Civic intelligence for public records

Find public records.
File what doesn’t exist yet.

FOIA Fluent is a workspace for public records research. Search what is already out there. When records do not exist yet, draft a request grounded in real statute text and agency rules. Track agency responses through resolution. Watch new federal activity as it lands.

1,600+

Federal agencies tracked

State jurisdictions

17 yr

FOIA.gov analytics history

Live federal signal sources

The tools

Everything you need to work with public records.

Discover & Draft

Find what already exists. Draft what doesn’t.

Search MuckRock, DocumentCloud, and the open web side by side. When nothing turns up, the AI drafts the request for you, grounded in real statute text, agency CFR regulations from eCFR, and outcomes from similar past requests. The model is constrained to verified sources, so it cannot invent legal citations.

Search three public document sources in one place
Automatic agency identification, with alternatives ranked
Drafts grounded in verified statute and agency rules
Save any document to a persistent research library

Live FOIA Signals

The federal record, as it lands.

Every new enforcement action, warning letter, bid protest, and FOIA filing from federal sources. Each record is summarized as soon as it is published, then connected to other records that touch the same company, agency, or investigation. Filter the feed to the kind of work you do.

Cross source patterns refreshed daily
Interactive force directed graph of the connections
Live feed grouped by day, with a slide in detail view
Drill from a theme bubble to the underlying signals

Pattern Engine

The connections between records, made visible.

Every day, an AI analyst reads the last 60 days of signals across court opinions, agency enforcement, recalls, IG reports, regulatory dockets, and more, then surfaces the connections between them. Each cluster is a story you would miss reading the feed one item at a time.

Regulatory cascades. One agency’s action triggers another’s follow on.
Compounding exposure. Multi agency action converging on a single company.
Recall to litigation. Product recalls appearing alongside court filings on the same firm.
Oversight to action. IG findings followed by real enforcement within a clear window.

AI-detected patterns visualized as a force-directed graph

Transparency Hub

See how every agency actually responds.

Over 1,600 federal agencies and 54 state jurisdictions ranked by a composite Transparency Score: success rate, response speed, fee rate, and portal availability. Backed by 17 years of FOIA.gov analytics. Know what to expect before you file.

Agency by agency deep dives, with exemption patterns
Interactive state level map
FOIA at a Glance, Volume Trends, Appeals and Litigation
17 years of FOIA.gov analytics in one view

My Requests

Track filings to resolution.

Statutory deadline monitoring, response analysis when the agency replies, and one click appeal letters. Your filings stay private to your account.

My Discoveries

A research library that remembers.

Save any document from Discover & Draft. Tag, annotate, mark as reviewed, or link to a tracked FOIA request.

AI Chat Assistant

An expert on every page.

A chat assistant available throughout the app, with sources cited for every claim. Answers come from tool results and verified reference data, never from the model alone.

Available on every page

How it works

From question to records, in three steps.

Search

Describe what you need in plain language. The AI figures out the right agency and pulls results from MuckRock, DocumentCloud, and the open web.

Draft

If the records do not exist yet, the AI drafts the request using verified statute text, the agency’s CFR rules, and outcomes from similar past requests.

Track

Track the statutory deadline. When the agency replies, get an analysis of what they did and did not release. Generate appeal or follow up letters straight from the request timeline.

Who it is for

Built for public interest work.

Journalists

Investigate government activity and publish accountability reporting.

Lawyers

File records requests and manage appeals on behalf of clients.

Researchers

Study policy, enforcement, and federal spending from primary sources.

Civic organizations

Hold agencies accountable with documented, persistent pressure.

Find public records.File what doesn’t exist yet.