README.md

# Vegan Recipe Chatbot

![Screenshot of Chatbot initial interface](docs/assets/chatbot_init.png)

## Quickstart

`git clone` the repo  

```sh
cd lv-recipe-chatbot
```  

Install Python poetry for dependency management.  

```sh
poetry install
```

Put API secrets in .env

```sh
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env with your secret key(s). Only OPEN_AI_KEY is required.
```

One option is to enter the poetry environment.  

```sh
poetry shell
```

Then start the Gradio demo.

```sh
python app.py
```

## Useful links

* [Task Matrix (Formerly Visual ChatGPT)](https://github.com/microsoft/TaskMatrix)
* [LangChain](https://python.langchain.com/en/latest/index.html)
* [LLM Prompt Engineering](https://www.promptingguide.ai)
* [OpenAI best practices for prompts](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6654000-best-practices-for-prompt-engineering-with-openai-api)