StudyBuddyGPT

A study assistant chatbot for students
Ask questions, get explanations, generate flashcards, simulate quizzes, and manage your study time — all in one place.

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Table of Contents

• Motivation
• Features
• Architecture & Tech Stack
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Setup
  • Running Locally
  • Environment Variables
• Usage / Demo
• Roadmap / Future Work
• Contributing
• License

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Motivation

As students, we often juggle multiple subjects, deadlines, and the need to deeply understand complex concepts.
StudyBuddyGPT aims to be a personal AI-powered tutor that:

• Helps clarify difficult topics & breaks down concepts
• Generates custom flashcards for review
• Simulates quizzes for self-assessment
• Aids with planning study sessions & time allocation

The idea is not to replace textbooks or teachers, but to supplement them — making learning more interactive, accessible, and adaptive.

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Features

Here’s what StudyBuddyGPT can do (or plans to do):

• 📚 Answer questions & explain concepts in simple terms
• 🧠 Generate flashcards (question/answer pairs) on requested topics
• 📝 Simulate quizzes / practice tests
• ⏱️ Offer study planning / time management suggestions
• 🔄 Support for multi-subject (math, science, history, etc.)
• ✨ (Planned) Tracking user performance over time
• ✨ (Planned) Integrating spaced repetition for better memorization

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Architecture & Tech Stack

Here’s a high-level look at how your app is built:

Layer / Part	Technology / Tool	Description
Frontend / UI	Next.js	React framework for server-rendered or statically generated pages
Backend / API	Next.js API routes (or serverless functions)	Handles chat requests, flashcard generation, quiz logic
AI / NLP	(e.g. OpenAI API, local models, etc.)	The “brain” that processes prompts, generates responses
State / Storage	(e.g. local state, database, or file store)	To store user history, flashcards, quiz scores, etc.
Styling / UI	CSS, Tailwind, or whatever you are using	The visual look & feel
Deployment	Vercel / other hosting	Where the production version lives

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (version ~14+, or whatever you support)
• npm / yarn / pnpm
• API credentials for your AI backend (if you're using OpenAI or similar)

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/mnk0015/StudyBuddyGPT.git
   cd StudyBuddyGPT

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   # or
   yarn
   # or
   pnpm install

3. Configure environment variables (see next section)

Environment Variables

You’ll likely need to define something like:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
OTHER_VAR=…

You can create a .env.local (or .env) file and add those secrets there. (Ensure .env.local is ignored in .gitignore.)

Running Locally

To spin up a development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev

Then open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

You can also build for production:

npm run build
npm run start

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Roadmap / Future Work

Here are some enhancements you might consider (or already have planned):

• User accounts & authentication
• Persistent storage of flashcards / quizzes / history
• Performance analytics & progress tracking
• Spaced repetition / memory optimization
• Support for multimedia content (images, diagrams)
• Offline / fallback modes
• Mobile / responsive enhancements
• Plugin or subject modules

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License (or whatever license you choose).
See the LICENSE file for more details.

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Acknowledgments / Credits

• Built with Next.js
• (If applicable) Supported by OpenAI or other AI / ML tools
• Inspiration from educational chatbots, learning platforms

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Contact

If you have questions, suggestions, or want to collaborate:

• GitHub: mnk0015

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