Book Assistant

An intelligent book search assistant powered by AI agents that retrieves and displays book information from Google Books API with an interactive Streamlit interface.

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Features

• AI-Powered Search - Natural language queries to find books by title, author, category, or keywords
• Google Books Integration - Real-time data retrieval from Google Books API
• Vector Search - Semantic search through stored book data using ChromaDB
• Interactive UI - Clean Streamlit chat interface with dynamic book tables
• Smart Caching - Stores retrieved books locally for faster subsequent searches
• Multi-Search Display - View results from multiple searches simultaneously

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone <repository-url>
cd Book_Assistant

2. Install dependencies

uv sync

get uv from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/

3. Set up environment variables Create a .env file with your API keys:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key_here

4. Run the application

uv run streamlit run main.py

Key Libraries

• LangChain - Agent orchestration and tool management
• LangGraph - State graph for workflow management
• Anthropic Claude - LLM for natural language understanding
• ChromaDB - Vector database for semantic search
• Streamlit - Interactive web interface
• Google Books API - Book data source