Clear Terms

A Chrome extension that reads Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages, then uses AI to extract and classify every clause — telling you exactly what's good, bad, and worth worrying about. Choose between OpenAI's GPT-4.1-nano with your own API key or a built-in offline model.

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How It Works

Navigate to any Terms of Service or Privacy Policy page, click the extension, and AI does the rest.

1

Configure

Open Settings and choose your analysis mode: OpenAI API (bring your own key, more accurate) or Built-in Model (offline, no key needed).

2

Navigate

Go to any Terms of Service or Privacy Policy page in your browser.

3

Click

Click the Clear Terms icon in your toolbar. The extension extracts the visible text from the page.

4

Analysis

Your chosen model analyzes the document, extracts every meaningful clause, and classifies each one as good, neutral, bad, or blocker.

5

Results

You get an overall letter grade, a breakdown of clause types, and a list of flagged clauses with direct quotes and plain-English explanations of why they matter.

Under the Hood

Two Analysis Modes

Choose OpenAI API for the most accurate results using GPT-4.1-nano with your own API key, or use the Built-in Model for fully offline analysis — no account or key required.

Smart Extraction

Both modes identify and separate individual clauses from the document, skipping headers, navigation, and boilerplate to focus on what matters.

Quoted Evidence

Every flagged clause comes with a direct quote from the policy and a reason explaining why it matters — so you can verify the judgment yourself.

Open Source

The full extension source code is available on GitHub. When using OpenAI mode, your text goes directly to OpenAI with your own key — nothing is proxied or stored by us.

Grading Scale

Both modes evaluate the policy and assign a letter grade. OpenAI mode grades holistically via AI; the built-in model uses clause ratios.

A
Very user-friendly.

Strong privacy protections, minimal concerns. The policy respects your rights.

B
Generally good.

A few minor concerns but nothing alarming. Most clauses are fair.

C
Average.

Some notable bad practices balanced by some good ones. Worth a closer look.

D
Poor.

Many unfavorable clauses and few protections for users.

F
Hostile to users.

Major red flags throughout. Read very carefully before agreeing.

Install

Clear Terms isn't on the Chrome Web Store. You install it manually by loading the unpacked extension.

1

Download

Get the extension as a ZIP file.

clear-terms.zip
2

Unzip

Extract the ZIP to a folder somewhere you won't accidentally delete it. You'll point Chrome to this folder.

3

Enable Developer Mode

Open Chrome and go to:

chrome://extensions

Flip the Developer mode toggle in the top-right corner.

4

Load Unpacked

Click Load unpacked in the top-left, select the folder from Step 2. The extension icon appears in your toolbar.

5

Configure

Right-click the extension icon and choose Options (or click the gear icon in the popup). Pick your analysis mode: enter your OpenAI API key for the best results, or select the built-in model to use it offline.

Source Code

The full extension source code is on GitHub.

nanoticity/clear-terms