CivicDoor
The Front Door to
Your City's Permits
An agentic helper that lives on your city's website. Residents describe their project in plain words, get grounded answers about what is allowed, and check their site plan before they ever hit submit. Cleaner applications, fewer comments, happier residents.
Sits in front of your existing portal. It complements Tyler, Accela, and others, it does not replace them.
A New Category
Not Another Permitting Portal
Permitting software is a system of record. CivicDoor is the front door that sits in front of it, taking the first pass so what reaches your staff is already triaged.
Permitting portals
CivicDoor
Entry point
A form to navigate
A conversation in plain words
Assumed knowledge
Applicant must know the permit type
None, CivicDoor infers what applies
When issues surface
Weeks after the resident submits
Caught before the resident submits
Role
System of record
First-pass front door in front of it
Experience
A digitized paper process
Agentic, plain language
How It Works
A Pre-Submittal Check, in Plain Language
1
Residents describe their project
No permit codes, no jargon. A resident types "a fence in my backyard" and CivicDoor figures out what applies at their address.
2
CivicDoor runs the checks
A zoning compliance check against your city's code, plus a review of their uploaded site plan, with clear, actionable fixes.
3
They submit a cleaner package
Residents get a readiness summary and head to your existing portal to file. Your staff receive fewer comments and resubmissions.
See It In Action
Embedded on Your Site, Branded as Yours
A resident never leaves your website. CivicDoor opens as a panel in the corner, carries a clear disclaimer, and does the work a planner would do by hand.
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CivicDoor
by Conflation Labs
Not the official city website. An independent pre-submittal helper by Conflation Labs.
Hi, I'm CivicDoor. Tell me what you want to build or change, in plain words.
Type your answer in plain words...
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Zoning compliance check · R-1 district
Permit applicability
BMC 23D.40 · fences over 4 ft
Rear-yard fence height
max 6 ft
Rear setback
min 5 ft to property line
Property line location
survey of record
Readiness
Ready to submit
Predicted city comments: 1
Representative product screens. Example data shown for illustration.
Key Benefits
Why CivicDoor?
Plain-Language Intake
Residents describe their project in plain words. No permit codes, no jargon, no guessing which form to use.
Grounded Zoning Answers
Instant answers about what is allowed on their parcel, grounded in your city's ordinance with citations.
Site-Plan Pre-Check
Residents upload a site plan and get actionable feedback before they submit, not weeks later.
Cleaner Submissions
Fewer incomplete and non-compliant applications reach your staff's desk.
Lives on Your Site
Embeds in front of your existing portal. It complements your system of record, it does not replace it.
Advisory and Transparent
Clear guidance with code citations and disclaimers, escalating to staff when a question needs a human.
Impact
Catch Problems Before They Reach Staff
Today, residents submit into a black hole and wait weeks for comments, while staff spend their time chasing missing dimensions and bouncing incomplete applications.
CivicDoor moves that first pass to the front door, so what reaches your desk is already triaged and your reviewers can focus on judgment.
Resident guidance
Figure it out alone
→
Guided in plain language
Compliance feedback
Weeks after submitting
→
Before they submit
Staff review load
Chasing missing info
→
Focused on judgment
Bring CivicDoor to Your City
Give your residents a front door that actually helps, and give your staff cleaner submissions from day one.
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