AI Skills for State Legislative Staff
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AI Skills for State Legislative Staff

A practical guide to six ready-to-install AI skills for state legislative staff — covering bill summaries, hearing prep, floor week overviews, constituent letters, policy research, and communications drafts — compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. Includes privacy guidance and personalization tips.

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GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for State Legislative Offices
POPVOX Foundation POPVOX Foundation

GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for State Legislative Offices

A phased roadmap for state legislative offices integrating generative AI tools responsibly. Covers building staff knowledge, creating office-specific AI use policies, transparency practices for constituent communications, and maintaining Member oversight as AI capabilities continue to evolve in the public sector.

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AI Starter Kit for State Legislators
POPVOX Foundation POPVOX Foundation

AI Starter Kit for State Legislators

A practical guide for state legislators on using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini to improve legislative effectiveness. Covers prompt writing, data privacy, custom knowledge bases, and Deep Research — with real-world examples tailored to the unique demands of state legislative work.

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Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for State Legislative Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for State Legislative Offices

A flexible AI policy template for state legislatures, designed to accommodate everything from full-time bicameral chambers with large professional staffs to part-time unicameral bodies with minimal support. Adaptable guidance covering constituent services, communications, and policy research — with a reminder to consult your chamber's IT office before implementation.

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What Is An AI Agent?
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

What Is An AI Agent?

This plain-language explainer helps legislative staff understand autonomous AI tools, from chatbot assistants to persistent agents that complete multi-step workflows. Learn how agents work, key risks and benefits, and why emerging agentic AI matters for policymaking, oversight, and constituent engagement.

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ORDER Prompting Guide
Chloe Ladd Chloe Ladd

ORDER Prompting Guide

ORDER is a practical prompting framework for MPs and parliamentary staff to improve outputs from commercial AI tools. Learn how to define objectives, assign roles, add context, refine prompts, and structure results — while safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring accuracy in legislative and constituent-facing work.

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Creating and Using Custom GPTs: A Guide for Congressional Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Creating and Using Custom GPTs: A Guide for Congressional Offices

This guide to creating and using Custom GPTs helps Congressional offices turn internal documents into secure, AI-powered research assistants. It provides practical, step-by-step guidance on building Custom GPTs using institution-approved tools, enabling Congressional staff to improve research, oversight, onboarding, and knowledge management while maintaining accuracy, security, and control.

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Understanding AI-Powered Deep Research Tools: A Primer for Legislative Staff
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Understanding AI-Powered Deep Research Tools: A Primer for Legislative Staff

Numerous commercially available large language models (LLMs), including Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude, have released Deep Research plugins on their interfaces. This brief guide presents an overview of what these capabilities can entail, how they differ from the more traditional approach to interacting with LLMs, sample use cases, and best practices.

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GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for Chiefs of Staff
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for Chiefs of Staff

This starter kit helps Congressional offices introduce and manage generative AI tools in a thoughtful, controlled way. It offers practical guidance for Members and staff to lead AI adoption responsibly, support staff development, and integrate AI into office operations while maintaining accountability and quality constituent service.

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Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for Congressional Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for Congressional Offices

This Generative AI Use Policy template helps Congressional offices establish clear, responsible guidelines for using AI in official work. Designed to complement institutional guidance, it can be customized to fit office-specific needs and operational contexts.

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Creating and Using Custom GPTs: A Guide for Parliamentary Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Creating and Using Custom GPTs: A Guide for Parliamentary Offices

Creating and Using Custom GPTs helps parliamentary offices turn internal documents into secure, AI-powered research assistants. This guide provides practical, step-by-step guidance on building Custom GPTs using institution-approved tools, enabling MPs and staff to improve research, oversight, onboarding, and knowledge management while maintaining accuracy, security, and control.

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Understanding AI-Powered Deep Research Tools: A Primer for MPs and Staff
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Understanding AI-Powered Deep Research Tools: A Primer for MPs and Staff

Numerous commercially available large language models (LLMs), including Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude, have released Deep Research plugins on their interfaces. This brief guide presents an overview of what these capabilities can entail, how they differ from the more traditional approach to interacting with LLMs, sample use cases, and best practices.

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GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for Parliamentary Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

GenAI Change Management: A Starter Kit for Parliamentary Offices

This starter kit helps parliamentary offices introduce and manage generative AI tools in a thoughtful, controlled way. It offers practical guidance for MPs and staff to lead AI adoption responsibly, support staff development, and integrate AI into office operations while maintaining accountability and quality constituent service.

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Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for Parliamentary Offices
Aubrey Wilson Aubrey Wilson

Generative AI Use Policy: A Template for Parliamentary Offices

This Generative AI Use Policy template helps parliamentary offices establish clear, responsible guidelines for using AI in official work. Designed to complement or fill gaps in institutional guidance, it can be customized to fit office-specific needs, operational contexts, and parliamentary requirements.

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