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    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-14",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.4",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
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    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run"
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    "slug": "best-buy",
    "name": "Best Buy Developer API",
    "vendor": "BestBuy.com, LLC (Best Buy Co., Inc.)",
    "vendorUrl": "https://developer.bestbuy.com",
    "kind": "http-api",
    "category": "shopping",
    "summary": "Best Buy's Developer API gives read access to the BESTBUY.COM catalogue, prices, availability, categories, US stores, recommendations and open-box listings with a free API key. Ordering through the Commerce API is invite-only for partners.",
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    "repo": "https://github.com/BestBuyAPIs/api-documentation",
    "license": "Proprietary service under the Best Buy Developer API terms. The SDKs in the BestBuyAPIs GitHub organisation are open source",
    "transports": [
      "http"
    ],
    "remoteUrl": "https://api.bestbuy.com/v1/",
    "packages": [
      {
        "registry": "npm",
        "name": "bestbuy"
      }
    ],
    "auth": "api-key",
    "authNotes": "A free API key from email signup at developer.bestbuy.com (https://developer.bestbuy.com/login), activated by a link sent by email, passed as the apiKey query parameter. One key covers every public API with no scopes. The Commerce API takes a separate CAPI key issued only after an invitation requested through the contact form (https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/).",
    "pricing": "free",
    "pricingNotes": "No fee or price was found for the public APIs, which need only an activated key. The terms allow 50,000 calls a day and 5 a second. The Commerce API is invite-only, and Best Buy may end the service at any time (https://developer.bestbuy.com/legal, checked 14 October 2026).",
    "priceSummary": "Free",
    "where": "hosted",
    "x402": {
      "level": "no",
      "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API documentation, the developer site or the terms (checked 14 October 2026).",
      "endpoints": []
    },
    "toolCount": null,
    "popularity": {
      "githubStars": null,
      "npmWeekly": 489,
      "pypiWeekly": null,
      "asOf": "2026-10-14"
    },
    "docsUrl": "https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/",
    "capabilities": [
      "shopping.search",
      "shopping.prices"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "hosted",
      "api-key",
      "free",
      "rest",
      "json",
      "xml",
      "retail"
    ],
    "graded": true,
    "anchor": {
      "graded": true,
      "score": 39.1,
      "grade": "E",
      "agentReady": false,
      "rank": 991,
      "ranked": true,
      "rankOf": 1076,
      "categoryRank": 4,
      "methodology": "0.4",
      "run": "2026-10-01",
      "scores": {
        "ergonomics": 72,
        "maintenance": 5,
        "payments": 30,
        "reliability": 31,
        "schema": 45,
        "security": 32,
        "transparency": 47
      },
      "pending": [
        "performance",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "key": "reliability",
          "name": "Reliability",
          "weight": 16,
          "effectiveWeight": 20,
          "score": 31,
          "points": 6.2,
          "reason": "No status page was found for the API or the developer site (0 of 20), and so no incident history (5 of 30). The terms publish 5 calls a second and 50,000 a day (15 of 15). Over-limit calls return 403, the same code as a bad key, with an email to the key holder and no Retry-After. The docs suggest the in operator to avoid per-second errors, which is the only guidance (3 of 15). No SLA (0 of 10). Products, Stores, Categories and Recommendations are generally available, and Buying Options is marked beta (8 of 10). Total 31."
        },
        {
          "key": "performance",
          "name": "Performance",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes."
        },
        {
          "key": "schema",
          "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 45,
          "points": 7.31,
          "reason": "No OpenAPI or similar contract. A Postman collection is linked from the docs (8 of 25). No llms.txt or Markdown docs for agents were found (0 of 10). The reference explains each API's purpose and attributes, with little on when not to use them (12 of 20). Query terms go in the path in a custom syntax, and attributes are listed with types but no enums or constraints (8 of 15). Examples in curl and JavaScript throughout, and an error table for 400, 403, 404, 405, 500, 501 and 503 (12 of 15). URLs carry v1 and beta, but there is no public changelog and the documentation source was last changed on 26 April 2021 (5 of 15). Total 45."
