AICD API articles
Source-linked guides and updates about Dallas-Fort Worth civic records, local government meetings, zoning, permits, and public data.
Turning public contract awards into business intelligence
Build source-linked contract intelligence with AICD API. Research buyers and vendors, distinguish awards from amendments, and calculate defensible summaries.
Read articleGive a coding agent a product brief and build an AICD API app
Give a coding agent a focused product brief, run a local evidence-card app, and test its source mapping before connecting a live AICD API response.
Read articleLet SQL do the counting and AI explain the findings
Calculate civic-data measures in SQL, then give AI a source-linked fact bundle. Reproduce a real example and see how a vendor join can inflate a total.
Read articleQuerying civic records with SQL and DuckDB
Load a source-linked civic JSON extract into DuckDB, inspect its rows, calculate a scoped total, and export the records behind the result.
Read articleFinding potential construction work in public meeting records
Build a contractor research queue from public meeting records. Search with AICD API, identify project stages, and connect candidates to official bid sources.
Read articleWhat can you build with local government data?
Five concrete product ideas, the people they serve, the records they need, and the documented AICD API interfaces that can support an initial implementation.
Read articleOctober 14 Dallas hearing for 2640 Elm Street
A scheduled Dallas City Council hearing on a specific-use-permit amendment for a bar and live-music venue at 2640 Elm Street, with the Legistar source.
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Introducing AICD API: local government data for builders and AI agents
A launch-day introduction to AICD API: the products builders can create, DFW launch scope, API and MCP integration paths, source-linked records, and a public request to get started.
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