# BotNotice

> BotNotice adds a clear "you're talking to AI" notice beside a business website's chatbot, keeps timestamped records that the notice appeared (kept 7 years on eligible plans), and tracks the U.S. state, federal and EU laws that require AI disclosure. It installs with one line of code on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, LeadConnector CRM sites, Google Tag Manager or any site. BotNotice provides tools and records, not legal advice.

Key facts:
- Pricing is per website, per month: Chatbot Disclosure $12.99, Disclosure + Records $29.99, Managed Compliance $199.
- Every plan covers up to 25,000 AI notices a month per website (100,000 on Managed Compliance). Extra locations on the same website: $3.99 / $7.99 / $24 a month. 10 or more websites get a custom quote.
- Free tools, no sign-up: a website scan that checks for AI chat tools and an existing AI notice, and a six-question assessment of which AI disclosure laws apply to a business.
- Sign up online; no sales call. Contact: support@botnotice.app.
- For agents and developers: an MCP server at https://botnotice.app/mcp (tools: laws_for_business, get_law, list_laws, check_website; no key; listed in the Claude connectors directory as "BotNotice: AI disclosure laws" and in the official MCP registry as app.botnotice/mcp), the public API described at https://botnotice.app/openapi.json, and the law tracker as an open dataset (CC BY 4.0) at https://botnotice.app/datasets/ai-disclosure-laws.json.
- Tracks 31 AI disclosure laws and 11 pending bills across U.S. states, federal agencies and the EU.

## For AI agents and developers

Everything below is public and read-only. No account, no API key, no sign-in.

### Discovery

- `GET https://botnotice.app/.well-known/api-catalog`: API catalog (RFC 9727, `application/linkset+json`) linking the OpenAPI description, the MCP endpoint and the docs.
- `GET https://botnotice.app/openapi.json`: OpenAPI 3.1 description of the public API.
- `GET https://botnotice.app/agents.md`: this guide on its own. `/llms.txt` carries the same section plus a site map; `/llms-full.txt` adds every law in full.
- `GET https://botnotice.app/robots.txt`: crawl rules with Content Signals (`search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes`). `GET https://botnotice.app/sitemap.xml` lists every public page.
- Official MCP registry: `app.botnotice/mcp`. Claude connectors directory: "BotNotice: AI disclosure laws".

### MCP server

- Endpoint: `https://botnotice.app/mcp`
- Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST). No authentication.
- Steps: 1) `initialize`, 2) `tools/list` to read the tool schemas, 3) `tools/call`.

Tools (all read-only):

- `laws_for_business` (use_cases?, states?, all_us?, eu?, uk?, minors?, memory?, licensed_profession?, big_platform?): which AI disclosure laws apply to a business, in force and coming, with the notice rules that satisfy all of them.
- `get_law` (slug): one law in full: who must comply, what to disclose, timing, penalties, sources, last-verified date.
- `list_laws` (jurisdiction?, status?, applies_to?): every tracked law, optionally filtered, plus pending bills.
- `check_website` (url, plus the business fields): which chat or voice-AI tools a public website runs, whether an AI notice is shown, and which laws that leaves unmet.

Example call:

```http
POST https://botnotice.app/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json, text/event-stream

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"laws_for_business","arguments":{"use_cases":["support_chatbot"],"states":["CA","UT"]}}}
```

Client config (any MCP client that takes a remote URL):

```json
{"mcpServers":{"botnotice":{"type":"http","url":"https://botnotice.app/mcp"}}}
```

### REST API

- `POST https://botnotice.app/api/scan` with `{"url":"https://example.com"}`: the free website scan (HTML pass). Cached 12 hours per host; `"fresh":true` re-reads.
- `GET https://botnotice.app/datasets/ai-disclosure-laws.json` (or `.csv`): every tracked law and pending bill. `GET https://botnotice.app/datasets/ai-disclosure-laws/{slug}.json`: one law.
- The consent, voice and content-register endpoints in the OpenAPI file need a customer's token; agents acting for the public should not call them.

### Interaction guidelines

- Identify yourself in `User-Agent`. Limits: 120 MCP requests a minute per address; `check_website` reads a given site at most 3 times a minute; `/api/scan` 10 a minute. On `429`, wait a minute and retry.
- The law data is CC BY 4.0: cite "BotNotice (botnotice.app)" and link the law's page.
- Signing up and paying happen on the website (https://botnotice.app/#pricing) with the person's own approval. Do not create accounts or start checkout for a person without asking them.
- Nothing BotNotice returns is legal advice. Pass that on.

## Product

- [Home and pricing](https://botnotice.app/): what BotNotice does, the three plans and prices, and common questions.
- [Install guide](https://botnotice.app/integrations): step-by-step install for each website builder and chat tool.
- [WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/candorline-ai-disclosure-notice/): "Candorline AI Disclosure Notice" in the WordPress.org plugin directory; install it from Plugins → Add New Plugin and paste the site key.
- [AI voice agents](https://botnotice.app/voice): the line an AI phone agent must open with, the FCC and California rules behind it, and how Retell, Vapi or any voice platform sends a receipt per call.
- [Terms of Service](https://botnotice.app/legal/terms): billing, per-website pricing, notice allowance, cancellation and records.
- [API, MCP server and open data](https://botnotice.app/docs/api): the public API (OpenAPI at /openapi.json), the MCP server at /mcp with four read-only tools, and the AI disclosure laws dataset.
- [How the disclosure record works](https://botnotice.app/how-records-work): what is stored each time a notice is shown, why it holds no personal data, how tampering would show, and how it is used when a complaint names a date.
- [When you need this](https://botnotice.app/when-you-need-this): six examples of what happens without an AI notice or a record, which state's rules apply to a business with customers everywhere, and why an independent record beats screenshots.

## Free tools

- [Free website scan](https://botnotice.app/scan): checks a website for AI chat tools and an existing AI disclosure.
- [Which AI disclosure laws apply to me?](https://botnotice.app/assess): six questions, then every applicable rule with deadlines and penalties.
- [AI disclosure examples](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-examples): ready-to-use wording for chatbots, minors, human handoffs, AI phone calls, AI images and AI in hiring.
- [Free AI access check](https://botnotice.app/ai-access-check): reads a website's robots.txt, Content Signals and headers and reports what search engines, AI agents and AI training crawlers may do.
- [Cloudflare's September 15, 2026 AI crawler change](https://botnotice.app/cloudflare-ai-crawler-changes): the search, agent and training categories, the new defaults, and the four decisions for website owners.

## Blog

- [Your AI images will be labeled on social media from 2027](https://botnotice.app/blog/ai-images-labeled-on-social-media): From January 2027 the big platforms must show whether a post was made by AI. What that means for a business's AI images and video, and for its own website.
- [What a disclosure record proves, and what it doesn't](https://botnotice.app/blog/what-a-disclosure-record-proves-and-what-it-doesnt): A notice is what the law asks for. A record shows it was there on a given day for a given visitor. What a good record stores, and its limits.
- [Utah's AI disclosure law: what a dental office has to do](https://botnotice.app/blog/utahs-ai-disclosure-law-what-a-dental-office-has-to-do): Utah requires businesses using AI with customers to say so, and health care is high-risk. What a dental office has to say, when, and how to keep proof.
- [What Cloudflare's AI crawler change means for your website](https://botnotice.app/blog/what-cloudflares-ai-crawler-change-means-for-your-website): Cloudflare now sorts AI crawlers into search, agents and training and blocks some by default. The four decisions every business website has to make.

