Sector · Municipality

The switchboard repeats what the website already says.

Kindergarten admissions, building applications, waste collection days, licensing. The answers are on the municipal website, and the citizen calls anyway. MotherX answers from the municipality own pages and documents, around the clock.

The problem

The citizen does not search. She calls.

A municipal website has hundreds of service pages, and the citizen does not know what the service is called internally. She knows she needs to apply for a place, not that the page is called Kindergarten, application and admission. So she calls, and the switchboard reads out what is already there.

  • Answers taken from the municipality own pages and documents
  • Both written forms of Norwegian, and the language the citizen writes in
  • Open when the switchboard is closed
Citizen
when do I have to apply for a kindergarten place?
MotherX
The main admission round closes on 1 March for a place from August. Applications after the deadline are processed on a rolling basis if places are available.
Citizen
and if we move here in October?
MotherX
Then you apply through the rolling admission. The form is under Kindergarten, and you can apply before you have moved.
Recurring questions

What citizens call about.

Eight areas account for most of the traffic into the switchboard. The answers are already published.

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Kindergarten and school

Admissions, deadlines, after-school care and catchment areas.

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Building applications

What needs an application, what you can do yourself, and how long it takes.

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Waste collection

Collection days, sorting and recycling centre opening hours.

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Water and sewage

Fees, responsibility for service pipes and who to notify about a burst.

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Health and care

Home care, applying for aids and where to turn.

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Culture and leisure

Booking venues, grant schemes and application deadlines.

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Licensing

Alcohol licences, application requirements and the process.

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Roads and parking

Snow clearing, road maintenance, parking rules and studded tyre fees.

How it works

From sitemap to first answer the same day.

01

Connect the website

Point at the municipal sitemap. The AI reads the service pages and builds a searchable model of them.

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Add the documents

Regulations, fee schedules, forms and routines. This is where the precise answers live.

03

Put it on the website

A small script in the page template. Works with the common publishing platforms, and WordPress has a ready-made plugin.

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Read what they ask

Every question is logged. Services nobody can find, and questions without a good answer, show up in the dashboard.

Insight

See which services citizens cannot find.

The questions come in waves. Kindergarten admissions in February, school start in August, garden waste in May. The dashboard shows what is asked when, and which service pages fall short of answering well enough to save the call.

  • Questions ranked by volume, week by week
  • Searches that got no good answer
  • Evidence for which pages to rewrite first
Most asked · last 30 days
kindergarten application deadline184
cardboard collection day146
do I need permission for a deck no answer97
recycling centre opening hours73
FAQ

Questions from municipalities.

Can it answer on behalf of the municipality in a case?

No. It answers from what is already published and makes no decisions. Case handling stays with the case officer. What it does is guide the citizen to the right service and the right form, and hand over when the question needs a person.

Does it support both written forms of Norwegian?

Yes. It normally answers in the language the citizen writes in, and sources can be in either form. The product pages list Norwegian and more than 90 other languages.

What if it does not know the answer?

It says so, and offers a way forward instead of guessing. The assistant is instructed to answer from approved sources and to say when the knowledge is missing. That reduces the risk without eliminating every error, which is why all conversations are logged so you can see what was said and correct the source.

Where is the data stored?

MotherX states that customer data is stored in the EU and that the solution is built for GDPR. For a procurement we send the current data processing agreement and subprocessor list so you can assess every place data is handled.

How long does it take to get started?

AI Search is described as possible to get live the same day for most. Actual time depends on how many sources are included and what internal approvals you need. Setup is included in every plan.

30 days free

Let the website answer for itself.

Connect the sitemap and the key documents, and see what citizens are actually asking. No card required. Setup included.

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