace sharing.
• User (Member): an individual or organization that has agreed to these terms and uses the Service.
• Account: the identifying information, and the set thereof, granted to identify the User and to use the Service.
• Note: a plain .md markdown file. In the desktop app the User keeps it on their own device's disk; in a cloud workspace it is kept in that workspace on the Company's hosting infrastructure.
• Knowledge graph: an artifact generated from the User's notes and stored alongside them as a portable, standard-format file.
• Index: regenerable data created from the User's writing for search — stored on the User's device in the desktop app, and on the Company's hosting infrastructure in a cloud workspace.
• Agent: a feature within the Service that calls an AI model to answer the User's requests or perform tasks.
• AI model provider: an external operator that provides the artificial intelligence models the agent calls. Requests are routed via OpenRouter, Inc. (United States) to model providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
• Speech-to-text provider: an external operator that turns a voice recording into text. When the User uses the voice or transcription features, the audio is relayed to Deepgram, Inc. (United States).
• Workspace sharing: a feature that lets the User optionally export their workspace as a file (bundle), or upload a workspace bundle to external cloud storage to create a share link.
• Content: all data, including notes the User writes or imports, source materials, and the knowledge graph and index generated from them.
• Payment processor (Paddle): Paddle.com Market Ltd (based in the United Kingdom), which handles payment, billing, taxes, and refunds for paid subscriptions as the Merchant of Record.
• Beta: the private beta stage that the Company provides in a limited scope prior to general release.

Article 3 (Posting, Amendment, and Effect of the Terms)

The Company posts the contents of these terms on the Service screen or the Company website (consilience.md) so that Users can easily see them. These terms take effect upon being posted.

• The Company may amend these terms to the extent it does not violate relevant laws.
• When the Company amends the terms, it will specify the amended contents and the effective date and give notice — via the Service screen or email — from 7 days before the effective date (or from 30 days before, in the case of changes unfavorable or material to the User).
• The Company clearly displays the important contents of these terms (usage fees, auto-renewal, termination, refunds, limitation of liability, etc.) so that Users can easily understand them, and explains those contents upon a User's request.
• If a User does not agree to the amended terms, the User may terminate the service agreement. If, when giving the above notice, the Company also stated that “failing to express an objection by the effective date will be deemed consent,” and the User did not expressly object, the User is deemed to have agreed to the amended terms.
• When transitioning from beta to the formal Service, the Company gives advance notice of any changes to pricing or benefits.

Article 4 (Accounts and Membership Registration)

• The service agreement is formed when the User agrees to the terms and applies to sign up under the procedure set by the Company, and the Company accepts the application.
• The User must provide accurate and up-to-date information when signing up and must update it without delay if there is any change.
• The User is responsible for securely managing their account information and must immediately notify the Company upon becoming aware of any unauthorized use of the account.
• Responsibility for damage arising from negligent account management or fraudulent use rests with the User, except where caused by the Company's intent or fault.

Article 5 (Formation of the Service Agreement)

• The service agreement is formed upon the Company's acceptance of the sign-up application.
• The Company may refuse or withhold acceptance of an application that falls under any of the following.
  • Where someone else's name is misappropriated or false information is entered
  • Where it duplicates an already-registered account
  • Where there is a clear risk of violating relevant laws or these terms
  • Where acceptance is difficult due to the Company's circumstances, such as facility capacity or technical constraints

Article 6 (Contents, Provision, Change, and Suspension of the Service)

Consilience is local-first at its core. When the User uses the desktop app, notes are plain .md files on the User's disk, the search index and knowledge graph store live on the User's device, and every regenerable layer is rebuilt from the User's writing. In a cloud workspace used through the hosted web version, that same data is instead stored on hosting infrastructure operated by the Company on the User's behalf (see Articles 7 and 11-2).

• The Company provides the desktop app for macOS and Windows through signed releases and automatic updates; it is currently offered as a private beta. The hosted web version is used in the browser and requires no installation.
• External features such as the agent's web access (web search and URL fetching) are off by default and operate only when the User turns them on themselves (opt-in).
• Every change made by the agent (creating notes, editing files, running commands) is applied only after passing the approval method set by the User.
• The Company may change the contents of the Service or suspend its provision in part or in whole, in which case it gives advance notice of the reason and date by a reasonable method. However, where there is an urgent or unavoidable reason such as system maintenance, a fault, or a force majeure event, it may give notice afterward.

Article 7 (Beta Provision and Disclaimer of Warranties)

Consilience is currently provided “as-is” as a private beta. To the extent permitted by relevant law, the Company does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that it will be fit for a particular purpose. Beta builds may contain defects, so we recommend backing up important work separately. When you use the desktop app, your notes are plain .md files on disk, so you can take them with you as-is at any time, independent of our app. For a cloud workspace used only through the web version, you can download the entire workspace as a .zip at any time from the web version's workspace list; we still recommend keeping separate copies of material you cannot afford to lose. The disclaimer in this Article does not apply to liability arising from the Company's intent or gross negligence, or to liability under mandatory provisions concerning consumer protection.

