How AI Tailors Your Message

When you write to a legislator, the AI considers a few pieces of public information about them to make your message more relevant:

• Name, party, state, and chamber: so the message is addressed correctly and uses appropriate framing
• Committee assignments: if the legislator sits on a committee relevant to your issue, the AI can reference it

This data comes from the public congress-legislators repository on GitHub, maintained by the civic data community.

The AI uses the legislator's party and committee assignments to adjust the tone and framing of your message. For example:

• Referencing a relevant committee the legislator serves on
• Adjusting whether the message thanks them for past support or respectfully asks them to reconsider their position

The goal is a message that feels like you wrote it, not a generic form letter.

• We don't track individual legislators' voting records
• We don't make assumptions about their personal positions beyond party affiliation
• We don't use any private or non-public data

You always review and can edit the message before sending. The AI drafts it, you own it.

We're working to make AI-generated messages even more relevant and effective. Here's what's on our roadmap:

• Voting history: incorporating how legislators voted on related bills so the AI can reference specific past votes
• Sponsored legislation: tracking which bills a legislator has sponsored or cosponsored to understand their policy priorities
• Active legislation: using the official Congress.gov API to surface bills related to your issue, so your message can reference specific bill numbers
• Trending issues: showing what topics other constituents in your district are writing about

All data we use will always come from public, official government sources. We'll update this page as we add new features.