> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.localcode.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

# LocalCode API

LocalCode provides structured access to municipal code and ordinance context with a provenance-first model.

> **Developer Preview:** The LocalCode API is currently available to design partners. These docs describe the draft v1 API contract and may evolve before general availability.

Our core principle is simple:

> We do not just show the code.\
> We show where the law comes from.

## Who this is for

* Product and evaluation buyers assessing trust, coverage, and integration fit
* Platform and API engineers building retrieval and monitoring workflows
* Data partners and legal-tech teams integrating provenance-aware legal data

## Start here

* [Quickstart](/quickstart)
* [Source Verification](/concepts/source-verification)
* [API Reference](/api-reference/openapi)
* [Request API Access](https://www.localcode.ai/api)

## What v1 Covers

The initial API scope is read-only and focused on:

* Jurisdictions
* Code sections
* Ordinances
* Legislative-chain relationships
* Source links for code sections
* Code-section-centric search

## Provenance-First Fields

Where applicable, responses expose provenance metadata as separate fields:

* `source_verification_status`
* `analysis_confidence`
* `official_source_url`
* `source_reference`
* `relationship_type`

`source_verification_status` answers whether a source-backed claim is verified.

`analysis_confidence` expresses model or parser confidence in extracted or derived relationships.

## Authentication

All API requests use bearer authentication:

`Authorization: Bearer {LOCALCODE_API_KEY}`

## Base URL

`https://api.localcode.ai/v1`

Examples in these docs are illustrative and do not guarantee production data coverage for every jurisdiction or resource.

Endpoint access, data scope, and rollout availability are controlled by API key permissions and account enablement.