AI-powered legal advocate for NYC tenants. Describe your housing situation in plain English (or speak it in your language), and Counsel instantly analyzes your legal rights, pulls real-time building violation data, generates a formal complaint letter, and creates a step-by-step action plan.

• Legal Rights Analysis — Claude analyzes your situation against NYC housing law (Warranty of Habitability, Rent Stabilization, anti-harassment protections, and more) and identifies specific violations with law citations
• Building Intelligence — Linkup API searches for real-time HPD violations, complaints, and landlord history for your building
• Action Plan — Step-by-step timeline with deadlines, agencies to contact, and filing instructions
• Complaint Letter Generator — Produces a formal, legally-grounded complaint letter addressed to the right party. Fully editable in-browser with PDF download and copy-to-clipboard
• Multilingual Voice Input — BizCrush WebSocket STT integration supports 11 languages with real-time transcription. Speak in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Korean, and more

• Frontend: Next.js (App Router) + Tailwind CSS + Framer Motion
• AI: Anthropic Claude API (claude-sonnet-4-20250514)
• Search: Linkup API for real-time building data
• Voice: BizCrush WebSocket STT (live streaming, multilingual)
• PDF: jsPDF for client-side letter export

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/TenSae/counsel.git
   cd counsel

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create .env.local with your API keys:

   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key
   LINKUP_API_KEY=your_key
   NEXT_PUBLIC_BIZCRUSH_API_KEY=your_key
   

4. Run the dev server:

   npm run dev

5. Open http://localhost:3000

Counsel is an informational tool and does not constitute legal advice. Always consult a licensed attorney for legal matters.