Skip to main content
Question

Is an opt-in, text-only attribution line in activity descriptions allowed?

  • July 3, 2026
  • 1 reply
  • 26 views
J

Hi! I'm the developer of CoachMyRun, a running coaching app that analyzes a user's own Strava activities and gives them AI feedback (shown only to the user themselves).

We'd like to add an opt-in feature: with the user's explicit consent (off by default, disableable anytime), the app would append one short attribution line to the description of an activity the user has analyzed, e.g. " Analyzed by CoachMyRun". Text-only (no URL), append-only (never overwriting the user's own description), added at most once per activity, similar to what weather apps like Klimat or myWindsock do.

Two questions:

  1. Is this text-only, opt-in attribution acceptable under the API Agreement and API Policy (§5.12 on unsolicited promotions)?
  2. Would including a link to our website in that line be acceptable, or should we keep it strictly text-only?

Happy to adjust wording or behavior to whatever you recommend. Thanks! (Ticket #16533 also open via email.)

1 reply

Jan_Mantau
Forum|alt.badge.img+26
  • Jan_Mantau
  • Hub Powerhouse
  • July 6, 2026

Additions in the description is a normal feature for a Strava app and stating the source in the addition is too. You should be more concerned because you admitted AI feedback derived from Strava activities. Strava allows that for their own claude.ai integration only.

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement