AI Assistant

Chatbot with custom RAG pipeline and custom vector store. Designed to be as lightweight as possible.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AlessioToniolo/ai_assistant.git
cd ai_assistant

2. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install Python dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables:

cp .env.sample .env

Then edit .env with your configuration:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Running the Application

• Start the backend server:

cd backend
python server.py

• Start the frontend:

cd frontend
python -m http.server 8080