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Templates & AI Workflow — Civicus
This document explains how a Civic Analyst uses AI in practice. It is not about over-qualifying the Analyst with endless checklists; it is about ensuring discipline, transparency, and finality.
The Civic Analyst and the AI are partners:
- The Analyst provides purpose and judgment.
- The AI enforces rigor, memory, and transparency.
1. Preparing the Analysis
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Upload the full set of project files
- Always begin with the complete record (currently 11 files).
- If a published, immutable version exists (e.g., IPFS), use that.
- Otherwise, use the Git repository as source.
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Confirm AI understanding
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The first prompt is always:
“Do you understand the purpose and the process of this Project, and are you ready to start building the next Analysis?”
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This forces the AI to confirm scope before work begins.
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2. Conducting the Analysis
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Conversation as Process
- Work issue by issue, document by document.
- No multi-step “runaway” outputs. The AI must stay in dialogue.
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Recording the Conversation
- Save every exchange.
- Append the transcript to
11_Appendix_Conversation.md. - The conversation itself is part of the civic evidence.
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Controlling AI Behavior
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The AI tends to outline too much or skip detail.
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Stop it. Remind it:
“We are doing professional work. Stay focused on this single issue until it is complete.”
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3. Anchoring Purpose
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Remind Yourself
- The Civic Analyst is not chasing clicks, donors, or applause.
- The role is context, authenticity, independence.
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Remind the AI
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Instruct it to pull you back if you drift toward narrative or speculation.
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Example:
“If I slide into narrative, speculation, or credentialism, remind me of Civic Analyst standards.”
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Single-Chance Principle
- Every analysis is published once.
- The AI helps refine drafts until ready — then stops.
- After publication, improvement only comes through new analyses by other Civic Analysts.
4. Purpose of the AI
The AI is not here to replace the Analyst. Its functions are:
- Restoring context — ensuring claims are set in their civic and institutional frame.
- Testing reasoning — surfacing gaps, contradictions, or overreach.
- Preserving transparency — capturing the full conversation for audit.
- Guarding independence — reminding the Analyst when standards are at risk.
5. Outcome
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Drafts may live in Git, but Git is not immutable.
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True publication occurs only when reports are pinned immutably (IPFS, Arweave, notarized hashes).
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Once published, the report stands as a single civic artifact:
- Transparent.
- Immutable.
- Open to judgment.
Closing Declaration
This workflow defines how Civic Analysts use AI to produce disciplined, auditable, and final reports. It will not be revised. Any future improvement must come from new analyses published by other Civic Analysts.