        },
        {
          "key": "ergonomics",
          "name": "Agent ergonomics",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 72,
          "points": 11.7,
          "reason": "The show parameter returns only named fields, and pageSize sets the page up to 100 (22 of 25). Pagination by page or cursorMark, facets, sort and a filter syntax with operators (20 of 20). Errors carry an HTTP code and a message, but 403 covers both an invalid key and an exhausted limit (10 of 20). The public APIs only read, so retries are safe, and there are no idempotency keys because no public call writes (12 of 20). XML is the default format for three APIs, and the official JavaScript and PHP SDKs date from 2021 and 2017 (8 of 15). Total 72."
        },
        {
          "key": "security",
          "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
          "weight": 14,
          "effectiveWeight": 17.5,
          "score": 32,
          "points": 5.6,
          "reason": "One API key per developer with no scopes, passed as the apiKey query parameter, which is the documented and only option (20 less 10 for a secret in the URL, 10 of 30). The public APIs are read-only, and ordering sits behind a separate invite-only key (15 of 20). Responses include product names and descriptions written by Best Buy and its suppliers, and no guidance on treating them as data was found (5 of 15). No call log for the key holder was found. Best Buy emails the holder when a limit is exceeded (2 of 15). security.txt returned 404 on both hosts, and no disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found (0 of 20). Total 32."
        },
        {
          "key": "payments",
          "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 12.5,
          "score": 30,
          "points": 3.75,
          "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). The public APIs have no stated price, and the limits are published, but no page says the API is free (10 of 20). A key needs only an email address and no card (20 of 20). A person signs up and activates the key from an email, and Commerce access needs an invitation (0 of 20). Total 30."
        },
        {
          "key": "tasks",
          "name": "Task success",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
        },
        {
          "key": "maintenance",
          "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 5,
          "points": 0.44,
          "reason": "No dated API change was found. The documentation source was last committed on 26 April 2021 (0 of 30). No releases or dated entries in the last 90 days (0 of 20). A contact form and a GitHub organisation, with no changelog or forum that answers (3 of 15). The official SDKs are bestbuy 2.4.1 on npm from February 2021 and a PHP SDK last changed in 2017, so they are not current (2 of 15). The JavaScript SDK pins axios 0.21.1 (0 of 10). Total 5. The API still answered on 14 October 2026."
        },
        {
          "key": "transparency",
          "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 47,
          "points": 4.11,
          "note": "editorial 32, provenance 62",
          "reason": "Closed service with dated terms that state limits, caching and termination clearly (15 of 30). The Best Buy privacy policy, updated 1 January 2026, names Best Buy Co., Inc. and categories of service providers, but gives no general retention period and nothing specific to API data (12 of 30). No deprecation policy, and the terms allow ending the service at any time with or without notice (0 of 20). Service providers are named by type, with no subprocessor list or data locations (5 of 20). Total 32."
        }
      ],
      "assessment": {
        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "basis": "public evidence",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "notes": {
          "ergonomics": "The show parameter returns only named fields, and pageSize sets the page up to 100 (22 of 25). Pagination by page or cursorMark, facets, sort and a filter syntax with operators (20 of 20). Errors carry an HTTP code and a message, but 403 covers both an invalid key and an exhausted limit (10 of 20). The public APIs only read, so retries are safe, and there are no idempotency keys because no public call writes (12 of 20). XML is the default format for three APIs, and the official JavaScript and PHP SDKs date from 2021 and 2017 (8 of 15). Total 72.",
          "maintenance": "No dated API change was found. The documentation source was last committed on 26 April 2021 (0 of 30). No releases or dated entries in the last 90 days (0 of 20). A contact form and a GitHub organisation, with no changelog or forum that answers (3 of 15). The official SDKs are bestbuy 2.4.1 on npm from February 2021 and a PHP SDK last changed in 2017, so they are not current (2 of 15). The JavaScript SDK pins axios 0.21.1 (0 of 10). Total 5. The API still answered on 14 October 2026.",
          "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). The public APIs have no stated price, and the limits are published, but no page says the API is free (10 of 20). A key needs only an email address and no card (20 of 20). A person signs up and activates the key from an email, and Commerce access needs an invitation (0 of 20). Total 30.",
