AI Chat Box

This is a Python-based AI chat system built with LangChain, supporting LLMs like OpenAI and Anthropic. It fetches information from tools like Wikipedia and DuckDuckGo and can be configured via .env.

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🚀 Features

• Query LLMs using LangChain (OpenAI/Anthropic)
• Use tools like DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia
• Modular tool integration
• Environment config via .env

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📁 Folder Structure

AI-chat-box/ ├── main.py # Main entry point for the app ├── tool.py # Tool functions for external search or processing ├── requirments.txt # Python dependency list ├── sample.env # Template for environment config ├── documentation.txt # Full description of the system ├── README.md # Project overview (this file) ├── venv/ # Python virtual environment

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🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone <your-repo-url>
   cd AI-chat-box

2. Create & activate a virtual environment

   python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # macOS/Linux venv\Scripts\activate # Windows

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirments.txt or pip3 install -r requirments.txt

4.Set up environment

Copy sample.env to .env

Add your API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

5.Run the application

python main.py

Dependencies:

As listed in requriments.txt:

langchain, langchain-community, langchain-openai, langchain-anthropic

wikipedia, duckduckgo-search

python-dotenv, pydantic

👨‍💻 Author Akshat Gupta