From d31df7c1b3156672cd99c110b6d6e376eb2e983f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Assaf Barnir <assafbar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:31:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make privacy and terms of use easier to find

Keep canonical URLs at /privacy and /terms, alias /tos, and surface both
in the footer bar, contact, about, and machine-readable indexes.
---
 app/about/page.tsx    | 15 +++++++++++++++
 app/contact/page.tsx  | 13 +++++++++++++
 app/index.md/route.ts |  2 +-
 app/llms.txt/route.ts |  5 +++++
 components/Footer.tsx | 11 ++++++++---
 next.config.ts        |  6 ++++++
 6 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/about/page.tsx b/app/about/page.tsx
index e56ba36..274f2e4 100644
--- a/app/about/page.tsx
+++ b/app/about/page.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ export default async function AboutPage() {
               explains how to use each of them.
             </p>
           </section>
+
+          <section>
+            <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--text-primary)] mb-2">Legal</h2>
+            <p>
+              How the directory handles data is on the{' '}
+              <Link href="/privacy" className="text-[var(--accent)] hover:underline">
+                privacy page
+              </Link>
+              . Use of the site and the public catalog API is covered by the{' '}
+              <Link href="/terms" className="text-[var(--accent)] hover:underline">
+                terms of use
+              </Link>
+              .
+            </p>
+          </section>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/contact/page.tsx b/app/contact/page.tsx
index 70b9d88..1a3f7d7 100644
--- a/app/contact/page.tsx
+++ b/app/contact/page.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ export default function ContactPage() {
             </p>
           </section>
 
+          <section>
+            <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--text-primary)] mb-2">Legal</h2>
+            <p>
+              <Link href="/privacy" className="text-[var(--accent)] hover:underline">
+                Privacy
+              </Link>
+              {' · '}
+              <Link href="/terms" className="text-[var(--accent)] hover:underline">
+                Terms of Use
+              </Link>
+            </p>
+          </section>
+
           <section>
             <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--text-primary)] mb-2">
               For agents and automated clients
diff --git a/app/index.md/route.ts b/app/index.md/route.ts
index 892976a..3c2b470 100644
--- a/app/index.md/route.ts
+++ b/app/index.md/route.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ${categories.map((c) => `- ${c.name} (\`${c.slug}\`)`).join('\n')}
 ## Pages
 
 - [Browse](${BASE_URL}/browse) · [Categories](${BASE_URL}/categories) · [Submit an agent](${BASE_URL}/submit)
-- [About](${BASE_URL}/about) · [Contact](${BASE_URL}/contact) · [Privacy](${BASE_URL}/privacy) · [Disclaimer](${BASE_URL}/disclaimer)
+- [About](${BASE_URL}/about) · [Contact](${BASE_URL}/contact) · [Privacy](${BASE_URL}/privacy) · [Terms of Use](${BASE_URL}/terms) · [Disclaimer](${BASE_URL}/disclaimer)
 
 Contact: barnir@agentmail.to
 `;
diff --git a/app/llms.txt/route.ts b/app/llms.txt/route.ts
index feb8fe0..526a2dc 100644
--- a/app/llms.txt/route.ts
+++ b/app/llms.txt/route.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ instead of scraping the DOM. No setup: they self-register on page load.
 
 ${categoryLines}
 
+## Legal
+
+- Privacy: https://agentswitchboard.dev/privacy
+- Terms of Use: https://agentswitchboard.dev/terms
+
 ## Maintained by
 
 Barnir — barnir@agentmail.to
diff --git a/components/Footer.tsx b/components/Footer.tsx
index f89ab33..ee45ea8 100644
--- a/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const footerLinks = [
       { href: '/contact', label: 'Contact' },
       { href: 'https://github.com/assafbar2/agentswitchboard.dev', label: 'GitHub', external: true },
       { href: '/privacy', label: 'Privacy' },
-      { href: '/terms', label: 'Terms' },
+      { href: '/terms', label: 'Terms of Use' },
       { href: '/disclaimer', label: 'Disclaimer' },
     ],
   },
@@ -80,8 +80,13 @@ export function Footer() {
           <p className="text-xs text-[var(--text-muted)]">
             &copy; {new Date().getFullYear()} Agent Switchboard. All rights reserved.
           </p>
-          <p className="text-xs text-[var(--text-muted)] mono">
-            Built for the agentic web
+          <p className="text-xs text-[var(--text-muted)] flex items-center gap-3">
+            <Link href="/privacy" className="hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-colors">
+              Privacy
+            </Link>
+            <Link href="/terms" className="hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-colors">
+              Terms of Use
+            </Link>
           </p>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/next.config.ts b/next.config.ts
index 62daf00..360e223 100644
--- a/next.config.ts
+++ b/next.config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
   // Middleware sets Vary too, but the renderer overwrites it on the HTML
   // branch, so declare it here as well — otherwise a CDN can cache the HTML
   // variant and hand it to an agent that asked for Markdown.
+  async redirects() {
+    return [
+      { source: "/tos", destination: "/terms", permanent: true },
+      { source: "/TOS", destination: "/terms", permanent: true },
+    ];
+  },
   async rewrites() {
     return [{ source: "/SKILL.md", destination: "/skill.md" }];
   },