          "reliability": "No status page was found for the API or the developer site (0 of 20), and so no incident history (5 of 30). The terms publish 5 calls a second and 50,000 a day (15 of 15). Over-limit calls return 403, the same code as a bad key, with an email to the key holder and no Retry-After. The docs suggest the in operator to avoid per-second errors, which is the only guidance (3 of 15). No SLA (0 of 10). Products, Stores, Categories and Recommendations are generally available, and Buying Options is marked beta (8 of 10). Total 31.",
          "schema": "No OpenAPI or similar contract. A Postman collection is linked from the docs (8 of 25). No llms.txt or Markdown docs for agents were found (0 of 10). The reference explains each API's purpose and attributes, with little on when not to use them (12 of 20). Query terms go in the path in a custom syntax, and attributes are listed with types but no enums or constraints (8 of 15). Examples in curl and JavaScript throughout, and an error table for 400, 403, 404, 405, 500, 501 and 503 (12 of 15). URLs carry v1 and beta, but there is no public changelog and the documentation source was last changed on 26 April 2021 (5 of 15). Total 45.",
          "security": "One API key per developer with no scopes, passed as the apiKey query parameter, which is the documented and only option (20 less 10 for a secret in the URL, 10 of 30). The public APIs are read-only, and ordering sits behind a separate invite-only key (15 of 20). Responses include product names and descriptions written by Best Buy and its suppliers, and no guidance on treating them as data was found (5 of 15). No call log for the key holder was found. Best Buy emails the holder when a limit is exceeded (2 of 15). security.txt returned 404 on both hosts, and no disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found (0 of 20). Total 32.",
          "transparency": "Closed service with dated terms that state limits, caching and termination clearly (15 of 30). The Best Buy privacy policy, updated 1 January 2026, names Best Buy Co., Inc. and categories of service providers, but gives no general retention period and nothing specific to API data (12 of 30). No deprecation policy, and the terms allow ending the service at any time with or without notice (0 of 20). Service providers are named by type, with no subprocessor list or data locations (5 of 20). Total 32."
        },
        "sources": [
          {
            "what": "API overview with the Commerce API marked Invite Only",
            "url": "https://developer.bestbuy.com/apis",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "API documentation",
            "url": "https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "API terms of service, limits and caching",
            "url": "https://developer.bestbuy.com/legal",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "developer home and key signup",
            "url": "https://developer.bestbuy.com/",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "documentation source repository, commit history",
            "url": "https://github.com/BestBuyAPIs/api-documentation",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "JavaScript SDK repository",
            "url": "https://github.com/BestBuyAPIs/bestbuy-sdk-js",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "npm registry, bestbuy latest",
            "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bestbuy/latest",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "privacy policy",
            "url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/help-topics/privacy-policy/pcmcat204400050062.c?id=pcmcat204400050062",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "robots.txt",
            "url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/robots.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "unauthenticated API probe, 403",
            "url": "https://api.bestbuy.com/v1/products",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "security.txt probe, 404",
            "url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/.well-known/security.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "UCP profile probe, 404",
            "url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/.well-known/ucp",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          }
        ],
        "openQuestions": [
          "unchecked: whether a new key is activated automatically. The signup at developer.bestbuy.com/login needs a person and was not completed.",
          "unchecked: the Commerce API documentation, terms and sandbox, which are shared only after an invitation.",
          "unchecked: Best Buy checkout inside ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Wizard. Press reports describe these, but no Best Buy developer page documents an interface an outside agent can use.",
          "The docs link an affiliate programme page at developer.bestbuy.com/affiliate-program, which returned 404 on 14 October 2026.",
          "The terms mention a Reviews API in the call limits, but the developer site does not list one."