## AI disclosure laws by state

- [All states](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws): index of states with AI disclosure laws or bills.
- [California](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/california): 5 laws (California B.O.T. Act (SB 1001); California Companion Chatbot Law (SB 243); California AI-voice robocall disclosure (AB 2905); California Customer Service Chatbots (AB 1609); California AI Transparency Act (SB 942 / AB 853 / SB 1000)); 1 bill to watch.
- [Colorado](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/colorado): 1 law (Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205, rewritten by SB 26-189)).
- [Connecticut](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/connecticut): 1 law (Connecticut AI Responsibility and Transparency Act (SB 5 / Public Act 26-15)).
- [Georgia](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/georgia): 1 law (Georgia AI Companion Chatbot Law (SB 540)).
- [Idaho](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/idaho): 1 law (Idaho Conversational AI Safety Act (S 1297)).
- [Illinois](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/illinois): 2 laws (Illinois Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (HB 1806); Illinois AI in Employment amendment (HB 3773)).
- [Iowa](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/iowa): 1 law (Iowa Conversational AI Chatbot Safety Act (SF 2417)).
- [Maine](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/maine): 2 laws (Maine Chatbot Disclosure Act (LD 1727); Maine restrictions on AI mental health services (LD 2082)).
- [Massachusetts](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/massachusetts): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [Michigan](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/michigan): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [Nebraska](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/nebraska): 1 law (Nebraska Conversational AI Safety Act (LB 525)).
- [Nevada](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/nevada): 1 law (Nevada AI mental-health restrictions (AB 406)).
- [New Hampshire](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/new-hampshire): 1 law (New Hampshire chatbot protections for minors (HB 143)).
- [New Jersey](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/new-jersey): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [New York](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/new-york): 3 laws (New York AI Companion Models Law; New York Synthetic Performer Disclosure in Advertising; NYC Automated Employment Decision Tools Law (Local Law 144)); 1 bill to watch.
- [North Carolina](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/north-carolina): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [Ohio](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/ohio): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [Oregon](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/oregon): 1 law (Oregon Companion Chatbot Law (SB 1546)).
- [Pennsylvania](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/pennsylvania): no law in force yet; 1 bill to watch.
- [Tennessee](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/tennessee): 1 law (Tennessee ban on AI posing as mental-health professionals (SB 1580)).
- [Texas](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/texas): 1 law (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149)).
- [United Kingdom](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/united-kingdom): 1 law (UK consumer law: AI agents and chatbots (DMCC Act 2024, CMA guidance)).
- [Utah](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/utah): 3 laws (Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149, as amended by SB 226 and SB 332); Utah Mental Health Chatbot Law (HB 452); Utah Digital Content Provenance Standards Act (HB 276)).
- [Washington](https://botnotice.app/ai-disclosure-laws/washington): 1 law (Washington AI Companion Chatbot Act (HB 2225)).

