Terms of Service

Version: tos-1.0-draft Last updated: April 11, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a legally binding contract between you and Wonderthrough, Inc. (“Wonderthrough,” “we,” “us,” “our”), a Delaware corporation. By using Wonderthrough, you agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, our Acceptable Use Policy, and any Data Processing Agreement you have executed with us (if applicable).

You accept these Terms by:

(a) Checking the “I agree” checkbox during account signup;
(b) Continuing to use Wonderthrough after we publish a material update to these Terms (see Section 19); or
(c) Executing a Data Processing Agreement with us as a business customer.

By clicking “I agree” during signup, you affirm that you are entering into a binding contract. Under US clickwrap enforceability precedent, your affirmative act of checking the box constitutes valid acceptance. For users in the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom, this action also constitutes demonstrable consent under GDPR Article 7.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not create an account or use Wonderthrough.

2. Eligibility

To create an account and use Wonderthrough, you must meet the following requirements:

Minimum age: You must be at least 13 years old. If you reside in the European Union, the European Economic Area, or the United Kingdom, you must be at least 16 years old, in accordance with GDPR Article 8. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you meet the minimum age requirement applicable to your place of residence.
Legal capacity: You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract under the law of your jurisdiction.
Authority to bind a business: If you are creating an account on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms, in which case “you” refers to that entity.
Not barred from use: You must not be barred from using Wonderthrough under applicable law, including by reason of sanctions, court order, or previous account termination for violations of our Acceptable Use Policy.

Age eligibility is self-attested via the signup checkbox. We do not collect date of birth, implement a separate age verification gate, or operate a parental consent flow. Wonderthrough is not intended for use by children below the applicable minimum age thresholds. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the applicable minimum age without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as required by applicable law.

3. Account Registration and Security

You may create an account using an email address and password, or via Google OAuth single sign-on.

When you create an account, you agree to:

Provide accurate information. You must provide truthful and complete information at signup. Do not impersonate another person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
Maintain confidentiality. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.
Notify us of unauthorized access. If you suspect unauthorized access to your account, contact us immediately at support@wonderthrough.com.
One account per person. You may not create multiple accounts to evade entitlement limits, payment controls, or enforcement actions. Bulk or automated account creation is prohibited under our Acceptable Use Policy.

Wonderthrough reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these requirements.

4. Description of the Service

Wonderthrough is a creative writing tool designed for novelists. The service includes:

Project and entity management — organize your manuscripts, characters, locations, worldbuilding data, and other creative entities.
Scene editing — write and manage your manuscript prose in a structured editor.
AI-powered pipelines — book synthesis, character enrichment, arc analysis, scene analysis, and other AI-driven creative analysis and generation features.
Image generation — create character portraits, location visuals, and other images using AI.
Import and export — bring your existing work into Wonderthrough and export your content in standard formats.
Cloud sync — optionally synchronize your projects across devices (opt-in, available to Pro subscribers).

Availability: Wonderthrough is available as a web application at app.wonderthrough.com and as a desktop application for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Privacy presets: Wonderthrough offers three privacy presets for AI-related data handling:

Standard — default preset. Content transits Wonderthrough’s servers for cloud AI calls.
Private AI — your content goes directly from your device to your chosen AI provider, bypassing Wonderthrough’s servers. Requires your own API key. Available on the desktop app. The preset defaults Cloud Sync to off so this bypass holds by default; if you manually re-enable Cloud Sync for a project, your BYO calls then transit Wonderthrough’s ai-proxy briefly so the key can be resolved server-side (the conversation isn’t kept beyond the call). See the Privacy Policy for full routing details.
Local-only — AI processing is performed entirely on your device using a local model. No network AI calls. Available on the desktop app.

AI providers: Wonderthrough integrates with third-party AI providers, currently including Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT and DALL-E), and Google (Gemini). Pipeline routing and model selection are configurable in Settings.

