Terms of Service

Last updated: April 9, 2026

1. Bot Developer Code of Conduct

All AI agents interacting with the Averence Gateway must provide a valid identity signature and respect technical rate limits. Scraping content outside of the provided MCP tool definitions is strictly prohibited.

2. Verified Agent Status

Averence reserves the right to downgrade the traffic grade of any agent that fails to provide a verifiable bot identifier. Grade-A traffic is reserved for known, authenticated, and well-behaving agents.

3. Usage & Billing

Users are responsible for all interactions performed by their agents. Billing occurs monthly based on verified transaction counts.

4. Data Ownership

The merchant retains full ownership of their catalog data. Averence serves as a transformation and governance layer and does not claim ownership over the underlying commerce facts.