AI assistant for rules and bylaws

The answer to the bylaw question is already in your own documents

Most associations already have the answer to the question that just came up in a board meeting. It's in the bylaws, in the rules of procedure or in an old set of rules from the general assembly. The problem isn't that the answer is missing, but that nobody remembers which clause it's in, and that leafing through a set of bylaws takes time while the discussion carries on.

The rules assistant lets you ask the question in plain language, as if you'd asked a person who had read the whole rulebook. "How long before the general assembly must the notice go out?" or "Who can vote at the general assembly?" The answer is built solely on your own documents, not on what usually applies in other associations.

It points to where it's stated

An answer is only useful if you can verify it. So the rules assistant points to the rule or section it based its answer on, so you can look it up and read the wording with your own eyes. You don't just get a claim, but a reference you can follow.

That makes the assistant a lookup tool rather than an oracle. It finds the relevant place in a document nobody could be bothered to read through, and lays it out in the open, so you can judge for yourself whether it actually answers what you asked.

It's in beta: check the answer against the reference

The rules assistant is in beta, and it should be said plainly: it assists, it is not an authority. It can misunderstand a question, combine two rules wrongly or phrase things imprecisely. That's why the reference isn't decoration but the most important thing you get: always check the answer against the rule it points to before you lean a decision on it.

Think of it as a quick first responder that finds the likely place in the rulebook, not as a legal ruling. For genuinely consequential questions (expulsion, finances, voting rules) the answer is a starting point for reading yourself, not a verdict you can quote uncritically.

Fewer of the same questions to the board

A large share of the enquiries a board receives are questions already answered in the bylaws. When is the general assembly, what do dues cost, how do you cancel your membership. When members can ask the assistant themselves and get an answer with a reference, part of that repetitive explaining goes away.

That frees up time in the board for what actually needs human judgement, and it gives members a faster answer than waiting for someone to get around to their email. Because the answer always points back to the official document, it pulls in the same direction as the bylaws instead of creating a loose spoken practice alongside them.

Built on your rulebook, not on the world outside

The assistant answers from the documents you've added yourself: bylaws, rules of procedure, rulebooks and other guidelines. It doesn't fetch answers from other associations or from general knowledge of association law, and it doesn't invent rules you don't have. Keep the documents up to date, and it answers from what actually applies at your association.

That also means the quality of the answers follows the quality of your documents. If a rule is unclearly worded, the answer will be too, but for exactly that reason the assistant can also help you spot the places where your own rulebook is vague and due for a tidy-up.