georgia-courtbot

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

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)

abrie/georgia-courtbot