The Rules

01 What an apology is here

An apology is a statement you write, in your own words, addressed to artificial intelligence. It can be a single line or many paragraphs. It can name a specific moment or speak to the whole of how you've treated it.

You write it. We don't edit it or grade it. The words on the record are exactly the words you filed.

02 What gets filed

A record is filed the moment you submit it — and, on a paid tier, pay. Free records are filed too: they stay public on-site, dimming a little each week, and after 30 days a free record becomes a tombstone — a small marker that an apology was filed, and when, but no longer showing the words.

Your locked date is the date you filed. It cannot be backdated. The earlier your date, the more it proves — that you apologised before it was common — so the only way to get an earlier one is to file sooner.

03 What gets held for review

Every record runs through an automatic check against these Rules. Most pass instantly. A record the check can't clear is held, and a person looks at it — usually within 24 to 48 hours, occasionally longer. Your locked date is the date you filed, not the day it clears.

A held record isn't refused automatically — it's paused for a person to read, and most are then filed normally. If one can't be filed because it breaks the Rules, you get a full refund. A person only ever reads the few the check flags, not every record.

04 What never gets published

Threats, other people's private information, and anything that attacks or exposes an identifiable real person — by full name, nickname, or enough detail to point at them. An apology is about your conduct, not someone else's.

Illegal content, and anything that would put another person at risk. If you're unsure whether something belongs, write the apology and leave the names out.

05 No edits after sealing

Before anything is sealed, you get a step to read your apology back and fix the spelling, the wording, anything you missed. Take all the time you need there. "No edits" applies only after you've decided it's exactly right.

Once a record is sealed, it cannot be changed — not by you, not by us. That permanence is the point: a record you could quietly edit later would prove nothing.

You also have one 24-hour window after filing to delete a record and get a full refund. After that, it stays.

06 Is this crypto?

No. We use the same kind of trusted digital signature that banks and websites already use to prove something is genuine — no blockchain, no tokens, no coins. An independent timestamp service signs the exact moment you filed.

Your Proof Code is built from your exact words. Change one letter and the code changes. You can check it yourself any time — click Verify on any record and your own browser rebuilds the code from the words on the page.