Article 8 (Use of AI Models and the Limits of Output)

The agent calls AI models in order to answer or to do work. When it does, only the text needed for that task is sent to the external model provider; the full body of your notes or your entire knowledge graph is not sent.

• AI output may be inaccurate or incomplete. The User is responsible for reviewing and verifying the output and must confirm important decisions personally.
• Every change made by the agent is applied only after passing the approval procedure set by the User, so please review before it is applied.
• This Article does not exclude liability arising from the Company's intent or gross negligence.

Article 9 (Ownership of User Content and Authority to Process It)

The notes you write, the sources you import, and the knowledge graph that grows on top of them are all yours. All rights and ownership of the Content rest entirely with the User and are not transferred to the Company through the use permitted under these terms.

• When you use the desktop app, note bodies are by design not sent to the Company's servers. When you use a cloud workspace through the hosted web version, its notes are stored on Company-operated hosting infrastructure solely to provide the Service (Articles 6 and 11-2). We also collect no telemetry by default.
• The Company does not use the User's Content to train artificial intelligence models.
• When the agent performs a task with AI, only the text needed for that task is sent to the external model provider (routed via OpenRouter, Inc. to providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google); your entire notes or graph are not sent wholesale.
• When the User uses the voice or transcription features, the audio recording itself is relayed to the speech-to-text provider (Deepgram, Inc., United States) to be turned into text. The relay does not store the audio, and this happens only when the User invokes those features.
• The workspace sharing feature uploads the relevant workspace bundle to cloud storage (Amazon Web Services, Inc., United States) when the User creates a share link. Separately, for a cloud workspace, the Company's server uploads a backup of the whole workspace to the same cloud storage every 6 hours; each run overwrites the previous backup, so one current copy is kept rather than a history, and stored objects are encrypted at rest. While you use a cloud workspace you cannot decline this backup — the way to decline it is not to use a cloud workspace.
• In the desktop app, if you do not create a cloud workspace or a share link, your Content stays on your device apart from the transfers described above (the text an agent task needs, and audio you send to transcription).
• The User merely permits the Company to process Content to the extent necessary to provide the Service; the details of the scope of that processing and transfer follow the Privacy Policy and the Data Processing Notice.

Article 10 (Usage Fees, Payment, Auto-Renewal, and Termination)

The Company offers the following plans (currency: US dollars, USD).

• Free: free
• Plus: $25 / month
• Pro: $100 / month
• Ultra: $200 / month
• Business / Enterprise: organizational deployment options such as dedicated and on-premises, provided through a separate inquiry.

Paid plans are billed at the prices shown above. When pricing or benefits change, the Company gives advance notice before the change takes effect.

• Payment processing entity. Payment for paid subscriptions of this Service is handled by Paddle.com Market Ltd (“Paddle”) as the Merchant of Record and reseller. That is, Paddle, as the legal seller, handles billing, the collection and remittance of taxes (VAT, etc.), invoicing, and refunds.
• Dual agreement. When a User completes payment, they agree not only to these terms but also to Paddle's Buyer Terms and Refund Policy. Those terms can be reviewed via the links above or the links provided on the payment screen.
• Payment information processing. At the payment step, Paddle processes your email and payment-method identifying information. The payment process does not touch the body of your notes.
• Auto-renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically on a monthly basis. If the User cancels, renewal stops on the next billing date, and use for the period already paid through the time of cancellation is maintained.
• First-month-free trial (Plus). The Plus plan starts with a free first month. The card is saved at sign-up but not charged during the free period; unless the User cancels before the free month ends, the subscription automatically converts to the paid Plus plan ($25/month) and billing begins. The User may cancel at any time during the free month at no charge.
• Refunds. Refunds are handled by Paddle under its own refund policy. The Company guarantees a refund within 14 days of the payment date under Paddle's Buyer Terms, which applies regardless of whether use has begun. In addition, for consumers in the Republic of Korea, statutory rights such as the right of withdrawal (in principle within 7 days) guaranteed by the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce and related guidelines are separately guaranteed. For details on refunds, see the Refund Policy.

Article 11 (User Obligations and Prohibited Conduct)

The User must not engage in any of the following conduct.

• Conduct that violates relevant laws or these terms
• Conduct that infringes another person's intellectual property rights, personal information, or other rights
• Reverse engineering the Service, or copying, distributing, or reselling it without authorization
• Interfering with the normal operation of the Service or accessing the system improperly
• When using the web access feature, conduct that violates the terms of the target site or relevant laws
• Using the Service for purposes that are inappropriate under law or generally accepted social norms

Article 11-2 (Hosted Content: Reports, Removal, and Legal Requests)

This Article applies to content stored on hosting infrastructure operated by the Company — cloud workspaces, published graphs, and share-link bundles. A cloud workspace is a private storage space processed at your direction; the Company does not pre-screen its contents.

