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🟦 MChat - Rust Chat App with AI Assistant

A lightweight, terminal-based chat application built from scratch using Rust's TcpStream. Features a built-in AI assistant triggered via @AI.

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🎥 Demo

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✨ Features

• 🛠 Built using low-level Rust networking primitives (TcpListener, TcpStream)
• 💬 Real-time chat across multiple clients
• 🤖 AI Assistant: Mention @AI in your message to invoke an intelligent assistant
• ⚡ Blazing fast and memory-safe thanks to Rust
• 🎓 University of Michigan inspired design

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Rust (>=1.70)
• Cargo

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mchat.git
cd mchat
cargo build --release

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🖥️ Usage

Start the server

cargo run --bin server

Start a client

In a new terminal:

cargo run --bin client

Connect multiple clients in different terminals to simulate multi-user chat.

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🧠 Using the AI Assistant

To invoke the AI assistant, simply type a message like:

@AI What's the weather today?

The assistant will respond directly in the chat with relevant information.

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🏫 Inspired By

This project was built with ❤️ at the University of Michigan. Go Blue! 💙💛 Logo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

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📄 License

MIT License

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🤝 Contributions

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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📬 Contact

Feel free to reach out via issues or email me at jtwuuuuu@umich.edu.

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Let me know if you'd like:

• A custom UMich-style logo for MChat (I can generate one for you).
• Embedded YouTube demo markdown if you're hosting it there.
• The Cargo.toml file and module layout to match this documentation.