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# Table of Contents
1. [Project Goals](#org2da6874)
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Scrapy provides a simple mechanism for retrieving, parsing, and saving content form the forums.
-1. Forums listing page: \`Forums.cfm\` - lists all open forums with agency, reg title, action type, brief description, closing date, comment count
-2. Comment listing page: \`comments.cfm?GDocForumID=X\` or \`comments.cfm?stageid=X\` or \`comments.cfm?petitionid=X\` - lists comments with title, author, date
-3. Individual comment page: \`viewcomments.cfm?commentid=X\` - shows regulation title + brief description at the top, plus the comment
+1. Forums listing page: `Forums.cfm` lists all open forums with agency, reg title, action type, brief description, closing date, comment count
+2. Comment listing page: `comments.cfm?GDocForumID=X` or `comments.cfm?stageid=X` or `comments.cfm?petitionid=X` lists comments with title, author, date
+3. Individual comment page: `viewcomments.cfm?commentid=X` shows regulation title + brief description at the top, plus the comment
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We selected gpt-5.4-mini for a good balance of quality, cost, and time.
1. Prompt
-
- \`\`\`
+ ```
You are an expert policy analyst classifying public comments submitted to the Virginia Town Hall
regulatory comment system. You will be given the text of a proposed regulation and a single
public comment. Return ONLY a JSON object — no other text.
Definitions:
-
- stance: the commenter's position on whether the regulation should be adopted.
"support" = wants it approved (as-is or with changes);
"oppose" = wants it rejected or substantially weakened;
@@ -93,57 +90,54 @@ We selected gpt-5.4-mini for a good balance of quality, cost, and time.
"neutral" = matter-of-fact, procedural, or informational;
"mixed" = contains both positive and negative emotional content;
"unclear" = tone cannot be determined (e.g., a one-word comment).
- - stanceconfidence: float 0.0-1.0, your confidence in the stance label.
- - stancerationale: 1-3 sentences explaining the key evidence; quote specific phrases where possible.
+ - stance_confidence: float 0.0-1.0, your confidence in the stance label.
+ - stance_rationale: 1-3 sentences explaining the key evidence; quote specific phrases where possible.
- tags: up to 5 short topic labels relevant to the comment's specific concerns (e.g.
"parental rights", "student safety", "privacy", "religious freedom", "LGBTQ+ inclusion",
"bullying prevention", "school sports", "bathroom access"). Empty array if none apply.
- Return exactly these keys: stance, stanceconfidence, stancerationale, tone, tags.
- \`\`\`
+ Return exactly these keys: stance, stance_confidence, stance_rationale, tone, tags.
+ ```
### Storage
-- Each scraped forum is saved to \`output/.jsonl\`
-- Each report (forum + prompt) is saves to \`reports/.json\`
-- Each job is saved to \`analysis/jobs//:
- └─\`forum.jsonl\` is a copy of the scraped forum for convenience
- └─\`prompt.txt\` is a copy of the prompt used
- └─\`report.json\` is a copy of the report used
- └─\`status.json\` contains metadata about the job
+- Each scraped forum is saved to `output/.jsonl`
+- Each report (forum + prompt) is saves to `reports/.json`
+- Each job is saved to `analysis/jobs/`:
+ └─`forum.jsonl` is a copy of the scraped forum for convenience
+ └─`prompt.txt` is a copy of the prompt used
+ └─`report.json` is a copy of the report used
+ └─`status.json` contains metadata about the job
For each batch in the job, four files are created:
- └─\`jobN-input.jsonl\` contains the exact queries sent to the API, for troubleshooting
- └─\`jobN-output-raw.jsonl\` contains the exact response from the API
- └─\`jobN-output.jsonl\` contains the exact response from the API
- └─\`jobN-output-errors.jsonl\` when errors are returned (this file may not exist)
-- Once complete, the cleanup script saves \`review.csv\`, \`review.pqt\`, and \`review.sqlite\` in this folder.
+ └─`jobN-input.jsonl` contains the exact queries sent to the API, for troubleshooting
+ └─`jobN-output-raw.jsonl` contains the exact response from the API
+ └─`jobN-output.jsonl` contains the exact response from the API
+ └─`jobN-output-errors.jsonl` when errors are returned (this file may not exist)
+- Once complete, the cleanup script saves `review.csv`, `review.pqt`, and `review.sqlite` in this folder.
## Instructions
-1. Scrape the forum.
- \`python
-2. Run model report.
- \`python analysis/tokenizer.py –prompt \`
-3. To run a realtime subset:
- \`python analysis/openairealtime.py –prompt –model –limit \`
- \`python analysis/openairealtime.py output/f452.jsonl –prompt prompt-1.txt –model gpt-4o-mini –limit 10\`
-4. To create and run the whole thing in batches, first create the batch jobs from the report:
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py create –model \`
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py create ./reports/f452-1.json –model gpt-5.4-mini\`
-5. Then, run the jobs sequentially. Don't submit more than one at a time, if the model fills up the batch will fail and resubmission is not implemented.
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py submit\`
-
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py status\`
-
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py download\`
-
- \`python analysis/openaibatch.py submit\`
+1. Scrape the forum.
+ `python`
+2. Run model report.
+ `python analysis/tokenizer.py --prompt `
+3. To run a realtime subset:
+ `python analysis/openai_realtime.py --prompt --model --limit `
+ `python analysis/openai_realtime.py output/f452.jsonl --prompt prompt-1.txt --model gpt-4o-mini --limit 10`
+4. To create and run the whole thing in batches, first create the batch jobs from the report:
+ `python analysis/openai_batch.py create --model `
+ `python analysis/openai_batch.py create ./reports/f452-1.json --model gpt-5.4-mini`
+5. Then, run the jobs sequentially. Don't submit more than one at a time, if the model fills up the batch will fail and resubmission is not implemented.
+ `python analysis/openaibatch.py submit`
+ `python analysis/openaibatch.py status`
+ `python analysis/openaibatch.py download`
+ `python analysis/openaibatch.py submit`