Scope of Work A. Data Ingestion & Monitoring You will configure automated monitoring . legislation and federal agency activity. Legislative Monitoring • U.S. Congress (House & Senate) • Bills related to: • Trade & exports • Immigration & visas • Remittances • Small business & procurement • Diaspora engagement Sources • LegiScan API • Congress.gov RSS (fallback) ⸻ Federal Agency Monitoring • U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) • U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) • Export-Import Bank (EXIM) • Department of Commerce (ITA, MBDA) • Department of State (Africa Bureau) • U.S. Treasury • USAID • Millennium Challenge Corporation • Department of Energy • NASA / Office of Space Commerce • DHS / USCIS (policy impacts) Sources • Agency newsroom RSS feeds • Google Search API (SerpApi) or equivalent You will normalize and structure this data so it can be passed cleanly into an AI synthesis pipeline. ⸻ B. AI Intelligence Synthesis You will integrate an LLM (OpenAI or Gemini) to: • Summarize legislative actions • Analyze federal agency developments • Generate strategic “what this means” intelligence, not generic summaries We will provide structured prompt templates, but you must implement them properly. Each output must include: 1. Executive signal (what changed) 2. Business impact 3. Risk assessment 4. Strategic recommendation ⸻ C. Publishing & Distribution • Automated publishing to WordPress • Category: Intelligence • Status: Draft or Auto-Publish (based on subscription tier) • Email distribution via: • Mailchimp, ConvertKit, or Beehiiv • Tier-based content access (paywall enforced) ⸻ • WordPress paywall plugin integration (MemberPress or equivalent) • Correct enforcement of access rules across: • Web content • Email content • Downloads (if applicable) E. Admin Controls You will build admin-level controls that allow us to: • Toggle topic coverage (Trade, Immigration, Energy, Space) • Include/exclude specific agencies • Manually trigger urgent alerts • Edit AI prompts without code changes • Preview content by subscription tier ⸻ Deliverables 1. Fully functional Zapier automation workflows 2. AI synthesis pipeline with editable prompt logic 3. WordPress publishing integration 4. Subscription and paywall enforcement 5. Email delivery automation 6. Admin documentation + handoff guide ⸻ Required Experience Please apply only if you have experience with most of the following: • Zapier (advanced multi-step workflows) • API integrations (REST, webhooks) • OpenAI or Gemini API • WordPress automation • Stripe subscriptions • RSS + search-based data ingestion • Building systems that run autonomously Bonus if you’ve worked on: • News aggregation • Intelligence dashboards • SaaS automation • Subscription-based content platforms ⸻ Project Timeline • Preference for fixed-price with milestones • Opportunity for ongoing maintenance or expansion ⸻ How to Apply Please include: 1. A brief explanation of similar automation systems you’ve built 2. Which tools you’d recommend for this architecture 3. Any questions or risks you foresee in this build Generic applications will be ignored