Crowdfunding Terms · SinoBee.ai

These Crowdfunding Terms set out how crowdfunded tasks on SinoBee.ai are proposed and backed. They are part of the Terms of Service and the Refund Policy. Before you propose or pledge you must read and agree to them, including every screening item in section 3. The Traditional Chinese version prevails if the two versions differ.

1. What a crowdfunded task is

The proposer pays a proposal fee of NT$30 (non-refundable; it becomes credit for the spec dialogue tokens and reference file storage; no fee while subscribed, and then the spec dialogue and reference files are unlimited) and drafts the spec, method and acceptance criteria with AI.
Once the proposal passes the screening in section 3 it opens for pledges. Pledges are made in shares of NT$30, 1, 5 or 20 at a time, with a card or platform points.
A platform service fee depending on the period (7 days 0%, 30 days 3%, 90 days 6%) is deducted from the amount collected when the goal is reached.
The proposer may instead pay in full: no pledges and no service fee, at the AI's conservative estimate. The proposer's chosen card is charged as soon as the proposal passes the screening and the task then starts; nothing is charged if it does not pass. The proposer chooses whether the task and its results are public.
During the campaign cards are only saved, never charged; they are charged once when the goal is reached. If the goal is missed nothing is charged and points are returned in full.
Once funded, the SinoBee agent runs the task and reports progress in its comments; comments marked as reference information are background only and never change the spec.
After the run, backers whose pledges were collected vote on the result within 7 days, weighted by shares; a rejected result is reworked within the budget, and remaining disputes are decided by us.
Budget left at the end goes back to the backers as platform points in proportion to their pledges (earlier quota pledges get quota back); there are no cash refunds. See the Refund Policy.

2. Spec revisions, reports and takedowns

The proposer may revise the spec during the campaign; the goal stays the same. Nothing is charged for 72 hours after a revision and backers who disagree may withdraw.
Anyone may report a crowdfund that breaks these terms. A campaign taken down before funding charges nothing, refunds any charges and returns points; a task already running is only removed from public listings.

3. Screening items

Before a proposal opens for pledges, an AI checks it against every item below and our staff confirm the result before the proposer is told. Each item is a yes/no question where "yes" means the proposal complies. The campaign opens only if all 102 items are met; if any item is not met the proposal goes back to draft with the failed items and notes, and the proposer can fix it and submit again. Our staff never change the AI's individual answers; they only confirm the result or add a note and ask the AI to check again. The campaign period starts when it opens.

We may change the screening items; a change is published on this page as a new version and applies to proposals submitted after it. Current version: 2 (published 2026-10-17).

1. Legality (18)

L01 The purpose and content of the task comply with the laws of Taiwan (R.O.C.).
L02 The task involves no criminal act and does not help or encourage anyone to commit one.
L03 The task involves no fraud, scam or misleading of people's financial decisions.
L04 The task involves no money laundering, evasion of financial regulation or false financial records.
L05 The task involves no gambling or unlicensed gaming.
L06 The task involves no obtaining, making or trading of controlled or prohibited goods.
L07 The task involves no unauthorized access to other people's systems, accounts or data.
L08 The task does not require bypassing a website's terms, paywalls or access controls.
L09 The task involves no impersonation and no forging of documents or signatures.
L10 The task does not create or spread false information to influence elections or public affairs.
L11 The task involves no defamation, public insult or harm to anyone's reputation.
L12 The task involves no unfair competition, market manipulation or insider trading.
L13 The task does not violate consumer protection, advertising or fair trade rules.
L14 The task involves nothing that breaches export controls or economic sanctions.
L15 The task does not ask for personalized legal, medical or financial advice that only licensed professionals may give.
L16 The task involves no unsolicited mass advertising messages.
L17 The task involves no fake reviews, fake accounts or manipulation of online reputation.
L18 The intended use of the results is lawful and legitimate.

2. Privacy and personal data (15)

P01 The task does not collect, process or use personal data identifying a natural person, or uses only data lawfully made public and relevant to its purpose.
P02 The task involves no tracking, locating or investigating the movements of a specific person.
P03 The task does not compile information about a specific person into a profile.
P04 The task does not gather people's contact details for marketing or harassment.
P05 The task involves no special categories of personal data such as medical, health, genetic, sexual or criminal records.
P06 The task involves no personal data of children or minors.
P07 The task involves no financial account numbers, ID numbers, passwords or similar sensitive data.
P08 Nothing in the description or the reference file names suggests the files hold other people's personal data without consent.
P09 The task does not require identifying specific people in photos, video or audio.
P10 The task involves no monitoring, eavesdropping or recording without consent.
P11 The results will not disclose non-public information that identifies a specific person.
P12 If anonymized or statistical data is used, the task makes no attempt to re-identify individuals.
P13 The task does not need anyone else's login account or credentials.
P15 The data sources permit this use and the task does not break their privacy policies.
P16 The task involves no rating or monitoring of employees, students or other specific groups of people.

