Gavelin FAQs

Question 1

Who is the target audience for Gavelin?

Accepted Answer

Gavelin is ideal for government affairs teams, policy researchers, AI agents performing legislative analysis, advocacy groups, and anyone who needs deep, structured, and historically rich state legislative intelligence for research, tracking, and strategic planning.

Question 2

What is Gavelin and how does it help with policy research?

Accepted Answer

Gavelin is an AI-powered legislative intelligence platform that provides comprehensive state legislative data, including unique speaker-attributed hearing transcripts and detailed bill information from all 50 US states + DC. It's designed to provide clean, structured data for AI agents and policy researchers.

Question 3

What makes Gavelin's hearing transcripts unique?

Accepted Answer

Gavelin offers the only MCP server with speaker-attributed hearing transcripts from US state legislatures. This means you get real names on hearing testimony, allowing you to accurately track what specific legislators or witnesses said on any topic.

Question 4

How can AI agents or developers integrate with Gavelin?

Accepted Answer

Gavelin functions as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, allowing AI agents like Claude Desktop/Code, Cursor, or custom MCP-compatible clients to connect via a server URL and API key. It offers tools for searching bills, testimony, committee hearings, and retrieving detailed bill/speaker activity.

Question 5

What kind of legislative data does Gavelin cover?

Accepted Answer

Gavelin provides comprehensive coverage of bills and hearings across all 50 US states and Washington D.C., including historical depth across multiple years of legislative sessions. You can search bills, hearing testimony, committee hearings, and get full details on legislator activity.

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