Vulture sand box

The PoliRuralPlus webinar series continued on 3 December 2025 with an engaging session titled How to set up info stream analysis processes using the Vulture sandbox. Led by Runar Bergheim (Asplan Viak) and Patrick Crehan (CKA), the webinar introduced participants to Vulture, an innovative tool developed within the PoliRuralPlus project to tackle information overload and streamline workflows in public administration.

The session began with an overview of the challenges faced by municipalities and regional authorities, from staff shortages and increasing workloads to the complexity of managing data in an era of overlapping global crises, often referred to as the “polycrisis.” Patrick presented Vulture as a response to these issues: a platform designed to help public administrators reduce repetitive, low-value “sludge” tasks through automation and generative AI.

Participants were introduced to the concept of work awareness journaling, a method used to identify routine tasks suitable for automation, and to prompt engineering, the skill of crafting clear and context-rich instructions for AI tools. Through a live demonstration, the presenters showed how Vulture enables users to forward emails, experiment with different chatbots, and create automated workflows for summarising, translating, or extracting key information.

Runar provided a technical deep dive into Vulture’s architecture, explaining how the system ingests, normalizes, and enriches information from multiple sources, including emails, documents, and websites. The tool’s ability to build thematic caches and support semantic search was highlighted, demonstrating its potential to serve as a foundation for AI-assisted information management.

The webinar also showcased upcoming features, such as scheduled website crawling and structured data extraction, which will allow users to automate monitoring and knowledge collection from online sources. The presenters encouraged participants to explore Vulture’s sandbox environment, experiment with prompt design, and consider how the tool could be applied in their own organizational contexts.

The session concluded with an invitation to upcoming PoliRuralPlus webinars on data-driven policy intelligence and AI transformation, continuing the project’s mission to empower regions with open, intelligent, and collaborative tools for rural–urban innovation.

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