Where the data comes from.
We don't generate figures with a model. Every fact is pulled from a primary U.S. government source, stored with its source URL and the moment we captured it, and signed — so you can verify it without trusting us.
| Data | Primary source | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Members of Congress | Congress.gov (official) + Biographical Directory | /api/official/{id} |
| State legislators | OpenStates / Plural (open data) + Wikidata | /api/official/{id} |
| House roll-call votes | clerk.house.gov roll-call XML (the Clerk record) | /api/official/{id}/votes |
| Senate roll-call votes | senate.gov roll-call records | /api/topic/{topic}/votes |
| State legislature votes | OpenStates / Plural | /api/topic/{topic}/votes |
| Floor speeches | GovInfo — Congressional Record (CREC) | /api/official/{id} |
| Campaign finance | FEC — api.open.fec.gov (the candidate filings themselves) | /api/official/{id} → finance + source |
| Bills | Congress.gov | /api/bill/{id} |
| Stated positions | the candidate official campaign website | each position carries its source URL |
How to verify — without trusting us
Source link on every record. Each API record carries its
source_url and the capture timestamp. Follow it to the government page it came from.Signed, append-only archive. We capture primary sources, hash them, and sign each at capture (Ed25519). Anyone can verify: /archive/verify/{hash} returns
verified: true with the source + time; public key at /archive/pubkey; recent changes at /archive/changes.Signed digests. Every "Just the Facts" email carries an origin hash; verify it at
/watchlist/verify.The AI only composes — it never invents. Our model writes prose over already-verified, source-linked facts, and an independent audit checks every claim against the record before anything sends. Figures are never model-generated.
For your AI
No key, no scraping. Point any assistant at the open API or /.well-known/ai, or connect over MCP at /mcp — every answer cites its source URLs, so your AI can confirm the upstream itself. AI tools →