Orbit

Inspiration

Gift giving is hard. Let's make that easier!

What it does

Orbit is a relationship co-pilot that helps you stay connected with the people who matter most. It lets you:

Track your "orbit" - Add friends and family with their birthdays, relationship type, and important dates
Chat with an AI assistant that intelligently extracts interests and dislikes about each person
Get AI-powered gift recommendations based on accumulated preferences, budget, and occasion
Browse curated product suggestions with pricing, ratings, and availability

AI Flow

Chat: Populate context with all database entries for friend -> Read user message -> Call entity updating tool based on new information -> Respond with updated context

Shopping: Understand friend interests, upcoming events, etc -> Call custom shopping tool with terms -> Ranking, filter, and format response into carousel

How we built it

Frontend: v0

Backend: Express.js, SQLite

AI: MiniMax, Cursor

Shopping: SerpAPI (Google Search API)

Challenges we ran into / What we learned

We learned we probably should've left more time for bug bashing and finalization prep
Our idea covered too wide a use case; we should've narrowed scope and focused on one portion of the workflow
Calendar integration was difficult

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Fully vibe-coded a solution with a working frontend, backend and LLM integration
Built a working conversational AI that genuinely learns about people through natural chat