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Data & transparency

Everything The Boston Tea publishes traces back to public records. These are the live counts of what we have ingested, the content we have built on top of it, and the pipelines that keep it current. For how we collect, verify, and label this work, see our methodology.

The Boston Reality Graph

Public records ingested

214,784
Parcels
650,435
Building permits
5,059
Development projects
10,000
311 cases
4,996
Property violations
711
Council matters
317
Capital projects
3,608
Business licenses
21,462
Deed events
What we have built

Boston Tea content

63
Map markers
24
Published briefs
30
Entities tracked
3
Investigations
The pipelines

Ingestion & publishing daemons

These are the automated jobs that keep the record current: each one ingests a public data source or builds coverage on top of it. Run counts, last-run times, and health status are shown so the pipeline is auditable, not a black box.

DaemonRunsLast runStatus
marker-enrich4May 29, 2026ok
observability2May 29, 2026ok
feedback2May 29, 2026ok
daily-digest5May 29, 2026ok
social-draft3May 29, 2026ok
investigation-triage3May 29, 2026ok
editorial-qa9May 29, 2026ok
draft-articles6May 29, 2026ok
entity-resolve5May 29, 2026ok
openings-watch3May 29, 2026ok
meeting-watch3May 29, 2026ok
source-watch5May 29, 2026ok
finance-ingest1May 29, 2026ok
source-health1May 29, 2026ok
signal-score2May 29, 2026ok
geolocate2May 29, 2026ok
Where it comes from

Source catalog

All of the following are public records. We do not use private, hacked, or leaked data.

Boston Assessing

Property parcels, ownership, assessed values

Building Permits (ISD)

Construction, alteration, and demolition permits

BPDA Article 80 + ZBA

Large-project review and zoning board appeals (development)

ISD Violations

Building, sanitary, and housing code violations

Boston 311

Resident service requests and neighborhood condition reports

FY Capital Plan

City capital projects and planned public spending

BERDO

Large-building energy reporting and emissions disclosure

Vision Zero

Crash and traffic-safety data

Boston Police / Fire

Incident and public-safety activity

City Council / Legistar

Council matters, hearings, votes, and legislation

Business Licenses

New and renewed business and food licenses (openings)

Suffolk County Deeds

Property transfers and recorded deed events

OCPF / FEC

State and federal campaign-finance filings

CTHRU / USAspending

State and federal contract and spending records