This page lists three turns, the messages you send to the AI one after another in the same chat, and then a check of the answer. Keep it open next to your chat. Each turn shows the next thing to paste, with the values you entered already filled in. Nothing is sent from this page, and your conversation stays in the AI tool you are using.
Paste the denial verbatim, including exemption citations, the fee determination, appeal instructions, and the date on the letter.
Your original request, the date submitted, and any narrowing you agreed to afterward.
Which statute governs and which office decides the appeal.
Who is requesting, the fee category claimed, and any waiver sought.
How hard the letter should lean and whether it references litigation.
Watch for these throughout
Appeal periods for records denials are short, vary by act, and are sometimes jurisdictional. Compute yours from the date on the denial against the current statute and the agency's own regulations, never from what the model tells you.
Exemption numbering does not transfer between regimes. FOIA's exemptions, a state act's list, and a municipal ordinance's are different schemes, and the model will map one onto another if you let it.
An administrative appeal is a public document the agency's litigation counsel will read. Do not explain your litigation plan, your client's identity, or your fallback position in it.
Issues not raised at the administrative stage are frequently waived: fee category, waiver denial, and search adequacy especially. Raise everything you might want later.
A Vaughn index is a litigation remedy in federal practice, not an automatic entitlement at the administrative stage. Confirm what your act actually requires before demanding it as of right.