# Twitch's policy on third-party chat bots

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitchs-policy-on-third-party-chat-bots/28195>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitchs-policy-on-third-party-chat-bots/28195 "2020-09-17T16:17:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![queeny2104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@queeny2104](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/queeny2104)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitchs-policy-on-third-party-chat-bots/28195/1 "2020-09-17T16:17:18Z")

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Hi everyone. Do you know what are Twitch’s restrictions on chat bots (for developers)? For example, to what extend can the bot advertise a third party service? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![WLG3R](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/wlg3r/32/6985_2.png) [@WLG3R](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/WLG3R)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitchs-policy-on-third-party-chat-bots/28195/2 "2020-09-17T16:45:37Z")

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The bot rate limits are defined here

> **[Chat & Chatbots](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/)**
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> Twitch Chat & Chatbots

as for the content of the messages, that would be covered under the normal TOS and Community Guidelines.

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**Author:** ![queeny2104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@queeny2104](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/queeny2104)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitchs-policy-on-third-party-chat-bots/28195/3 "2020-09-22T09:19:33Z")

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Thanks a lot!