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Mergy Client

Mergy Client is a C# console application that provides a question-answering system using the Anthropic AI service. It allows users to interact with an AI model based on a provided knowledge base.

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Features

  • Loads a custom knowledge base from a file
  • Interacts with the Anthropic AI service using the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model
  • Maintains a conversation history
  • Supports streaming responses from the AI
  • Allows clearing of conversation history
  • Handles errors and provides user-friendly messages

Prerequisites

  • .NET 8.0 SDK
  • An Anthropic API key

Setup

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/MergyClient.git
cd MergyClient

  2. Set up your Anthropic API key:

    • Option 1: Use user secrets 
      dotnet user-secrets set "AnthropicServiceOptions:ApiKey" "your-api-key-here"
    • Option 2: Set an environment variable named AnthropicServiceOptions__ApiKey

  3. Prepare your knowledge base:

    • Create a file named knowledge_base.txt in the project directory
    • Add your knowledge base content to this file

Usage

  1. Build and run the application:

    dotnet run

  2. When prompted, either:

    • Press Enter to use the default knowledge_base.txt file
    • Enter the path to your custom knowledge base file

  3. Start asking questions. The AI will respond based on the provided knowledge base.

  4. Special commands:

    • Type 'exit' to quit the program
    • Type 'clear' to clear the conversation history

Configuration

You can modify the following constants in Program.cs to adjust the behavior:

  • modelName: The Anthropic model to use (default: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620")
  • maxHistoryItems: Maximum number of conversation history items to keep (default: 10)
  • maxTokens: Maximum number of tokens for AI responses (default: 1000)
  • defaultKnowledgeBasePath: Default path for the knowledge base file (default: "knowledge_base.txt")

Dependencies

  • Betalgo.Ranul.Anthropic (v0.0.1)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration (v8.0.0)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets (v8.0.0)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection (v8.0.0)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions (v8.0.0)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.