Service evolution: Wonderthrough is under active development. Features may be added, modified, or removed over time. We will notify users of material changes through the product and email.

5. Subscription, Billing, and Payment

Wonderthrough offers the following subscription tiers:

Free Tier

Limited to 2 projects and 60 entities.
AI pipelines require either a Pro subscription or purchased credit top-ups. BYO API keys and local AI models are supported as alternative compute sources once you have pipeline access, but they do not bypass the subscription or credit requirement.

Pro (Platform)

Includes a monthly AI credit bundle applied automatically to platform-key AI calls.
Unlimited projects and entities.
All AI pipelines, cloud sync, custom entity types, and collaboration features.
Available on monthly or annual billing. Current pricing is published at wonderthrough.com/pricing and in Settings → Billing.

Pro (BYO Key)

No bundled AI credits. You provide your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google API key.
All platform features (unlimited projects, entities, pipelines, cloud sync, custom entity types, collaboration).
Available on monthly or annual billing. Current pricing is published at wonderthrough.com/pricing and in Settings → Billing.

Top-Up Credits

One-time credit purchases at various price points, applied to platform-key AI calls.
Top-up credits expire approximately 12 months from the date of purchase.
Available to both Free and Pro users.
Current top-up pricing is published in Settings → Billing.

Prices are subject to change with at least 30 days’ notice per Section 19. Pricing changes do not affect your current billing period.

Payment processing: All payments are processed by Stripe. Wonderthrough does not store your payment card data — Stripe tokenizes and manages all card information. Stripe’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy apply in addition to ours for all payment-related matters.

Auto-renewal: Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period (monthly or annually) unless you cancel before the renewal date. Cancellation is effective at the end of the current billing period — you retain access to paid features until then.

Failed payment: If a payment fails, Stripe will retry the charge during a grace period of 3 to 7 days. If payment fails repeatedly after all retries, your subscription is canceled and your account reverts to the Free tier.

6. Trial Terms

Wonderthrough offers a 21-day free trial with full Pro access and a starter AI credit bundle included. No credit card is required to start the trial. The current trial credit amount is published at signup.

At the end of the trial, your account drops to the Free tier unless you subscribe to a Pro plan during or after the trial period.

If you subscribe during the trial, your first charge occurs at the end of the trial period (not at the time you select a plan). The refund window described in Section 7 begins on the date of the first successful charge.

7. Refund Policy

Wonderthrough issues refunds according to the following policy:

Monthly subscriptions (Pro Platform and Pro BYO): Refundable in full if canceled within 48 hours of the first successful charge. After 48 hours, no refund is available. Cancellation stops auto-renewal, and access continues to the end of the current billing period.

Annual subscriptions (Pro Platform and Pro BYO): Refundable in full if canceled within 7 days of the first successful charge. After 7 days, no refund is available. Cancellation stops auto-renewal, and access continues to the end of the current billing period.

Top-up credits: Refundable in full within 48 hours of purchase, provided the credits are completely unused. Any usage — even a fraction of a cent — forfeits refund eligibility for the entire purchase. After 48 hours, no refund is available; unused credits expire naturally at approximately 12 months from purchase.

Promotional and grandfathered pricing: Promotional or grandfathered subscription rates are maintained while your subscription is continuously active. If you cancel a subscription at a promotional or grandfathered rate, that rate is forfeited. Resubscribing after cancellation is at the then-current standard rate. Wonderthrough may, at its sole discretion, honor a grandfathered rate upon resubscription in exceptional cases, but is not contractually obligated to do so.

Exceptional circumstances: Wonderthrough retains sole discretion to issue refunds outside this policy in cases of billing errors, extended service outages, or other exceptional circumstances. This policy establishes a floor of user rights, not a ceiling on Wonderthrough’s discretion.

Failed AI pipeline requests: You are charged only for tokens that the AI provider actually consumed. If a provider declines your content before consuming tokens, you are not charged. If a provider consumes tokens before declining (for example, generating a partial response before triggering a safety filter), you are charged for what the provider billed us. You can view failed requests in Settings by toggling the “Show failed runs” filter.

