Road Runner

Learning a new skill is overwhelming. RoadRunner turns any goal into a structured, personalized roadmap with clear milestones, resources, and quizzes, so you always know what to learn next.

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Inspiration

  • Many students, and people in general, want to learn new skills but getting started can feel overwhelming. One of the hardest part is knowing where to begin
  • Most real-world skills don't come with a clear roadmap and without structure, learners may feel lost, lose motivation, or abandon learning the skill entirely
  • Since many people thrive in structured, step-by-step learning, a roadmap to guide you through learning could help them

What it does

RoadRunner helps users break down any skill they want to learn into a structured, actionable learning path

  • AI-Generated Learning Roadmaps
    • Generates personalized roadmaps based on a user's learning goal
    • Organizes skills into
    • Curates learning resources for each step
  • Dependency Checking
    • Identifies prerequisite skills before advancing
    • Ensures the roadmap follows a valid learning order
    • Prevents gaps in foundational knowledge
  • Feedback and Knowledge Checks
    • Quizzes users on topics to mark them as completed or not
    • Provides AI-generated feedback based on responses
    • Encourages mastery of prerequisites before progressing further

How we built it

  • Frontend
    • React + Electron for the core desktop application
    • TailwindCSS for styling
    • Javascript for fast iteration
  • Backend
    • OpenRouter and Gemini API for agentic reasoning, grading, and structured AI outputs
    • Drizzle ORM for database maangement and response caching

Challenges we ran into

  • Resolving merge conflicts while working in isolated environments
  • Maintaining consistent data flow between services
  • Refactoring and debugging styles from vanilla CSS to TailwindCSS
  • Learning how to use Electron

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Coordination as a team of 4
  • Built working end-to-end application that generated a detailed roadmap for a skill
  • Developed a system that integrated AI services and APIs
  • Adaptability to picking up Electron and making APIs

What we learned

  • Hands-on experience with AI platforms such as OpenRouter and Gemini
  • Building Electron applications and handling interprocess communication across system
  • System prompt designing AI agents for structured output handling and agentic reasoning

What's next for Road Runner

  • A dynamic roadmap that adapts each time the user returns by asking what they’ve recently learned, automatically updating completed tasks and expanding the roadmap as they progress
  • Voice input support for knowledge checks to make assessments more accessible and natural
  • Video-based skill verification, allowing users to upload recordings instead of traditional quizzes to validate hands-on or physical skills

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