We are starting from nothing.
Use the Start From Zero page if your city needs a practical first path with decisions, owners, and immediate outputs.
Help your city put clear AI rules and guidance in place.
Use this site to move from AI interest to finished city policy work. It helps your team decide what to draft, what to review, what to publish for staff, and what to explain to residents in plain language.
Start with the question your team is trying to answer.
The main pages are organized around the most common starting points in city AI policy work. Pick the one that matches your immediate need and move from there.
We need the files and docs.
Go to Toolkit when your team is ready to move from the site into the repo entry page, docs, examples, and working files already in this bundle.
We need to explain this to residents and staff.
Visit Public Transparency if your city is ready to explain what it is doing and why.
Start where your role fits.
Different roles have different starting points in this work. Pick yours to go directly to the most relevant page instead of reading from the beginning.
City Manager
You need the strategic case, the leadership conditions, and what to ask your team before work starts.
Strategic leadership →CIO
You need the repo, the files, and the technical structure behind how this work gets built and organized.
Public repo →CAIO or project lead
You need the working sequence: what stage the work is in, what comes next, and what each stage produces.
How it works →Legal counsel
You need the risk tiers, reviewer lanes, prohibited uses, and what requires legal sign-off before work moves forward.
Rules and review →Staff teams
You need the first session, the starting sequence, and what your team produces in the first two weeks.
Start from zero →What your team will find in the Public Repo
Open the Public Repo when someone on your team needs the working files behind this site. It already contains the README, docs, example index, toolkit notes, validation script, and website files in this bundle.
README and docs
Start here if your team needs the plain-language front door and the main documentation path.
Examples and toolkit notes
Use these when someone needs to see how the parts fit together and what materials are already in the bundle.
Validation script and website files
Open these if your team is checking the package itself or refining the public-facing site and copy.
What your city should walk away with
The work is done when your team has something usable, not when it has read a lot of pages.
- Policy draft with plain rules for city AI use.
- Review steps that show when work needs legal, procurement, leadership, or resident-impact review.
- Staff guidance that explains approved uses, prohibited uses, and what to do when something is unclear.
- Public explanation that helps residents understand how AI is being used and where to ask questions.
When your city is ready to move, use the repo path or the guided help path.
This site should help your team find the right starting point fast. Once your city knows the work it needs to do, move into the repo for the real files. If the local starting point is still unclear, use the help path before the project loses momentum.