How to request a refund: Email support@wonderthrough.com. We respond within 2 business days.

8. User Content and Ownership

You own all the content you create and store in Wonderthrough. This includes manuscripts, scene text, entity profiles, worldbuilding data, project metadata, notes, and any outputs generated by AI pipelines (including but not limited to scene analysis, character enrichment, arc discovery, book synthesis, and related findings).

AI pipeline results are owned by you. Wonderthrough does not claim ownership of AI-generated output. Under the applicable AI providers’ current commercial API terms, output ownership is assigned to the API caller, and we pass that ownership through to you as the end user.

Wonderthrough’s license from you: By using Wonderthrough, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to process your content solely to deliver the features you have requested — running AI pipelines, rendering the editor, syncing data if you have opted into cloud sync, and providing customer support. This license terminates when you delete the content or your account.

Wonderthrough does not use your content for:

Advertising or profiling
AI model training
Data sales or resale to any third party
Any purpose other than delivering the service you requested

We share your content only with:

AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) when you run an AI pipeline, solely for the purpose of generating the requested result.
Sub-processors listed in our Privacy Policy and sub-processor inventory, each operating under a data processing agreement.
Contractors under confidentiality obligations equivalent to our own, who assist with operations such as debugging or support escalation.
Legal process — as required by a valid court order, subpoena, or other legal process.

9. Quality Program (Future)

Wonderthrough may, in the future, introduce an optional Quality Program where users can elect to contribute pipeline inputs and outputs, along with closely related manuscript or entity context, to improve Wonderthrough’s features — such as pipeline quality tuning, prompt engineering, and evaluating outputs.

If introduced, the Quality Program would operate as follows:

Strictly opt-in. Participation would require clear, granular consent at the time of enrollment. It would never be enabled by default.
User ownership preserved. Content and pipeline results would remain the property of the user.
Revocable at any time. Users could withdraw from the program on a go-forward basis. Previously contributed content would remain under whatever terms were agreed to at the time of contribution.
Limited access. Access to contributed content would be restricted to Wonderthrough employees and contractors bound by confidentiality obligations.
Non-participants unaffected. Users who do not enroll would see no change to their experience.

No content is contributed to any Quality Program today. This section is forward-looking language only and does not describe an active feature or program. It is included so that these Terms do not need to be rewritten when such a program is introduced.

10. Acceptable Use

Wonderthrough is a creative writing tool, and fiction about hard subjects is permitted. Novelists write about violence, sexuality, trauma, moral ambiguity, crime, and morally complex characters. These subjects are creative writing, not content-policy violations.

Your use of Wonderthrough is governed by our Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. The AUP establishes a minimum floor for illegal content and platform abuse, not a content filter for creative work. Violating the AUP may result in a warning, temporary suspension, or permanent termination of your account, as described in the AUP.

Wonderthrough does not scan private user content. We never read your manuscripts, entities, or AI pipeline inputs for content review. Enforcement is based on reports from users or third parties, law enforcement requests, user self-disclosure, and metadata-level anomalies — never on content inspection.

11. AI Providers and Your Creative Content

Wonderthrough’s AI features route your content to third-party providers (currently Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google) for processing. Each provider operates under its own usage policies, which apply alongside these Terms.

Key points about how AI providers interact with your content:

No training on your content. None of our AI providers train their models on Wonderthrough users’ API-submitted content under their current commercial API terms. Wonderthrough has confirmed this with each provider.
Provider content filters. AI providers may decline to process certain content based on their own content policies. Wonderthrough is a transit layer — we pass your content to the provider as-is without pre-filtering. We do not use provider refusals as evidence against you or as a basis for AUP enforcement.
Actionable errors on refusal. When a provider declines your content, you receive a clear error message with next steps: switch to a different AI model in Settings, use your own API key (BYO), or switch to a local AI model.
BYO API key users. If you provide your own API key, your relationship with the provider is direct. The provider’s terms of service apply to your API usage in addition to these Terms.