## Individual laws

- [Law tracker](https://botnotice.app/laws): every tracked law with status, effective date and sources.
- [Open dataset](https://botnotice.app/datasets/ai-disclosure-laws): the same laws as JSON and CSV (CC BY 4.0), one record per law with last-verified dates; one law at /datasets/ai-disclosure-laws/<slug>.json.
- [FTC Act Section 5: deceptive AI practices](https://botnotice.app/laws/ftc-act-section-5): United States (federal), in force, effective 1914-09-26.
- [TCPA: AI-generated voices are 'artificial or prerecorded' calls](https://botnotice.app/laws/fcc-tcpa-ai-voice): United States (federal), in force, effective 2024-02-08.
- [California B.O.T. Act (SB 1001)](https://botnotice.app/laws/california-bot-act): California, in force, effective 2019-07-01.
- [California Companion Chatbot Law (SB 243)](https://botnotice.app/laws/california-sb-243-companion-chatbots): California, in force, effective 2026-01-01.
- [California AI-voice robocall disclosure (AB 2905)](https://botnotice.app/laws/california-ab-2905-ai-voice-calls): California, in force, effective 2025-01-01.
- [California Customer Service Chatbots (AB 1609)](https://botnotice.app/laws/california-ab-1609-customer-service-chatbots): California, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [California AI Transparency Act (SB 942 / AB 853 / SB 1000)](https://botnotice.app/laws/california-ai-transparency-act): California, in force, effective 2026-08-02.
- [New York AI Companion Models Law](https://botnotice.app/laws/new-york-ai-companion-law): New York, in force, effective 2025-11-05.
- [New York Synthetic Performer Disclosure in Advertising](https://botnotice.app/laws/new-york-synthetic-performer-ads): New York, in force, effective 2026-06-09.
- [NYC Automated Employment Decision Tools Law (Local Law 144)](https://botnotice.app/laws/nyc-local-law-144-aedt): New York City, in force, effective 2023-07-05.
- [Maine Chatbot Disclosure Act (LD 1727)](https://botnotice.app/laws/maine-chatbot-disclosure-act): Maine, in force, effective 2025-09-24.
- [Maine restrictions on AI mental health services (LD 2082)](https://botnotice.app/laws/maine-ai-mental-health-ld-2082): Maine, in force, effective 2026-07-29.
- [Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149, as amended by SB 226 and SB 332)](https://botnotice.app/laws/utah-ai-policy-act): Utah, in force, effective 2024-05-01.
- [Utah Mental Health Chatbot Law (HB 452)](https://botnotice.app/laws/utah-mental-health-chatbots-hb-452): Utah, in force, effective 2025-05-07.
- [Utah Digital Content Provenance Standards Act (HB 276)](https://botnotice.app/laws/utah-digital-content-provenance-standards-act): Utah, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205, rewritten by SB 26-189)](https://botnotice.app/laws/colorado-ai-act): Colorado, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149)](https://botnotice.app/laws/texas-responsible-ai-governance-act): Texas, in force, effective 2026-01-01.
- [Washington AI Companion Chatbot Act (HB 2225)](https://botnotice.app/laws/washington-chatbot-disclosure-act): Washington, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [Oregon Companion Chatbot Law (SB 1546)](https://botnotice.app/laws/oregon-companion-chatbot-law): Oregon, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [Nebraska Conversational AI Safety Act (LB 525)](https://botnotice.app/laws/nebraska-conversational-ai-safety-act): Nebraska, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-07-01.
- [Idaho Conversational AI Safety Act (S 1297)](https://botnotice.app/laws/idaho-conversational-ai-safety-act): Idaho, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-07-01.
- [Iowa Conversational AI Chatbot Safety Act (SF 2417)](https://botnotice.app/laws/iowa-conversational-ai-chatbot-safety-act): Iowa, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-07-01.
- [Georgia AI Companion Chatbot Law (SB 540)](https://botnotice.app/laws/georgia-conversational-ai-safety-act): Georgia, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-07-01.
- [Connecticut AI Responsibility and Transparency Act (SB 5 / Public Act 26-15)](https://botnotice.app/laws/connecticut-ai-responsibility-transparency-act): Connecticut, enacted, starts later, effective 2027-01-01.
- [Tennessee ban on AI posing as mental-health professionals (SB 1580)](https://botnotice.app/laws/tennessee-ai-mental-health-misrepresentation): Tennessee, in force, effective 2026-07-01.
- [Nevada AI mental-health restrictions (AB 406)](https://botnotice.app/laws/nevada-ai-mental-health-ab-406): Nevada, in force, effective 2025-07-01.
- [Illinois Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (HB 1806)](https://botnotice.app/laws/illinois-wellness-oversight-psychological-resources-act): Illinois, in force, effective 2025-08-01.
- [Illinois AI in Employment amendment (HB 3773)](https://botnotice.app/laws/illinois-ai-employment-notice-hb-3773): Illinois, in force, effective 2026-01-01.
- [New Hampshire chatbot protections for minors (HB 143)](https://botnotice.app/laws/new-hampshire-hb-143-minors): New Hampshire, in force, effective 2026-01-01.
- [EU AI Act: Article 50 transparency obligations](https://botnotice.app/laws/eu-ai-act-article-50): European Union, in force, effective 2026-08-02.
- [UK consumer law: AI agents and chatbots (DMCC Act 2024, CMA guidance)](https://botnotice.app/laws/uk-consumer-law-ai-agents): United Kingdom, in force, effective 2025-04-06.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://botnotice.app/llms-full.txt): every law's requirements, penalties and sources in one file.