Alone or nearly so to keep everything running, you go from a resolution to an order, then to the budget and the front desk. AI prepares a first draft, finds a passage in a circular, and lays out the newsletter. It doesn’t state the law: you check, the mayor signs.
AI helps town clerks with tasks such as “Draft a resolution,” “Prepare the council briefing memo,” and “Write the meeting minutes.” Start with a single task, in Mistral Vibe: allow 15 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.
Mistral Vibe · “Canvas”
TodayEvery council meeting brings five or six resolutions to write, often in the evening, from last year’s template that has to be reworked from top to bottom.
With Mistral VibeA structured draft resolution, ready to reread, with the citations to check flagged in brackets.
Claude · Attached files, in the conversation
TodayCouncil members discover the items at the meeting, for lack of a memo that says in one page what they are being asked to vote on and why.
With ClaudeA briefing memo in Word, item by item, to attach to the meeting notice.
Noota · Meeting notes, with a template
TodayThree hours of debate, notes taken on the fly, and minutes to get out before the next meeting.
With NootaThe text of the discussion written item by item, to complete with the attendees, the proxies, and the votes you noted.
Also
Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel
The exact passage of the circular or the regulation, dated and cited, that you reread in the original document.
A short answer with the article to open, which you read at the source before passing it on.
Mistral Vibe · “Temporary Chat”
A calm, precise draft letter, to reread and have the mayor sign.
Claude · “Projects”
A presentation memo, a funding plan, and the list of documents, to check and then submit.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A draft order in Word, built on your template, to check and have signed.
Canva · “Canva AI”
A laid-out, editable newsletter, to download as a PDF.
Tally · “Create with AI”
An online form and a single list of sign-ups, to send to the caterer.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
An assistant sometimes makes up a legal provision: check every citation on Légifrance or in the prefecture’s template. A resolution that concerns a person (employee, tenant, aid recipient) is prepared without their name in the assistant.
Draft a resolutionMistral Vibe · “Canvas”The prompt to copy
You are helping me draft a resolution for the town council of a town of [number] residents. Subject: [for example setting the community hall rental rates starting January 1, applying for a grant to renovate the school]. Here is what was decided in committee: [amounts, dates, funding plan]. Here are the laws to cite: [references I give you]. Write, in order: the mayor’s statement in five lines, the citations, the recitals, then “After deliberation, the town council resolves:” followed by numbered articles. Do not make up any legal reference: where a citation seems to be missing, write [reference to check]. Leave blank the number of voters, the votes for, the votes against, and the abstentions.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobDraft a resolution
In your jobPrepare the council briefing memo
In your jobFind a rule in a circular
In your jobWrite the meeting minutes
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, for the first draft of a resolution, a letter from the mayor, or a memo to council members. In the settings, opt out of having your conversations used for training.
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 reads the documents in a file and returns a real Word or Excel file: the council briefing memo, a funding plan, a draft order.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
You upload circulars from the prefecture (the national government’s local office in France), budget guides, and your own regulations: it answers from those documents alone and shows the passage.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
For a question about the rules that apply to towns, it answers with the link to the official page, which you open before replying to the mayor.
Recommended planFree: 3 “Pro” searches per day and 1 “Research” report per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
It records the council meeting or a committee and prepares the text of the discussion, in English. The data is hosted in Europe.
Recommended planFree, €0: 300 minutes per month, meetings kept for one month. Then: Pro, €19 per user per month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly).
The town newsletter, the poster for the town festival, or the water shutoff notice, laid out without a graphic designer.
Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses. Then: Canva Pro, €110 per year, for one person.
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, for the first draft of a resolution, a letter from the mayor, or a memo to council members. In the settings, opt out of having your conversations used for training. 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 “Draft a resolution,” in Mistral Vibe (“Canvas”). Allow 15 minutes the first time. A structured draft resolution, ready to reread, with the citations to check flagged in brackets.
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.