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title: University AI Chatbot
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sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 5.25.2
app_file: app.py
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A student-friendly AI chatbot that simplifies university handbook queries.

🎓 University Inquiries AI Chatbot

A conversational AI chatbot that helps students navigate and understand the official university handbook using natural language. Built with Gradio, Sentence Transformers, and FLAN-T5, it offers friendly and accurate responses based on handbook content — with built-in feedback tracking and upvote/downvote tuning.

✨ Features

🧠 Semantic Search: Uses Sentence Transformers to find the closest handbook Q&A to a student's question.
🗣️ LLM Explanation: Automatically rewrites formal handbook responses in a student-friendly tone using FLAN-T5.
👍 Feedback Memory: Stores user feedback (upvotes/downvotes) to improve future responses.
🔄 Smart Matching: Merges similar feedback questions (≥80% similarity) to avoid duplication.
🎨 Custom UI: Includes a PUP-themed responsive design with a gradient background and styled chat layout.

🧰 Tech Stack

Gradio — for UI interface
Sentence Transformers — for question embedding & similarity
Transformers (FLAN-T5) — for natural explanation generation
JSON — for persistent feedback storage

📁 Files

app.py — main chatbot logic & interface
dataset.json — official university Q&A set
feedback.json — live feedback database
README.md — this file!

📦 Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt