Inspiration
With the theme of finding resources for CUNY students, we brainstormed to narrow down specific categories that we felt were helpful to have a chatbox for.
What it does
There are 4 chatbots, one for mental health, CUNY FAQ, CUNY activities, and summarization.
How we built it
We used a tech stack of node.js, express.js, vanilla javascript and css.
Challenges we ran into
One challenge was narrowing down the scope of our project. As there are many aspects a CUNY student may need, we had to pick the ones that were most meaningful to us and what we thought would be most meaningful to CUNY students.
Another challenge we faced was deciding how to format our user interface. As we had different opinions on small details of how our website looked like, we overcame this through compromise.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of being able to collaborate together well while being the first time working on a project together. We had skills and personalities that meshed well and accommodated what the team needed.
What we learned
As this is the first hackathon for our team members, we learned a lot about collaboration and hard skills when it comes to coding and data collection. We also learned how to come up with a new project idea and how to adjust the scope of the project based on constraints, such as time.
What's next for ObsidianAI
The next steps are to implement a map-based database for displaying locations of CUNY resources such as mental health centers, food banks, and more. We also want to implement a clubs database for students to find clubs in their colleges.
Log in or sign up for Devpost to join the conversation.