Community Creator

Developed an interactive platform that provides users with AI-powered feedback to improve their community's sustainable practices. Users answer multiple choice questions and receive actionable suggestions to help create a more sustainable environment. Recieved YRHacks 2022 Sustainable Communities award for the project.

Front-end: React (Vite), Tailwind CSS
Back-end: Flask (using Cohere API)
Data Storage: JSON

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/username/project-name.git
   cd Community-Creator
   

2. Install Dependencies Create React project using Vite

   npm create vite@latest
   npm install
   

3. Install Tailwind CSS and AOS

   npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
   npx tailwindcss init
   npm install --save aos@next
   

4. Activate and Replace Cohere API Key

   • Visit https://dashboard.cohere.com/ to get key.
   • Change line 41 in server.py.

5. Install Flask and Cohere

   pip install flask cohere
   

6. Activate Python Virtual Environment

   cd flask-server
   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # macOS/Linux
   venv\Scripts\activate     # Windows  
   

Usage

1. On three seperate terminals in the main directory, run the following commands.

   npm run dev
   npm run server
   python3 server.py
   

2. Launch http://localhost:3000/.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.