Terms of Service

Draft of November 15, 2026. Questions: support@tradesfile.ai.

These terms cover your use of Tradesfile, the website at tradesfile.ai, run by Telara Labs ("we"). By creating an account or using the site you agree to them.

What Tradesfile does

• Shows contractor license facts and building permits that state, city and federal agencies publish. The Privacy Policy and the coverage page list the agencies.
• Lets you paste a list of subcontractors, matches each one to a public license record, and shows whether the license, insurance and bond are current, lapsing soon or lapsed, where the agency publishes them.
• Lets you save lists, recheck them, download them as a spreadsheet, and get a weekly email of what changed.
• Lets tradespeople build a free profile page with their work, experience and certifications, and receive messages through it.
• Lets training providers, once we approve them, confirm certifications that people list on their profiles.

License facts, not judgements

• We show what each agency published and the date we read it. The agency's own record is the authority. Records can be out of date, incomplete or matched to the wrong business; matches marked "confirm this is the right one" are especially uncertain.
• A missing record is not proof that someone is unlicensed. We cover only the agencies listed.
• Tradesfile is not a background check and is not a consumer reporting agency. Do not use it to decide whether to employ a person, or for credit, insurance or housing decisions about a person. [Attorney to confirm wording.]
• Certifications on profiles are reported by the person unless the page says a named training provider confirmed them.

Your account

• Give a working email address and keep your password to yourself. You can sign in with a password, or with Google where that option is shown.
• You are responsible for what is done with your account. Tell us if you think someone else is using it.
• You can change your email, download your data or delete your account at any time from your account page.

Plans and payment

• Profiles for tradespeople are free. Checking a list once is free. The free preview keeps one list of up to 10 subs.
• Paid plans are billed monthly through Stripe: Starter $99 (one list, 25 subs), Builder $199 (100 subs) and Portfolio $299 (300 subs). Prices and limits are shown on the pricing page.
• You can cancel any time with Manage billing on your account page. [Refund policy to be decided.] If a payment fails and is not recovered, the account moves back to the free preview.
• Payments are not switched on during the private preview.

What you post

• You keep ownership of the photos, text and lists you add. You let us store them and show your profile publicly so the site can work.
• Post only work, credentials and photos that are yours to share and true. Do not claim a license record or profile that is not yours.
• Do not use the contact form on profiles for spam, and do not use the site to harass anyone.
• Training providers confirm only what their own records show.
• We may remove content or close an account that breaks these terms.

Fair use of the site

• Do not try to break into accounts, overload the site, or copy the data in bulk by automated means. [Attorney to review limits on the JSON check at /api/check.]

Public records and removal

If a public license record is about you or your business and you want it off Tradesfile, use "Request removal" on that record's page. See the Privacy Policy for what happens next.

No warranty, limits on liability

The site is provided as is. [Disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law and dispute terms to be written by the attorney.]

Changes

We will post changes to these terms on this page and email account holders before a material change takes effect.