AI Book Explorer

A smart book explorer app where users can ask AI to recommend and automatically save books, or manually add them to database. Built to manage large data with client-side and Redux-powered state management.

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🎥 Demo Video

https://www.loom.com/share/65a800b20b584cada072705f110ebcb9?sid=60d6cb73-ef0c-4ad2-ad1d-cd9a4e54a6bf

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🔧 Tech Stack

• Next.js 14 (App Router)
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Redux Toolkit (state management)
• MongoDB + Prisma
• LangGraph + CopilotKit (AI integration)
• Clerk (Authentication)

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✨ Features

• 🔍 AI-powered book recommendations
• 📚 Save books automatically through chat
• 📝 Manually add books via a simple form
• 🔁 Real-time updates on new entries
• 💾 Data stored securely in MongoDB with prisma
• 🔐 Authentication with Clerk (optional, not required to use the app)

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🚀 Setup & Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/devdignesh/ai-book-explorer
   cd ai-book-explorer
   

2. Install dependencies

    npm install
   

3. Configure environment variables

   Create a .env file in the root directory and add:

     DATABASE_URL="your-mongodb-uri"
     OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
     NEXT_PUBLIC_COPILOT_CLOUD_PUBLIC_API_KEY="your-copilotkit-public-api-key"
   

4. Generate Prisma Client

   npx prisma generate

5. Run migrations and seed the database

   npx prisma migrate dev --name init
   npm run db:seed

6. Start the development server

   npm run dev

   Visit http://localhost:3000

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API Endpoints

/api/book

• GET: Fetch all books
• POST: Adds a new book ( title, author, genre, year, etc.)

/api/copilotkit

• POST: Handles AI chat via CopilotKit + OpenAI