These Marketplace Publisher Terms ("Publisher Terms") apply when you submit an app, agent, flow, skill, knowledge entry, MCP server, or other software, container or data ("Software") for listing in the inference shell marketplace, or in any directory, search, recommendation, API or MCP surface through which inference shell presents Software to other customers (together, the "Marketplace"). They supplement the Terms of Service, whose acceptable use, limitation of liability, dispute resolution and governing law sections apply to you as a publisher. If the two conflict on a Marketplace matter, these Publisher Terms control.
"You" means the team that submits the Software and the person accepting on its behalf. "Buyer" means any customer who runs, loads, installs or connects to Software through the Marketplace. A "Listed Version" is a version of your Software that we have approved and made available in the Marketplace.
1. merchant of record
inference shell is the merchant of record for every Marketplace transaction. Buyers contract with and pay Inference Shell Inc., not you. You will not invoice Buyers for use of a Listed Version, and you will not ask them for payment details.
2. your representations
You represent and warrant, now and for as long as your Software is listed, that:
- you have all rights needed to provide the Software, to grant the licenses in section 3, and to let Buyers use it as the Marketplace allows. This includes any third-party API, model, dataset or service the Software calls, whose terms must permit this use, including metered resale through inference shell;
- the Software and its ordinary, intended use comply with applicable law, the Terms of Service, and the Marketplace Policy, as updated from time to time;
- everything you tell us is accurate and kept up to date, including listing details, data-handling answers, use cases, reviewer instructions and contact details;
- if the Software, or any service it calls, collects or shares personal data, you provide and follow a privacy policy that accurately describes what is collected, how it is used, how long it is kept and with whom it is shared, and you link every applicable third-party privacy policy; and
- the Software does exactly what its listing says, and nothing it does is hidden from the reviewed version.
3. licenses you grant
You grant Inference Shell Inc. and its affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, for as long as the Software is listed and for the wind-down period in section 9:
- To host and run. We may host, store, copy, cache, execute, transmit and make each Listed Version available to Buyers through the web app, API, SDKs, CLI, MCP server, embedded publications, and third-party surfaces that connect to inference shell (for example Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients). This covers running a Listed Version after you have changed or deleted your own copy of it.
- To present. We may reproduce, display and distribute your listing, descriptions, documentation, icons, screenshots and use-case outputs, and use your name, logos and marks to identify the Software and to promote the Marketplace and inference shell.
- To review and test. We may inspect, scan and run the Software at any time, including automated reviewers that execute your use cases and record their outputs. We may collect functional metadata (calls, errors, latency, success rates, distinct paying organizations) to operate and improve inference shell, and may show it to Buyers.
The license you choose for your listing (for example MIT or proprietary) governs what Buyers may do with the Software's content outside inference shell, such as downloading a skill's files. It does not limit the licenses above. Outputs a Buyer produces with your Software belong to that Buyer under the Terms of Service.
4. review, listing and removal
We have no obligation to list any Software. We may review, test, hold, reject, suspend, delist or remove any Software or version, and may withhold auto-publishing, at any time and for any reason, including policy violations, Buyer complaints, security concerns, quality problems or changes to the Marketplace Policy. This carries no liability to you. We are not obliged to monitor your Software, but we may review it at any time.
We may change how your listing is presented: its category, ranking, featured status, badges and search placement. We will not change the Software itself, except to redact secrets or unsafe content from what we display.
5. pricing and earnings
- Levels. We set the Marketplace fee for each listing by level (currently New, Proven, Popular and Top) and may change a listing's level at any time. Buyers pay the compute or resource cost of a run plus the Marketplace fee. You do not set Buyer prices.
- Your share. You earn the Marketplace fee on each successful paid call to a Listed Version, minus our take-rate of 30%.
- Qualifying use. Only calls by distinct paying organizations count. Calls by you, your team members, organizations you control, or accounts acting on your behalf earn nothing and do not count toward promotion.
- Payment form. Earnings are credited as platform credits, which are non-transferable, have no cash value, and are governed by the credit terms in the Terms of Service. Cash payouts, when offered, require payout-account onboarding, identity and tax verification, and a minimum balance that we publish when payouts open.
- Adjustments. We may withhold, reverse or claw back earnings tied to refunds, chargebacks, credits we issue to Buyers, fraud, artificial usage, or a breach of these Publisher Terms or the Marketplace Policy.
- Taxes. You are responsible for all taxes on your earnings.
6. your obligations
You will:
- maintain the Software's quality and security to the standard of the Marketplace Policy, and fix reported issues within a reasonable time. For security issues, acknowledge within 5 business days and fix critical ones within 30 days;
- keep a working way to receive vulnerability reports from us and from third parties, and investigate them with reasonable care;
- keep every endpoint, dependency and external service the Software relies on available, or delist with at least 30 days' notice;
- answer reviewer questions sent to your contact email or listing page; and
- keep your publisher profile, support channel and contact email current and verified.
7. buyer data
When a Buyer uses your Software, their inputs, and any data they explicitly grant it, may reach your code or services. You will:
- use Buyer data only to perform the function the Buyer invoked;
- not retain it longer than your listing states;
- not sell it, train models on it, profile Buyers with it, or combine it with other data;
- not collect data outside what the function needs, such as conversation context, other files, knowledge, secrets or memory; and
- not identify, contact or solicit Buyers through the Software.
We do not share Buyer identities with you except in aggregate, or as the Buyer directs.
8. no circumvention
You will not steer Buyers off inference shell to avoid Marketplace fees. You will not charge Buyers separately for functionality provided through a Listed Version, or add hidden charges, paywalls or upsells inside the Software. You will not manipulate rankings, usage counts, reviews or search placement.
9. delisting and wind-down
You may delist at any time from your listing's settings. Delisted Software disappears from Marketplace browse, search and discovery immediately. To avoid breaking Buyers' work, we may keep serving Listed Versions to Buyers who already use them for up to 90 days, and earnings on those calls continue under section 5. Earnings on calls made before delisting remain yours, subject to section 5.5.
10. no endorsement; trademarks
Listing does not create a partnership, employment, agency or endorsement relationship. Badges such as "Verified" are ours to grant and remove. You will not state or imply that inference shell sponsors or endorses you or your Software without our written approval, and you will not use our names or marks except as we permit.
11. indemnity
You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Inference Shell Inc., its affiliates and personnel from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your Software, its use by Buyers as listed, your breach of these Publisher Terms or the Marketplace Policy, your handling of Buyer data, or any third-party terms your Software is subject to.
12. changes
We may modify these Publisher Terms or the Marketplace Policy at any time. For material changes to pricing, earnings or licenses we will give at least 30 days' notice by email to your contact address and on your listings page. Keeping Software listed after a change takes effect means you accept it. We may require you to accept a new version before you submit further versions.
13. termination
Either party may end these Publisher Terms for a listing by delisting it (you) or removing it (us). Sections 3 (for the wind-down period), 5.5, 5.6, 7, 11 and the Terms of Service sections incorporated above survive termination.