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Inspiration
What it does
How we built it
Challenges we ran into## Inspiration...
Practicing competitive debate or preparing for public speaking can be difficult when you don't have a partner available to drill against. Inspired by the need for accessible, on-demand debate prep, I built an intelligent sparring platform that adapts to various debate formats, motions, and stances to simulate realistic rounds.
What it does
- Dynamic AI Opponents: Users can select debate resolutions, pick affirmative or negative stances, and spar against a responsive AI adversary that builds counterarguments on the fly.
- Structured Flow: Guides users through structured debate mechanics, helping them practice constructive speeches, rebuttals, and cross-examinations.
- Feedback & Scoring: Evaluates arguments and provides analytical feedback scores to help debaters identify logical gaps and improve their delivery.
How we built it / How I built it
- Development Environment: Coded efficiently using Cursor for rapid prototyping and code structuring.
- Frontend & UI: Built using Streamlit for a clean, fast, and interactive web interface.
- AI & Logic: Integrated the Google GenAI SDK powered by Gemini models to handle complex argument generation, strategy formulation, and dynamic speech analysis.
- Deployment: Hosted live on Streamlit Cloud with secure environment management via TOML-based secrets.
- Code & Version Control: Managed and structured through Git and GitHub for continuous deployment.
Challenges I ran into
Managing environment configurations and API keys securely during cloud deployment, and structuring prompt engineering so the AI maintains a strict, objective, and competitive debate tone rather than acting like a standard chatbot.
What I learned
Advanced integration of generative AI APIs into real-time web UI components, and streamlining the DevOps workflow from local testing to continuous cloud delivery using GitHub and Streamlit Cloud.
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