IRF for NGOs

Take it to your own AI

This is the framework as a folder of files. You put it in the AI assistant your organisation already uses. The assistant then runs the same interview as this site and writes the same decision brief.

It can also read a meeting transcript. It takes what it can from the notes and asks you only about what is missing.

Download

irf-ngo-pack.zip (1.1 MB)

Version 1.0.0, 16 October 2026. 31 files, 6.5 MB once unzipped.

You can read the files before you download. Open them one by one. They are the same files that are in the zip.

Check the download

SHA-256 of the zip file:

530108b62291ed4f14f831c94265b1394eef0162271ece266c0739a8f684a881

Put the zip and SHA256SUMS in one folder, and run sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing. On Windows, certutil -hashfile irf-ngo-pack.zip SHA256 prints the same value. SHA256SUMS also lists every file inside the pack.

Check before you start

The pack is installed into an AI assistant your organisation already uses. What you type there goes to that assistant's provider, under the provider's terms, and never to this site. Before you start, check your organisation's rules on putting programme data into that assistant. Your security team can read every file first.

Set it up in three lines

  1. Create a projectIn your assistant, make a project or a custom assistant that accepts files and standing instructions.
  2. Add the folderUnzip the pack and upload its files to that project.
  3. Paste the instructionPaste the whole of INSTRUCTIONS.md into the project's instructions. Then start talking, or paste in a transcript.

The README in the pack has the detail for the common assistants, including what to do when a product limits file size.

Where your words go

You choose where your words go. The pack sends nothing. What you type or paste goes to the AI assistant you set the pack up in, under that assistant's terms and your organisation's settings.

Some questions touch on sensitive ground, such as identity, land or protection cases. The pack marks them and says that you may skip them. Ask your data protection lead what may go into your assistant before you start.

Have your security team review this before installing

The pack is text, data and two short scripts. The scripts do the arithmetic, so that the same answers give the same result each time. They read two folders and print to the screen. They open no network connection. Your security team can read every file, and the list below shows what each one is for.

The pack is not a legal, security or procurement review. Your assistant can mishear a transcript or pick the wrong option, which is why it confirms every guess with you. Read the brief before you pass it on.

Send this to your security team

This opens a draft in your email program. It has no address, and nothing is sent until you send it.

What is in the pack

FileWhat it isSize
README.mdWhat this is, what it does and does not do, how to set it up.5 KB
INSTRUCTIONS.mdThe instruction for your AI assistant.16 KB
QUESTIONS.mdEvery question it may ask, with the exact answers each accepts.152 KB
USE-CASES.mdThe 145 use cases in plain words.127 KB
SCORING.mdHow the numbers and verdicts are made.64 KB
TENDER-QUESTIONS.mdThe questions that fill a tender.444 KB
templates/brief.mdThe decision brief as a form.41 KB
templates/tender.mdThe tender as a form.25 KB
templates/answers-example.jsonThe shape of the answers file.2 KB
templates/provenance-example.jsonThe shape of the record of where each answer came from.1 KB
scorer/scorer.pyThe script that does the arithmetic, in Python.80 KB
scorer/scorer.jsThe same script, in Node.70 KB
scorer/README.mdHow to run the script and read its output.9 KB
data/ngo-use-case-catalogue.jsonThe 145 use cases, as data.4.2 MB
data/uc-scoring-map.jsonHow answers map to scores, as data.167 KB
feedback-note.mdFive prompts for an optional note back.1 KB
LICENCE.mdThe two licences and the attribution line.1 KB
VERSION.txtVersion, source commit and content hash.1 KB
data/ (13 more files)The question files, problem statements and hints the questions are built from.1.1 MB

What is not in the pack

  • No account, no login and no tracking.
  • No address to send answers to, and no copy of anyone's answers.
  • No recommendation of any product or supplier. The use case list names organisations that have tried a use case, as evidence only.
  • No participant data and no credentials.
  • No fee, and no limit on commercial use. The licence note gives the two licences.

A note back

A note back is optional. At the end of a run your assistant offers to draft one from five prompts, with no details about your organisation. You read it and send it yourself, or you do not send it. See the five prompts.