AI knows neither your local government nor its practices, and it doesn’t state the law. It prepares the first draft of a letter, a memo, or a resolution, finds a rule in your texts, and cleans up meeting notes. The elected authority decides and signs.
AI helps local government employees with tasks such as “Reply to a resident in plain language,” “Draft a resolution,” and “Write a briefing memo for an elected official.” Start with a single task, in Mistral Vibe: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
TodayThe resident asks why their request was denied, and the standard reply lines up three legal references and no explanation.
With Mistral VibeA clear, short draft letter, to drop into your local government’s template.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
TodayCitations, recitals, articles: the form takes longer than the substance, and each time you start again from an old resolution that is only half adapted.
With ClaudeA draft resolution and its briefing memo in Word, to have approved before it goes on the agenda.
Mistral Vibe · “Canvas”
TodayThe elected official has five minutes before the meeting, and the file runs to forty pages.
With Mistral VibeA one-page memo, neutral and backed by numbers, that the elected official reads before the meeting.
Also
Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel
The rule and the procedure, cited and dated, to reread in the original document.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
Draft technical specifications in Word, and the list of points to be decided.
Noota · Meeting notes, with a template
Two pages of meeting notes, item by item, with the opinions and the follow-up actions.
Perplexity · “Research”
A table of funding programs to look into, each with its official link and its calendar.
Claude · Excel file, in the conversation
A summary table in Excel and ten lines of commentary for the budget review.
Canva · “Canva AI”
A poster ready to print, to adapt into an image for the website and social media.
Tally · “Create with AI”
An online survey, with no personal data, whose answers all arrive in one place.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
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No personal data in the assistant: no name, no address, no family or social situation. Simplifying must not change the scope of the decision: reread the reason and the appeal options. On the free plan, opt out of training in the privacy settings.
Reply to a resident in plain languageMistral VibeThe prompt to copy
You are helping me write a reply from a [city hall] to a resident. Their request: [for example a school zone exemption, a spot in an after-school program, the removal of illegally dumped waste]. The department’s answer: [approval, denial, missing documents], and its reason: [the reason, with the applicable law or regulation]. Write a letter of fifteen lines at most, in plain language: the answer in the very first sentence, the reason explained simply, what the person can do now, the deadlines and appeal options as I stated them. Short sentences, no bureaucratic jargon, a respectful tone. Don’t add any legal rule I didn’t provide, and leave the personal fields blank.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobReply to a resident in plain language
In your jobWrite a briefing memo for an elected official
In your jobFind a rule in your local government’s texts
In your jobDraft a resolution
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
A French assistant, hosted in Europe: it rewrites a letter in plain language and prepares a memo for the elected official, which you edit next to the conversation.
Recommended planFree, with a limit on the number of messages. Then: Pro, €14.99 per month, excl. tax (€17.99 on the French App Store).
It drafts a resolution or a set of specifications from your inputs, and returns a Word or Excel file ready to correct.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
You upload the internal rules, the procedure guides, and the circulars: it answers from those texts alone and shows the passage.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
For spotting the funding a project may qualify for or finding a legal text, with the official pages to open.
Recommended planFree: 3 “Pro” searches per day and 1 “Research” report per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
A French vendor, with data hosted in Europe: it records the committee meeting and writes the meeting notes from your template.
Recommended planFree, €0: 300 minutes per month, meetings kept for one month. Then: Pro, €19 per user per month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly).
For an event poster, a newsletter page, or an information graphic, from templates in your language.
Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Mistral Vibe, Claude, Gemini Notebook, Perplexity, Noota, and Canva. All of them can be used for free to get started.
A French assistant, hosted in Europe: it rewrites a letter in plain language and prepares a memo for the elected official, which you edit next to the conversation. The plan to choose: Free, with a limit on the number of messages. Then: Pro, €14.99 per month, excl. tax (€17.99 on the French App Store).
With “Reply to a resident in plain language,” in Mistral Vibe. Allow 10 minutes the first time. A clear, short draft letter, to drop into your local government’s template.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.