Contributor Agreement

This Contributor Agreement is a short, one-time agreement you accept before you publish a protocol or add a community note. We record your acceptance with a version, timestamp, and IP address so there is a clear account of what each contributor agreed to.

It supplements our Terms & Conditions and Community Guidelines. MyProtocol does not review, approve, or endorse the content you contribute, and nothing on the Platform is medical advice.

By accepting this agreement, you confirm that:

1. The protocols and notes I contribute reflect my own experience or research, and I clearly disclose when they do not.
2. I am not a licensed healthcare provider unless I have accurately disclosed my credentials, and I will not pose as one.
3. I own the content I contribute, or it is properly licensed or in the public domain, and I will not infringe anyone else's intellectual property.
4. I will disclose any material commercial relationship (sponsorship, affiliate link, paid promotion, or brand partnership) wherever it applies to what I post.
5. I am 18 or older, and my use of MyProtocol complies with the law in my jurisdiction.
6. Nothing I contribute is medical advice. I share my own experience, and I am not diagnosing, treating, or prescribing for anyone else.
7. I am responsible for the accuracy, safety, and legality of everything I contribute, and I accept the indemnification obligation in the Terms & Conditions for claims arising from it.

You contribute protocols and notes based on your own experience or research. On a protocol, you will use the “creator relationship” field to truthfully describe how you came to recommend it (for example, daily user, tried it, designed for others, or compiled from research). In a community note, you will be honest about whether you are sharing first-hand experience or a general observation. You will not represent untested ideas as battle-tested practice.

MyProtocol is not a directory of verified clinicians. If you list professional credentials in your bio, on a protocol, or in a note, those credentials must be accurate and current. You will not impersonate a licensed healthcare provider or any other person or organization. You acknowledge that contributing under false or misleading credentials may result in suspension or permanent removal.

If something you post is sponsored, contains affiliate links, includes products or services you sell, or otherwise involves a material commercial relationship, you will disclose that relationship clearly wherever it appears, whether in a protocol or a community note. This applies whether the relationship is direct (you receive payment) or indirect (free product, ambassadorship, family ties to a brand). Failure to disclose may violate consumer protection law in your jurisdiction.

Nothing you contribute is medical advice. You are sharing your own experience, and decisions about diagnosis or treatment remain between a reader and their own qualified professional. You will not present a protocol or note as a diagnosis, treatment, or prescription for anyone else.

You own the content you contribute, have a license to publish it, or it is in the public domain, and you will not infringe anyone else’s intellectual property. You are 18 or older. You are responsible for the accuracy, safety, and legality of everything you contribute.

The detailed terms for the license you grant MyProtocol, how we handle takedown requests, and your indemnification of MyProtocol live in our Terms & Conditions and apply in full to what you contribute. This agreement does not change them; it records that you accept them as a contributor.

This agreement is versioned. Your acceptance is recorded with a timestamp, IP address, and version number. If we make a material change, we will increment the version and prompt you to re-accept the new version before your next contribution. Earlier acceptances remain on file as historical record.

Our Terms & Conditions are the master agreement for the Platform and incorporate both this Contributor Agreement and our Community Guidelines. This agreement is in addition to, and does not replace, those documents. Where this agreement conflicts with the Terms, the Terms control.