AI-Lab-for-Cities-at-Harvard
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Public Skills
generalize-skill
by AI-Lab-for-Cities-at-Harvard
Separates a skill written for one organization into two things a portable generalized skill, and a context file holding every value that was specific to that place. Records how far the skill was generalized to travel, since that is what decides which values are local at all. Reports what it was unsure about rather than guessing. Produces drafts for the author to check; decides nothing and publishes nothing.
localize-skill
by AI-Lab-for-Cities-at-Harvard
Fits a generalized skill to one organization writes its local values back in and produces an ordinary, self-contained skill that runs without a context file. Works out what it can from the organization's own data and public sources, and asks a person only what no source can answer, at the precision the value actually needs. Confirms every machine-consumed value before shipping, because a plausible wrong value is worse than a blank one.
plain-language-notice-rewriter
by AI-Lab-for-Cities-at-Harvard
Rewrites a government notice template into plain language at a target reading level, preserving every legally required element. Works on templates, not on filled notices containing a specific person's information. Produces a draft for human review; it does not approve or send anything.
civic-analytics-workflow
by AI-Lab-for-Cities-at-Harvard
"Orchestrator for local government policy analysis and civic innovation. ALWAYS use for any request involving open government data, city, county or town services, neighborhood or ward equity, public policy, government performance, 311 and service request analysis, housing, safety or transportation — even if the user hasn't asked for a 'full analysis'. Routes between five sub-skills: problem framing (Bloomberg-inspired), policy analysis (J-PAL-inspired), communication (GovLab/InnovateUS-inspired), peer benchmarking, and performance management (Results for America / PerformanceStat). Triggers include: 'full analysis', 'policy brief', 'data-driven recommendation', 'service improvement project', 'investigate [issue]', 'compare us to peer cities', 'peer counties', 'similar towns', 'what does the data show', 'help me write a memo about', or any request combining problem definition, data analysis and communication for government or civic purposes."