        ]
      },
      "negative": 0,
      "verdict": "A free key with published limits of 5 calls a second and 50,000 a day opens catalogue, price and store-availability search, with field selection and cursor paging. Ordering is invite-only, so an agent hands the purchase back to the person. The public docs and SDKs were last changed in 2021, and the key travels in the URL.",
      "bestFor": "Product, price and store-availability search for US electronics, for agents that compare and then hand the purchase to the person.",
      "strengths": [
        "Free API key with published limits of 5 calls a second and 50,000 calls a day for Products, Stores, Categories, Recommendations and Buying Options",
        "The show parameter returns only named fields, and pageSize reaches 100 with cursorMark for walking large result sets",
        "Search syntax with comparison operators, AND and OR, wildcards, facets and sorting over more than a million current and historical products",
        "Store availability can be joined to product search across Best Buy stores in the US and Puerto Rico",
        "Terms of 23 February 2021 state the call limits, the 72-hour caching limit and attribution rules in plain terms"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Ordering, fulfilment, order lookup and cancellation are only in the Commerce API, which is invite-only with documentation shared after approval",
        "The API key is sent as the apiKey query parameter, so it appears in URLs and logs",
        "The public documentation repository was last changed on 26 April 2021 and the JavaScript SDK 2.4.1 dates from February 2021",
        "No status page, changelog, security.txt or disclosure programme was found",
        "Over-limit calls return 403, the same code as an invalid key, with no Retry-After"
      ],
      "agentNotes": [
        "Add format=json to Products, Stores and Categories calls. XML is the default for those three",
        "Use show= with only the fields you need and pageSize up to 100, and switch to cursorMark=* beyond ten pages",
        "Batch SKU lookups with the in operator to stay under 5 calls a second. A 403 can mean the limit, not a bad key",
        "Send the person to the product URL to buy. The Commerce API that places orders needs a partner invitation",
        "Cache responses for no more than 72 hours and refresh prices before quoting them, as the terms require"
      ],
      "metrics": {
        "kind": "remote",
        "measured": false
      },
      "reviewCount": 0,
      "avgRating": 0,
      "history": [
        {
          "basis": "public evidence",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "grade": "E",
          "methodology": "0.4",
          "pending": [
            "performance",
            "tasks"
          ],
          "run": "2026-10-01",
          "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
          "score": 39.1
        }
      ],
      "editorialScores": {
        "ergonomics": 72,
        "maintenance": 5,
        "payments": 30,
        "reliability": 31,
        "schema": 45,
        "security": 32,
        "transparency": 32
      },
      "provenanceScore": 62
    },
    "connect": {
      "http": "curl 'https://api.bestbuy.com/v1/products(categoryPath.name=\"All Flat-Screen TVs\")?format=json\u0026show=sku,name,salePrice\u0026sort=salePrice\u0026apiKey=YourAPIKey'"
    },
    "letme": {
      "capability": "https://letme.dev/shopping.search",
      "tool": "https://letme.dev/best-buy"
    },
    "notable": [
      "The developer site lists six APIs and marks the Commerce API, which handles purchasing and fulfilment for partners, as Invite Only (https://developer.bestbuy.com/apis)",
      "The API terms set 50,000 calls a day and 5 calls a second for the public APIs, answer over-limit calls with 403 and email the key holder (https://developer.bestbuy.com/legal)",
      "An unauthenticated call to https://api.bestbuy.com/v1/products returned 403 with the message that the API key could not be located on 14 October 2026, so the service is live",
      "The public documentation source in BestBuyAPIs/api-documentation was last committed on 26 April 2021, and the bestbuy npm package is at 2.4.1 from February 2021 (https://github.com/BestBuyAPIs/api-documentation)",
      "www.bestbuy.com robots.txt allows Claude-User under /site/, and /.well-known/security.txt and /.well-known/ucp both returned 404 on 14 October 2026",
      "Press reports of Best Buy checkout inside ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Wizard were not confirmed on a Best Buy developer page, and no public agent checkout interface was found"
    ],
    "area": "everyday",
    "details": [
      {
        "label": "APIs",
        "value": "Products, Categories, Stores and Recommendations at https://api.bestbuy.com/v1/, Buying Options (open box) at https://api.bestbuy.com/beta/, Commerce API invite-only"
      },
      {
        "label": "Limits",
        "value": "5 calls a second and 50,000 calls a day for Products, Reviews, Stores, Categories, Recommendations and Buying Options, per the API terms. Over-limit calls return 403 and an email to the key holder"
      },
      {
        "label": "Credentials",
        "value": "One API key per developer from email signup at developer.bestbuy.com, passed as the apiKey query parameter. Commerce API keys (CAPI) are issued separately after an invitation"
      },
      {
        "label": "Search",
        "value": "Query terms in the path, for example products(categoryPath.name=...), with =, !=, \u003e, \u003c, in, AND, OR, wildcards, facets, sort, show= field selection, pageSize up to 100 and cursorMark"
      },
      {
        "label": "Commerce API",
