What I Built
Policy Storyteller helps Nepali citizens understand laws without a law degree.
Pick a bill → get a plain-language brief, three diverse personas (Terai, hill, city — farmer, student, shopkeeper…), each with a day-in-the-life scenario and what becomes riskier / safer → vote on the story. English or नेपाली.
Four bills built in: Social Media Act 2081, IT & Cyber Security 2082, School Education 2080, Privacy Act 2075.
Not legal advice — digital equity for low literacy and patchy 4G.
Demo
Flow: Choose bill → Generate story (~1–2 min) → Explore brief & personas → Vote. Stories cache in localStorage per bill + language.
How I Used Gemma 4
Gemma 4 does everything — no hand-written summaries, no rules engine. A FastAPI backend chains seven focused calls per story:
| Step | Gemma 4 outputs |
|---|---|
| Brief | JSON: summary, who is affected, key points |
| Personas | 3 diverse Nepali composites |
| Scenarios | 2–3 sentences each, NPR & real places |
| Risks | JSON: riskier / safer lists |
Prompts force Nepal context (Nagarpalika, NPR, Dashain, Terai/hill/mountain) and Devanagari Nepali when selected. Pydantic validates JSON; one auto-retry if the model adds markdown fences.
Via OpenRouter (OpenAI-compatible API) — swap model id in .env.
Which Model & Why
Gemma 4 small (2B/4B) — on purpose.
Civic users are on phones and free tiers. Each job is small JSON or a few sentences — not a 31B reasoning marathon. Seven sequential calls already take ~1–2 minutes; small Gemma keeps that affordable, fast enough, and good enough in Nepali. MoE/dense would be overkill; small Gemma is the tool that can run in Nepal, not just about Nepal.
Stack
React + Vite + Tailwind · FastAPI + Pydantic · OpenRouter · no DB (localStorage + file votes)
cd backend && pip install -r requirements.txt && copy .env.example .env
uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000
cd ../frontend && npm install && npm run dev
Learned (quick)
- Retry on bad JSON beats switching to a bigger model.
- Tell Gemma who the reader is (“low legal literacy”) — Nepali output improves a lot.
- Run calls sequentially on free tier or you hit 429 halfway through a story.
Links
Disclaimer: Educational composites only — verify with official Nepal Government sources.