Dr. Paws: Voice Vet First-Aid for Alexa+

Inspiration

What it does

How we built it

Challenges we ran into

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

What's next for Dr. Paws: Voice Vet First-Aid for Alexa+

Inspiration

When a pet eats something it shouldn't, or suddenly can't breathe, owners panic. Searching on a phone wastes minutes that matter. Many dangers aren't obvious: a single lily leaf can cause kidney failure in a cat, and a swollen belly in a dog can be fatal bloat. But the smart speaker is already in the room. I'd built Dr. Paws as a real-time voice vet agent, and Alexa+ is where it belongs.

What it does

Dr. Paws is a self-hosted MCP server (Streamable HTTP, spec 2025-11-25) that gives Alexa+ four tools:

triage_pet_emergency: returns EMERGENCY / VISIT_SOON / HOME_CARE, red flags, calm first-aid steps, and a spoken reply check_food_toxicity: chocolate, grapes, xylitol, onion, lilies, paracetamol and more, per species, with what to do next check_appointment_slots and book_vet_appointment: books a real clinic slot through n8n + Supabase

Example: "Alexa, my cat chewed a lily" → "Lily is dangerous for a cat… go to an emergency vet immediately, treatment within 18 hours is critical."

Built With

• alexa
• alexa-plus
• elevenlabs
• groq
• http
• httpx
• livekit
• llama
• mcp
• mcp-inspector
• mcpserver
• model-context-protocol
• n8n
• postgresql
• python
• sdk
• streamable-http
• supabase
• uvicorn