FusionAI - AI Research Assistant

An AI-powered research tool that fuses knowledge from Wikipedia, web search, and Claude AI to generate comprehensive research summaries.

Features

• 🤖 AI-powered research summaries (300-500 words)
• 🔍 Multi-source integration (Wikipedia + Web Search + Claude AI)
• ⚡ Fast results (7-10 seconds)
• 🎨 Modern dark-themed UI
• 📊 Structured output with sources

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Vite, Axios
Backend: Python, Flask, LangChain, Claude AI (Anthropic)
APIs: Anthropic, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Node.js 16+
• Anthropic API key (Get one here)

Backend Setup

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Create .env file
cp .env.example .env
# Add your API key to .env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here

python app.py

Backend runs on http://localhost:5001

Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend runs on http://localhost:3000

Project Structure

FusionAI/
├── backend/
│   ├── app.py              # Flask API
│   ├── tools.py            # LangChain tools
│   ├── requirements.txt    # Python dependencies
│   └── .env                # API keys (DO NOT COMMIT)
├── frontend/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── App.jsx         # Main component
│   │   └── App.css         # Styles
│   ├── package.json        # Node dependencies
│   └── vite.config.js      # Vite config
└── README.md

API Endpoints

Health Check:

GET /api/health

Research:

POST /api/research
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}

Environment Variables

Create backend/.env:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
PORT=5001

⚠️ Never commit your .env file to GitHub!

Deployment

Backend: Deploy to Render/Heroku (set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in environment variables)
Frontend: Deploy to Vercel/Netlify (build command: npm run build, output: dist)

Cost Note

Claude Sonnet 4 costs approximately $0.03-0.05 per query. New users get free trial credits.

Troubleshooting

Port in use: Change PORT in .env or port in vite.config.js
API errors: Verify API key in .env file
Module errors: Reinstall dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt or npm install

Author

Bao Tran - George Mason University