How It Works
From city hall to your screen
in under 24 hours.
CivicBrief runs a fully automated pipeline that monitors, transcribes, analyzes, and delivers — with multiple QA checkpoints built in at every stage.
01
We monitor every meeting
CivicBrief automatically watches official channels and portals for new meeting recordings nightly. Each new video is checked against our database before processing — no duplicates, no missed meetings.
Boards Covered
Board of Aldermen
Board of Public Works
Planning Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
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We transcribe and extract
Every meeting video is automatically transcribed and summarized. Key decisions, dollar amounts, project names, votes, and relevant items are extracted from the full transcript.
What Gets Extracted
Project names and locations
Contract values and bid dates
Vote outcomes and board positions
Upcoming infrastructure work
03
The report is generated
The transcript is processed through our automated pipeline, which produces a plain-English meeting summary and a set of key takeaways — prioritizing budget figures, votes, and decisions that matter most to residents.
Report Includes
Meeting summary — plain English
Main takeaways — key decisions at a glance
Full transcript — complete and searchable
Source video link — watch the full meeting
04
QA runs before anything publishes
Before any report reaches your account, it passes through multiple automated QA checkpoints. Reports that fail QA are flagged and held — accuracy matters more than speed.
What QA Checks
Facts verified against the source transcript
Dollar amounts and figures cross-checked
Invented content flagged and removed
Tone checked — neutral, factual, no spin
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Delivered to your account
QA-verified reports are published to your CivicBrief account within 24 hours of a meeting. Resident plan subscribers receive an email notification the morning after every new report is live.
Delivery
Published within 24 hours of meeting
Email notification — Resident plan
Accessible from any device
Linked to source video for verification
Our commitment to accuracy
Four QA checkpoints. Every single report.
Automated systems can make mistakes. That's why every CivicBrief report passes through four independent quality checks before it ever reaches your account.
QA 01
Transcript Accuracy
The report is checked line-by-line against the source transcript. Any claim not supported by the transcript is flagged or removed.
QA 02
Figures & Facts
Every dollar amount, date, vote count, and proper noun is verified against what was actually said in the meeting.
QA 03
Accuracy Detection
A second automated pass specifically hunts for invented content — names, projects, or figures that appear in the report but not in the transcript.
QA 04
Tone & Neutrality
Reports are checked for bias, spin, and editorial framing. CivicBrief reports are factual — we don't editorialize on behalf of the board or residents.
If a report fails any QA checkpoint, it does not publish. We'd rather delay a report than deliver one that's wrong. Every published report has a link to the source video so you can verify anything yourself.