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THE PUBLIC RECORD · ORGANISED · SOS.CITY · SOS.cityThe public record of every place, organised.

Type a question, a place, a dataset or an agency. We answer from the record first, with sources. When we can't, Claude looks further.

The terminal

Ask anything. We'll help you find it.

Type a question in plain words. The terminal answers from the library on the spot, with sources, and no AI. When it can't, Claude looks further and says where the answer came from.

SOS.city terminalWorld edition · 1,431 sources on file

Try one of these, or type your own:

Is there a live power outage feed for Los Angeles?Who publishes building permits in Los Angeles?Which water sources in Los Angeles have an API?How many sources cover Texas?How much water do 4 people need for 2 weeks?What's the heat index at 95F and 60%?Where do I file a public records request?What was updated most recently in Chicago?
How it answers

It reads your question for a place, a shelf and what you want (a count, a publisher, an API, the latest update, a record that doesn't exist), then answers from the library's own facts.

When AI steps in

Only when you ask, or when the record can't answer. Claude reads the matching sources and cites each one by number. Nothing is made up.

What it won't do

Find, profile or screen a person. In an emergency, it tells you to call 911 first.