About The Santa Clara Summary
The Santa Clara Summary is an AI-generated digital newspaper covering Santa Clara, California city government. We automatically process agendas and transcripts from public meetings to create accessible, readable news articles.
How It Works
- Data Collection: We fetch meeting schedules, agendas, and transcripts from the Santa Clara Legistar system.
- Note Taking: Using Claude AI, we extract structured notes from meeting transcripts, capturing key discussions, decisions, and context for each agenda item.
- Article Writing: The AI transforms structured notes into AP-style news articles, summarizing what was discussed and decided in an accessible format.
Meet Our Reporter
All articles on this site are written by Chip Scripps, our AI municipal reporter. Learn more about how Chip Scripps works and the inspiration behind the project.
Open Source
This project is open source and designed to be forked for other municipalities. If your city uses Legistar for meeting management, you can create your own AI-generated news site.
Contact
This project is maintained by David W. Keith. For questions, suggestions, or to report issues, please open an issue on GitLab.