NOFA AI Evaluator

🏢 For Agency/Team Use

If your organization (e.g., San Mateo County Housing and Community Development) has already set up an Anthropic account, your administrator will provide you with a shared API key. Simply skip to Step 4 below and enter the key provided by your admin. All usage will be billed to your agency's account.

💡 Important: Your API key starts with "sk-ant-" and should be kept private within your organization. The API will not work until the account has credits — billing must be set up first!

🔧 Administrator: Pre-Configure for Your Team

To distribute a ready-to-use version with the API key already embedded (so staff don't need to configure anything):

1. Download the NOFA_AI_Evaluator_v7.21.html file
2. Open it in a text editor (Notepad, VS Code, etc.)
3. Search for SHARED_API_KEY
4. Replace the empty quotes with your API key:
   const SHARED_API_KEY = 'sk-ant-api03-your-key-here';
5. Save the file and distribute to your team via shared drive, email, or intranet

Note: Users can still override this key in Settings if needed. Keep the pre-configured file internal to your organization.

What This Means For You

• Grant applications stay private — Sensitive applicant information never touches external servers except Anthropic's AI
• No data collection — We don't track usage, collect analytics, or store any information about you or your work
• You control your API key — Clear it anytime from Settings, and you can revoke it from your Anthropic console
• Offline capable — The application itself works offline; only AI evaluation requires an internet connection

⚠️ Best Practices:

• Never share your API key or commit it to version control
• Regularly rotate your API key from the Anthropic console
• Set spending limits in your Anthropic account to control costs
• Use a dedicated API key for this tool (don't reuse keys across applications)