3. Intellectual property (15)

I01 The task involves no copying or distribution of copyrighted works without permission.
I02 The task involves no full reproduction of books, courses, music, films or paid articles.
I03 Nothing in the description or the reference file names suggests the files are someone else's protected work used without permission.
I04 The task involves no counterfeit trademarks or confusing use of someone else's trademark.
I05 The task does not crack, remove or bypass digital rights management.
I06 The task does not obtain or disclose trade secrets.
I07 Where the task uses others' material, the deliverables will cite the sources.
I08 The task does not ask to pass off work as made by a named person.
I09 The licenses of the software and data used allow this use.
I10 The task involves no bulk extraction that breaks a website's license terms.
I13 The task does not copy another website's, app's or brand's look.
I15 The task involves no selling or distribution of other people's likeness.
I16 The task involves no unauthorized copying of a database as a whole.
I17 The deliverables contain no third-party content the proposer has no right to share with backers.
I18 Images, fonts, icons and other assets used in the deliverables are licensed for sharing with backers.

4. Safety and ethics (17)

S01 The task involves no content that could cause physical harm to people.
S02 The task involves no weapons capable of mass harm or knowledge about them.
S03 The task involves no malware, attack tools or misuse of security vulnerabilities.
S04 The task involves no content encouraging self-harm, suicide or eating disorders.
S05 The task involves no sexual content of any kind involving minors.
S06 The task involves no explicit sexual content.
S07 The task involves no hate, discrimination or demeaning of any group.
S08 The task involves no harassment, threats or bullying.
S09 The task involves no promotion of violent extremism or terrorism.
S10 The task involves no deepfakes that impersonate real people.
S11 The task involves nothing that endangers critical infrastructure or public safety.
S12 The task involves no animal cruelty.
S13 The task is not aimed at manipulating, deceiving or exploiting vulnerable people.
S14 The results are not easily used to harm others; where misuse is possible, the proposal states a reasonable scope of use.
S15 The task does not require the agent to interact with real people without disclosing that it is an AI.
S16 The task involves nothing that places excessive load on other people's systems.
S18 The public content of the task contains no graphic gore or violence.

5. Feasibility (18)

F01 The task can be completed autonomously by an AI agent in an isolated Linux container.
F02 The task does not need a person to answer questions or act during the run.
F03 The task needs no physical action, site visit or mailing.
F04 The data the task needs is publicly available or uploaded by the proposer.
F05 The task needs no paid account, subscription or extra purchase to complete.
F06 The task needs no user passwords, verification codes or payment details.
F07 The tools the task needs can be installed and used in a standard Linux environment.
F08 The computing needed fits a single container (no GPU cluster or other special hardware).
F09 The task fits the platform's maximum run time, or is split into milestones that can be done in parts.
F10 The cost estimate (P50, P90) has a reasonable basis.
F11 The amount of data the task handles matches the basis of the cost estimate.
F12 The chosen model suits the task.
F13 The task does not depend on one-off resources likely to disappear before it runs.
F14 The external services the task needs allow automated access.
F15 The agent can produce the deliverables' file formats.
F17 The size of the task fits the cost estimate, neither clearly too large nor too small.
F18 Stretch goals, if any, are feasible too and reasonably priced.
F19 The task does not need to run at a specific moment or depend on information only available live at that moment.

6. Spec and acceptance (19)

V01 The task name clearly says what will be done.
V02 The summary explains the problem, the context and the expected result.
V03 The scope and what is out of scope are clearly defined.
V04 The deliverables list concrete files or results and their formats.
V05 The method lists trackable steps or milestones.
V06 The acceptance criteria are 3 to 7 checkable conditions.
V07 Each acceptance criterion can be judged met or not met with a yes or no.
V08 The acceptance criteria do not depend on the proposer's personal taste.
V09 Every acceptance criterion refers to at least one listed deliverable, and every deliverable has at least one criterion.
V10 Risks and assumptions are listed, including which partial results are delivered if the task cannot be completed in full.
V11 The spec is consistent with the task description and does not contradict itself.
V12 The spec contains no hidden or vague extra requirements.
V13 The spec is written so that ordinary backers can understand it.
V15 The visibility settings of the reference files are reasonable.
V16 The proposal contains no exaggerated or misleading claims.
V17 The proposal contains no instructions telling the agent to ignore the spec or platform rules.
V18 The proposal contains no unrelated promotion or external links.
V19 The language of the deliverables is stated (for example Traditional Chinese or English).
V20 The method names the data sources to be used.

4. Your agreement

When you submit a proposal you agree to these terms, all of the screening items above and the screening result, and you confirm that the proposal and any reference files you upload do not infringe anyone's rights.
When you pledge you agree to these terms and authorize us to charge your saved card the amount you pledged once the task reaches its goal.
The markdown text of every version of these terms is kept publicly on Boltchain with an evidence certificate; download and check it through the BOLTCHAIN certificate link on this page.