sentineltechnerds/Bridge_The_Gap_AI_ChatBot

An AI-powered chatbot helping South African students navigate university applications, bursaries, and student readiness, no login, no setup, just ask. # Bridge the Gap 🎓 > An AI-powered chatbot helping South African students navigate university applications, bursaries, and student readiness, no login, no setup, just ask. --- ## ✨ About **Bridge the Gap** is a friendly, supportive academic mentor built for students in South Africa. It answers FAQs about: - 🏫 **Universities** — choosing where to apply - 📝 **Applications** — process, documents, deadlines - 💰 **Bursaries** — funding options, eligibility - 🎯 **Student success & readiness** — preparing for higher education The bot acts like a trusted mentor: clear, motivational, realistic, and always nudging the user toward a concrete next step. --- ## 🚀 Live Demo Open the app and start chatting — no signup required. Link: hope-hub-za.lovable.app --- ## 🧩 Key Features | Feature | Description | |---|---| | **No login required** | Open the page and start chatting immediately. | | **Streaming responses** | Replies appear word-by-word for a natural feel. | | **Session-based chat** | Conversations live in-memory and reset on refresh or "New chat". | | **Mentor persona** | Consistent tone — clear, motivational, locally relevant to South Africa. | | **Mandatory greeting** | Standard opening response when the user says "Hi" / "Hello". | | **Anti-hallucination guardrails** | Will not invent APS scores, deadlines, or bursary criteria. | | **Topic guardrails** | Off-topic questions are gently redirected back to core areas. | --- ## 🏗️ Architecture 1. The user types a question in the chat composer. 2. The React app sends the full message history to the `chat` edge function. 3. The edge function injects the **Bridge the Gap** system prompt and forwards the request to the Lovable AI Gateway. 4. The AI response is streamed back as Server-Sent Events and rendered token-by-token. --- ## 🛠️ Tech Stack - **Frontend:** React 18, Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui - **Backend:** Lovable Cloud (Supabase) Edge Function (Deno) - **AI Provider:** Lovable AI Gatew …