CampaignBrief uses public and licensed data sources. Base monitoring covers public news, campaign finance filings, official campaign materials, and public platform activity. Premium feeds — paid social APIs, podcast transcripts, local news databases, and broadcast monitoring — are activated only after client approval and configuration.
The following sources are monitored for every active client account. No additional configuration required.
Monitors public news articles via GDELT and RSS feeds. Covers local news sites, state political publications, and national press.
Ingests publicly available FEC filings for federal races. Monitors Schedule E independent expenditures, committee disbursements, and PAC registrations.
Monitors publicly accessible content on official campaign sites, party committee sites, PAC sites, and issue organization sites for message changes, press releases, and published materials.
Monitors political and social-issue ads running on Facebook and Instagram via Meta's Ad Library API — the public transparency archive for ads about social issues, elections, or politics.
Monitors public posts on accessible social platforms. Bluesky is the most reliably accessible via the AT Protocol open firehose. Reddit via public API. X/Twitter access depends on current API availability.
Campaign staff can submit specific URLs, documents, or source tips directly to CampaignBrief. Submitted materials are ingested and analyzed alongside automated feeds.
Premium feeds are available as add-ons or in higher-tier plans. Each feed is activated individually after client configuration, onboarding review, and confirmation of source availability for your specific race and region.
Transcript-based monitoring via licensed podcast APIs. Detects candidate mentions, issue mentions, repeated phrases, and guest appearances across millions of public episodes.
Monitors television news coverage using the Internet Archive's Television News Archive (GDELT TV Explorer). Covers cable news and local TV news via caption-based text search — not video analysis.
Subscription-based local news monitoring covering hyperlocal and regional publications not indexed by GDELT or accessible via public RSS. Extends base news coverage for races where local media is the primary arena.
State-level campaign finance monitoring for states with accessible APIs or downloadable data. Tracks state PACs, candidate committees, and independent expenditures not covered by FEC.
Custom monitoring of specific named hosts, reporters, local columnists, or public social accounts relevant to your race. Requires a watchlist configured during setup.
The following categories are explicitly outside the scope of CampaignBrief monitoring. This is not a policy gap — it is a deliberate design choice. CampaignBrief is a public-source intelligence tool, not a surveillance platform.
Phrase convergence is detected when the same or similar wording appears across multiple independent public sources. CampaignBrief flags convergence when the same phrase, claim, or message frame appears in two or more unaffiliated source categories within a defined time window.
The system tracks whether a phrase originated in a single source type (e.g., only social media) or has migrated across source types (e.g., social media to news to paid advertising). Cross-source-type convergence is weighted more heavily than same-source volume, because the same phrase appearing in a PAC ad, a local news article, and a podcast episode is a stronger signal than the same phrase appearing in dozens of social posts from a single account cluster.
CampaignBrief uses AI (OpenAI where enabled) to cluster narratives, identify repeated phrases, assess source migration, and generate daily brief summaries. AI analysis is applied to public source text excerpts only — not to personal account data, voter information, or client communications.
AI outputs are labeled as AI-generated throughout the platform and require human review before campaign action. AI analysis can miss context, misread tone, produce errors, or reflect limitations of the underlying model. It is a drafting and awareness tool — not a final authority on what a signal means or what action a campaign should take.
Every signal card in CampaignBrief displays a confidence level. This reflects the quality and corroboration of the underlying sources — not how important the signal is or how much attention it warrants.
Multiple independent credible sources with a verifiable public record. Examples: an FEC filing, an official campaign statement published on a candidate website, a published news article with a named byline in a credentialed publication, or a confirmed Meta Ad Library entry with a named buyer. High-confidence signals have enough sourcing that a campaign should treat them as confirmed public information requiring no additional verification before discussion or response preparation.
1–2 sources with a credible source type, but limited independent corroboration. Examples: a single local news article, a podcast mention without a written source to cross-reference, or a social post from a credible organizational account without other confirmation. Medium-confidence signals are directionally reliable but warrant verification before any operational response.
Single source, anonymous source, social post, or source type with limited accountability. Examples: an anonymous blog post, a single social account post without supporting sources, or a community listserv item. Low-confidence signals are included in CampaignBrief so staff can monitor early-stage narratives. They should be treated as alerts for further investigation — not confirmed facts. Acting on or amplifying a low-confidence signal without independent verification is a campaign risk.
Our team reviews every access request and confirms source availability for your specific race and region before onboarding. We do not run a self-serve signup — every client account is set up with a configuration review.
Request AccessCampaignBrief provides public-source monitoring, evidence organization, and analytic summaries for campaign operations awareness. All monitored content is drawn from publicly available sources. CampaignBrief does not create campaign communications, target voters, generate synthetic media, assert legal conclusions, or act as a substitute for qualified legal, compliance, or campaign counsel. Human review is required before any campaign action. Source availability, premium feed activation, and state-level coverage are confirmed individually during onboarding. Operated by SapienCX LLC, a Virginia limited liability company. See our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for full details.