georgia-courtbot

Helping people remember to attend court to help break the cycle of fines and jail time

Notes for Contributors

• Issues in this Repo
• Quick Start Guide
• Code For Atlanta slack --> #georgia-courtbot channel

Roadmap

• Version 1 (MVP): Dekalb County scraper built & single copy of dataset captured. Simple SMS functionality set up based off of that data

  • Tech Components:
    • Data scraper for Dekalb county
    • Data saved in place SMS tool can pick up
    • Simple SMS functionality
    • Notification system that triggers text to be sent
  • Design Needs:
    • Easy-to-manage online form (e.g. Google forms or AirTable)
    • Usability research

• Version 2: Dekalb County scraper running daily in the cloud, pushes data into database. Website similar to https://court.bot facilitates sign up for court date reminders via SMS

  • Components (in addition to MVP1):
    • Database
    • Website
    • SMS sign-up
    • Reminder scheduler
  • Design Needs:
    • UX Flows

• Version 3+ (Potential Features)

  • Additional counties / municipalities
  • Integration with other courtbot implementation(s)
  • Additional messaging besides SMS
  • Chatbot like features (reminders, additional details, etc)