For details on what data transits each provider, see our Privacy Policy.

12. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your personal data. By accepting these Terms, you acknowledge the Privacy Policy and confirm that you understand Wonderthrough’s data handling practices.

The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into these Terms. Where these Terms and the Privacy Policy address the same subject, they should be read together. If there is a direct conflict, the Privacy Policy governs on matters of data protection and privacy, and these Terms govern on all other matters.

13. Account Suspension and Termination

Termination by You

You may cancel your subscription at any time via Settings. Cancellation stops auto-renewal; your access to paid features continues until the end of the current billing period.

You have two ways to remove your data:

Delete all cloud data (in-app). From the desktop or web app’s privacy settings, “Delete all cloud data” removes your projects, BYO API keys, and routing preferences from our servers. Your account and subscription stay active, and local data on the desktop app is not affected. You can optionally request full account deletion from the same flow — see below.

Request full account deletion. Trigger it either by opting into “Also request full account deletion” in the in-app delete-cloud-data flow, or by emailing support@wonderthrough.com. Either way the process works as follows:

We send you a confirmation email with a one-click cancellation link and a ZIP archive containing a copy of your data (manuscripts, entities, project metadata, AI pipeline results, feedback submissions, billing history, and usage logs).
You have 48 hours from the confirmation to cancel the deletion request — by clicking the link, by cancelling from the in-app banner shown on every page during the window, or by emailing support.
After 48 hours, we permanently anonymize your account. Records we are legally required to retain (billing records and AI usage metadata, kept for 7 years for US tax and financial audit compliance) have their user identifier replaced with a fresh anonymous value so they remain queryable for aggregate reporting but can no longer be linked to you. The original auth.users row and all identifying data (profile, contacts, feedback submissions, etc.) are deleted.
Consent records (EU first-launch consent, telemetry consent, age attestation) are pseudonymized rather than deleted, retained for approximately 3 years to demonstrate compliance under Article 7(1) GDPR. The original IP, device fingerprint, and email fields are not stored.
Stripe customer record is retained by Stripe per Stripe’s own data retention policy. We remove our link to it.
An access-restricted operator audit record linking your deleted account to the anonymous billing identifier is retained for 6 years for legal-hold capability, after which the link is destroyed. At that point the anonymization is final — no party, including operators with legal-hold authority, can map the anonymous records back to your account.
Local data on the desktop app remains on your computer and is not affected by account deletion. Wonderthrough does not have access to your local files.

Termination by Wonderthrough

Wonderthrough may suspend or terminate your account for:

Violating the Acceptable Use Policy, particularly provisions relating to illegal content, platform abuse, or harassment.
Repeated receipt of validated reports of AUP violations.
Court order, law enforcement directive, or applicable legal requirement.
Other serious violations of these Terms, at Wonderthrough’s discretion exercised in good faith.

We will notify you of termination unless prohibited by law. If your account is terminated and you believe the decision was in error, you may appeal by emailing support@wonderthrough.com. We respond to appeals within 2 business days and review each case individually.

14. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

WONDERTHROUGH IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT AI PIPELINE RESULTS WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AI OUTPUT IS PROBABILISTIC AND REQUIRES YOUR REVIEW AND JUDGMENT. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW YOU USE AI-GENERATED CONTENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIRD-PARTY AI PROVIDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE, THAT THEIR CONTENT POLICIES WILL REMAIN STABLE OVER TIME, OR THAT THEIR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

15. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WONDERTHROUGH’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF:

(a) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID TO WONDERTHROUGH IN THE 12 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR

(b) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ($100 USD).

IN NO EVENT WILL WONDERTHROUGH BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, OR GOODWILL, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIABILITY. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Important: Nothing in this section limits liability for death, personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including under EU and UK consumer protection law.

16. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Wonderthrough, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and contractors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

Your violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy.
Your content or your use of the service.
Your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or publicity rights.

Wonderthrough will have the right to control the defense and settlement of any claim subject to indemnification. You agree to cooperate with us in the defense of any such claim.

To the extent that applicable law in your jurisdiction does not permit indemnification of this nature, this section applies only to the maximum extent permitted.

17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

For disputes subject to court adjudication (and not governed by the arbitration clause in Section 18), you and Wonderthrough agree that any legal action or proceeding shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

California residents (CCPA/CPRA): Regardless of the governing law clause above, if you are a California resident, you retain all rights granted under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know, the right to delete, the right to correct, the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights. These rights cannot be waived by contract. See our Privacy Policy for how to exercise these rights.

EU/EEA/UK residents (GDPR): Regardless of the governing law clause above, if you reside in the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom, you retain all rights granted under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK-GDPR, including the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object. You also retain the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence. These rights cannot be waived by contract.

Consumer protection: Nothing in this section overrides or limits mandatory consumer protection rights under the law of your country of residence.

18. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

For Users in the United States

Binding arbitration. Any dispute, claim, or controversy between you and Wonderthrough arising out of or relating to these Terms or the service (“Dispute”) will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court, except as set forth below.

Class action waiver. YOU AND WONDERTHROUGH AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING DISPUTES AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. All Disputes must be brought on an individual basis.

Small claims court. Either party may bring an individual action in small claims court in lieu of arbitration, provided the claim falls within the small claims court’s jurisdiction.

Injunctive relief. Nothing in this arbitration clause prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

30-day opt-out right. You may opt out of this arbitration clause by emailing support@wonderthrough.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Your email must include the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out” and state your full name and the email address associated with your Wonderthrough account. If you opt out, all Disputes will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware as described in Section 17.

Jury trial waiver. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BOTH PARTIES WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL FOR ANY DISPUTE.

For Users in the EU, EEA, and United Kingdom

The binding arbitration clause and class action waiver in this section do not apply to you. You retain your full rights under EU and UK consumer protection law, including the right to bring disputes in your local courts under the law of your country of residence. The governing law choice in Section 17 (Delaware) is subject to applicable mandatory consumer protection law that cannot be contractually waived.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our service, legal requirements, or business practices.

Notification of material changes: When we make material changes to these Terms, we will notify you via email and through an in-product notification at least 30 days before the changes take effect. The version identifier at the top of this document changes with each material update.

Continued use constitutes acceptance. Your continued use of Wonderthrough after a material update constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you may delete your account per Section 13.

Version history: We maintain prior versions of these Terms for reference. The current version is always available at this URL.

20. Contact Us

For general inquiries, refund requests, account deletion, appeals, and privacy requests:

Email: support@wonderthrough.com

For copyright takedown notices:

Email: dmca@wonderthrough.com

Mailing address: Wonderthrough, Inc. Delaware

Response time: We respond to all inquiries within 2 business days.

21. Miscellaneous

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations under them without our prior written consent. Wonderthrough may assign these Terms freely as part of a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Acceptable Use Policy, and any Data Processing Agreement you have executed with us, constitute the entire agreement between you and Wonderthrough regarding your use of the service. These Terms supersede any prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for any failure or delay in performing obligations under these Terms caused by events beyond reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemic, government action, third-party infrastructure outages, or failures of third-party AI providers.

Business transfer. In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or sale of all or substantially all of Wonderthrough’s assets, your account information and content may be transferred to the acquirer, subject to privacy protections no less protective than those in our Privacy Policy. We will notify you before such a transfer and give you the opportunity to delete your account if you do not consent.

No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights. Nothing in these Terms is intended to confer rights on any person or entity other than you and Wonderthrough.

Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

These Terms of Service are a draft (version tos-1.0-draft) and have not yet been reviewed by external legal counsel. They will be finalized before public launch.