AI for Public Policy Directory

A community-curated, searchable directory of AI tools, dashboards, and projects built for public policy.

Website: aipublicpolicy.org

Why this exists

Many individuals and organisations are building AI-powered tools for public policy — parliamentary trackers, budget visualisers, regulation monitors, citizen tools, and more. But there is no single place to discover all of them.

This directory aims to be that place: a simple, searchable catalog where anyone working in public policy can find tools that already exist, learn from them, or build on them.

How it works

• All projects are listed in a single YAML file (_data/projects.yml)
• The website is built with Quarto and deployed to GitHub Pages
• Search and tag-based filtering work entirely in the browser — no backend, no database
• Anyone can add a project by editing the YAML file and submitting a pull request
• PRs are validated automatically — entries with missing fields, bad URLs, or duplicates fail fast

Add your project

If you've built or know of an AI tool for public policy, we'd love to include it.

1. Fork this repo
2. Add your project to _data/projects.yml:

   - name: "Your Project Name"
     category: "Analytical Tools"
     description: "What it does and who it helps"
     url: "https://github.com/your-org/your-project"
     tags: ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3"]

3. Submit a pull request — automated checks will validate your entry

See CONTRIBUTING.md for full guidelines.

Run locally

You need Quarto and Python 3 installed.

# Install dependencies (one time)
pip install pyyaml

# Generate project HTML and preview the site
python3 _build.py && quarto preview

Project structure

_data/
  projects.yml          # All project entries — edit this to add a project
  link_exceptions.yml   # URLs to skip during link checking
_build.py               # Generates HTML from projects.yml (pre-render)
_validate.py            # Validates projects.yml — run locally or in CI
_check_links.py         # Checks all project URLs for dead links
index.qmd               # Homepage
about.qmd               # About page
search.js               # Client-side search and filtering
styles.css              # Card grid and UI styling
CONTRIBUTING.md         # Guide for contributors
.github/workflows/
  deploy.yml            # Auto-deploy to GitHub Pages on push to main
  validate.yml          # Validates projects.yml on every PR
  check-links.yml       # Weekly dead link checker

Maintained by

Pranay Kotasthane.

License

This directory is open source. The listing of a project here does not imply endorsement.

Disclaimer

A project's presence on this list doesn't mean that the maintainer endorses the ideas in it. It is merely meant to be a directory.