This AI-powered Streamlit chatbot enables users to query the Arctos biodiversity database using natural language (e.g., “Find fish collected in Alaska in 2001”). It extracts structured fields from the input, generates a corresponding Arctos search URL, and optionally displays sample results from the Arctos API.
Built as part of a UC Davis MSBA practicum project in collaboration with the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) and the Arctos Consortium, the tool significantly simplifies search workflows for curators, researchers, and external users.
Note that this has been primarily tested on biological specimen. At this stage, cultural specimen may not be correctly serviced.