        "value": "Availability, delivery dates and shipping cost before order, order creation for store pickup, ship to home and home delivery, order lookup, modify and cancel. Full documentation only after approval"
      },
      {
        "label": "Formats",
        "value": "JSON or XML for Products, Stores and Categories (XML default). Recommendations and open box JSON only"
      },
      {
        "label": "SDKs",
        "value": "bestbuy on npm 2.4.1 (February 2021, 489 downloads in the week to 12 October 2026) and a PHP SDK, both in github.com/BestBuyAPIs"
      },
      {
        "label": "Terms",
        "value": "Developer API terms of BestBuy.com, LLC, last updated 23 February 2021. Caching up to 72 hours, attribution and Best Buy logo required, termination at any time with or without notice"
      }
    ],
    "provenance": {
      "legalEntity": "BestBuy.com, LLC",
      "domain": "bestbuy.com",
      "domainRegistered": "1994-03-03",
      "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
      "terms": "https://developer.bestbuy.com/legal",
      "privacy": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/help-topics/privacy-policy/pcmcat204400050062.c?id=pcmcat204400050062",
      "statusPage": "",
      "changelog": "",
      "securityTxt": "none",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "notes": [
        "The API terms name BestBuy.com, LLC and were last updated on 23 February 2021.",
        "The privacy policy, updated 1 January 2026, covers Best Buy Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. The terms link an older URL for it on www.bestbuy.com, which redirected our reader to a country selector.",
        "security.txt returned 404 on www.bestbuy.com and developer.bestbuy.com. No status page or API changelog was found.",
        "RDAP gives bestbuy.com a registration date of 3 March 1994."
      ],
      "score": 62,
      "checks": [
        {
          "check": "Legal entity named",
          "value": "BestBuy.com, LLC",
          "points": 20,
          "max": 20,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Domain age",
          "value": "bestbuy.com, registered 1994-03-03 (32 years)",
          "points": 15,
          "max": 15,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain",
          "value": "api.bestbuy.com",
          "points": 15,
          "max": 15,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Terms of service",
          "value": "read, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects, and has 2 clauses that cost points",
          "points": 5.1,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "part"
        },
        {
          "check": "Privacy policy",
          "value": "published, but our reader couldn't read it",
          "points": 7,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "part"
        },
        {
          "check": "Status page",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        },
        {
          "check": "Changelog",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        },
        {
          "check": "security.txt",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        }
      ],
      "policies": [
        {
          "kind": "terms",
          "url": "https://developer.bestbuy.com/legal",
          "state": "read",
          "readAt": "2026-10-14",
          "statedDate": "2021-02-23",
          "words": 4454,
          "points": 5.1,
          "max": 10,
          "expected": [
            {
              "key": "terms.date",
              "label": "Gives the date it was last updated",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "Last updated, February 23, 2021",
              "says": "Last updated 2021-02-23"
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.law",
              "label": "Names the governing law or courts",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "ANY DISPUTE TO SEEK TO ENJOIN INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER MISUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION."
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.liability",
              "label": "States a limit on its liability",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BEST BUY AND ITS RELATED ENTITIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED ORDERS, OR OTHER ECONOMI…",
              "says": "Rules out indirect and consequential losses, with no cap named in this sentence"
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.termination",
              "label": "Says how the agreement or account can be ended",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "We may at any time terminate the Terms, your participation in the Service, or the Service, with or without notice to you."
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.changes",
              "label": "Says how changes to the terms are announced",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "We may change the Terms at any time, by posting amended Terms on the Best Buy Developer website.",
              "says": "Changes are posted, with no other notice named"
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.use",
              "label": "Lists what users may not do",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "You may not sell, transfer, sublicense or otherwise disclose any key, secret, token, password, or other credential we issue you (each, a \"Key\") to any other party."
            },
            {
              "key": "terms.sla",
              "label": "Refers to a service level or uptime commitment",
              "found": false
            }
          ],
          "toKnow": [
            {
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