AI usage policy
Four ToolzyLab tools have optional AI features that send text to OpenAI through our server. This page lists what is sent, how long it's kept, and how AI is used when we write the site.
Features that use AI
AI runs only when you press one of these buttons or pick the AI writer source. Everything else in these tools, and every other tool on the site, works without AI.
| Tool | AI buttons or setting | What is sent | Limit per minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word Counter | Review writing, Correct writing, Find keywords, Improve clarity, AI Fill, Blend into text | The editor text, writing mode, and any keywords or review results the action uses | 8 |
| Text Expander | Generate snippet, Rewrite content, Suggest trigger, Extract variables | Your prompt or the snippet's title, trigger, tag and content, the tone, and your existing trigger names | 10 |
| Random Joke Generator | Joke source: AI writer | Category, tone, topic, language, Family-friendly only setting and your last few jokes | 12 |
| Random Quote Generator | Quote source: AI writer | Category, tone, topic and maximum length | 12 |
The per-minute limits apply to each visitor's network. A shared limit for all visitors also stops the service from being overloaded, so you may occasionally see a busy message.
What happens to your text
Your browser sends the request over HTTPS to a script on toolzylab.com. The script rejects requests larger than 128 KB, adds fixed instructions for the task and forwards everything to OpenAI's Chat Completions API. OpenAI's answer is passed back to your browser.
Our script doesn't write your text or the answer to a file, database or log, and responses are marked so they aren't cached. The only thing our server keeps is the short-lived rate-limit count described in the privacy policy.
What OpenAI does with it
The requests go to OpenAI's API, which follows different rules from the ChatGPT app. According to OpenAI's Your data page, data sent to the API is not used to train or improve OpenAI models unless the customer opts in. Abuse monitoring logs are kept for up to 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law. Our requests don't use OpenAI's option to store completions.
The default models in our code are GPT-4.1 mini for Word Counter and the joke and quote writers, and GPT-4o mini for Text Expander. We may switch models as OpenAI's line-up changes.
What not to send
Don't send passwords, API keys, health or financial records, identity documents, confidential work or other people's personal data. If you only need counts or snippets, the non-AI parts of Word Counter and Text Expander do that in your browser without sending anything.
Limits of AI output
- It can be wrong. The model can introduce errors, invent details or change your meaning. Compare the output with your original before you replace it.
- Scores are opinions. Review writing gives an overall score and an originality score. Both are the model's judgment. No plagiarism database or web search is checked.
- Keyword ideas aren't search data. Find keywords suggests phrases based on your text. It doesn't know how often people search for them.
- AI quotes aren't real quotations. They're labeled AI Quote and the model is told not to copy famous lines, but one may still resemble something real. Don't attribute them to a real person.
- Filters aren't perfect. Family-friendly only steers the joke writer away from adult or offensive material, but it can miss. With Use the library if AI fails switched on, you get a joke from the built-in library when the AI request fails.
How AI is used to write ToolzyLab
AI helps draft and edit some tool pages and guides, and with routine coding. A person reviews every page against the tool and its sources before it's published, and code changes are tested before release. The editorial policy explains that process.
AI never sees files you process in the local tools, never decides what gets published and doesn't set ToolzyLab's policies.
Questions and changes
Email toolzylab@gmail.com with questions about AI on ToolzyLab. When we add an AI feature or change provider, we update this page and the date at the top.