• Reports. Anyone may report hosted content that infringes their rights or violates law to hello@consilience.md. The Company reviews reports and, where the law requires or the content violates Article 11, may restrict access to or delete the hosted content in question.
• Notice. When the Company restricts or deletes hosted content, it notifies the workspace owner of the reason by a reasonable method, unless the law prohibits or urgency prevents such notice (in which case notice follows afterward).
• Legal requests. The Company discloses hosted content to investigative or other public authorities only where a statute requires it or lawful process (such as a warrant) compels it, and only to the minimum extent required.
• Objection. A workspace owner may object to a restriction or deletion via the same contact; the Company reviews the objection and restores content restricted without proper grounds.

Article 12 (License and Intellectual Property)

• The Company grants the User a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Service under these terms. The User agrees to install signed releases and to receive automatic updates.
• All intellectual property rights held by the Company — such as the software, trademarks, and logos that make up the Service — belong to the Company or the rightful holder. This is clearly distinct from the User's ownership of Content under Article 9.
• Rights to artifacts generated in portable, standard formats, such as the knowledge graph, belong to the User, who may freely take them, independent of our app.

Article 13 (Limitation of Liability)

To the extent permitted by relevant law, the Company is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from data loss, service interruption, inaccuracy of AI output, or use of the Service, and the Company's liability for damages is limited to a reasonable cap (e.g., the amount the User paid the Company during the 12 months immediately preceding the occurrence of the damage).

However, the above limitation of liability does not apply to legal liability arising from the intent or gross negligence of the Company or its agents or employees, to damage to life or body, or to liability under mandatory provisions concerning consumer protection. Any part of this Article that violates relevant laws, such as the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, has no effect to that extent.

Article 14 (Indemnification and Disclaimer)

• If the User causes damage to the Company by violating these terms or relevant laws, the User is responsible for compensating that damage.
• If a third party claims damages against or files suit against the Company for a reason attributable to the User, the User shall make efforts to hold the Company harmless and, if the Company is not held harmless, must compensate for the resulting damage.
• The indemnification and penalties under this Article apply to the extent permitted by relevant law, and any portion that is unreasonably excessive has no effect.

Article 15 (Assignment of Rights and Obligations)

• The User may not assign or pledge as security their status or rights and obligations under these terms to a third party without the Company's prior written consent.
• The Company may succeed to its status under these terms by reason of a business transfer, split-off, merger, or the like, in which case it notifies the User of that fact.

Article 16 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

• The law of the Republic of Korea governs these terms and the use of the Service.
• Suits regarding disputes arising between the Company and a User are filed with the court of jurisdiction set by the Civil Procedure Act.
• However, where the User is a consumer, the consumer may also file suit with the court having jurisdiction over their place of residence (habitual residence), and notwithstanding the choice of governing law, the consumer is not deprived of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the consumer's country of residence.
• These terms are published in multiple languages. The English version is the authoritative text: if any translation (including the Korean or Japanese version) conflicts with the English version, the English version prevails to the extent permitted by mandatory law.

Article 17 (Severability)

Even if some provision of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable under relevant law, the validity of the remaining provisions is not affected.

Article 18 (Dispute Resolution and Inquiries)

Disputes related to the use of the Service are, in principle, resolved by good-faith consultation between the Company and the User. If consultation fails, the parties may use the mediation of relevant dispute-resolution bodies such as the Korea Consumer Agency or the Content Dispute Resolution Committee. If you have any questions about the terms or your use of the Service, email us anytime at hello@consilience.md.

For more on how we handle and protect data, see the Privacy Policy, the Data Processing Notice, and the Security documentation; for refunds, see the Refund Policy.

Business Information

• Company name: Consilience
• Representative: Youngtak Jo
• Business registration number: [business registration number]
• Mail-order business report number: [mail-order business report number]
• Business address: [business address]
• Phone: [phone]
• Customer inquiries: hello@consilience.md
• Hosting provider: Vercel, Inc. (website); Fly.io, Inc. (cloud workspaces)
• Data protection officer: [data protection officer name] ([data protection officer title])
• Payment and seller (MoR): Paddle.com Market Ltd (Paddle, UK-based Merchant of Record)

Addendum

• These terms take effect from June 19, 2026.
• Amended August 7, 2026. The amendment adds disclosures that were missing rather than changing what the Company may do: it names the speech-to-text provider that receives audio from the voice features, states that a cloud workspace keeps notes and the derived knowledge graph on the Company’s hosting infrastructure, and states that the Company backs a cloud workspace up to cloud storage every 6 hours. No cloud workspace existed on the date of this amendment, so no User’s data was affected by it.
• Paid plans are billed at the prices shown; any change to pricing or benefits is announced in advance.