Terms of Service

blackdogs.work — last updated 4 September 2026

Plain summary. This is a personal automation assistant used by one person: its owner. It is not offered to the public, there is nothing to sign up for, and no service is being sold. These terms exist because Google requires a terms-of-service URL for OAuth applications.

1. Scope

These terms govern the private automation assistant operated at blackdogs.work. The application is operated by its owner, for the owner's own use, on hardware the owner controls.

2. No public service

Nothing here is an offer of service. There is no registration, no subscription, no fee, and no mechanism for a third party to obtain access. The application authorises against exactly one Google account — the owner's. If you have arrived at this page expecting a product, there isn't one.

3. Permitted use

The application is used to automate the owner's own routine tasks: managing the owner's correspondence and calendar, maintaining the owner's own files and systems, and running scheduled maintenance on the owner's own hardware. It operates only on data the owner already has the right to access.

4. Third-party services

The application interacts with third-party APIs, including Google Workspace APIs and language-model providers. Use of those services is subject to their respective terms. The application is operated in a manner intended to comply with those terms; where a provider's terms and a desired capability conflict, the provider's terms take precedence and the capability is not used.

5. No warranty

The application is provided as-is to its owner, with no warranty of any kind. It is experimental software under active development and may fail, act incorrectly, or be unavailable at any time.

6. Limitation of liability

Because there are no users other than the owner, no third party bears any risk from the application's operation, and no liability to any third party is created or accepted by these terms.

7. Data

How the application handles data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

8. Changes

These terms may be updated as the application changes. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

9. Contact

Enquiries can be directed to the address listed as the developer contact on the application's Google consent screen.