OpenCopilot: An Open-Source RAG Assistant for Research Cramming

Description and use

<h2> What I Built & Who It's For </h2> <p>For this weekend's <strong>"Build for a Friend"</strong> challenge, I built <strong>OpenCopilot</strong>—a lightweight, private Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) assistant designed for my project teammate. </p> <p>During hackathons and semester project crunches, we juggle massive technical documentation, research papers, and API specs across dozens of tabs. Finding specific implementation constraints or database schemas under tight deadlines is a massive bottleneck. </p> <p>OpenCopilot solves this by letting my friend drop in research papers or

Problem

<h2> What I Built & Who It's For </h2> <p>For this weekend's <strong>"Build for a Friend"</strong> challenge, I built <strong>OpenCopilot</strong>—a lightweight, private Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) assistant designed for my project teammate. </p> <p>During hackathons and semester project crunches, we juggle massive technical documentation, research papers, and API specs across dozens of tabs. Finding specific implementation constraints or database schemas under tight deadlines is a massive bottleneck. </p> <p>OpenCopilot solves this by letting my friend drop in research papers or

Outcome

<h2> What I Built & Who It's For </h2> <p>For this weekend's <strong>"Build for a Friend"</strong> challenge, I built <strong>OpenCopilot</strong>—a lightweight, private Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) assistant designed for my project teammate. </p> <p>During hackathons and semester project crunches, we juggle massive technical documentation, research papers, and API specs across dozens of tabs. Finding specific implementation constraints or database schemas under tight deadlines is a massive bottleneck. </p> <p>OpenCopilot solves this by letting my friend drop in research papers or

Evidence

OpenCopilot: An Open-Source RAG Assistant for Research Cramming

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