Mergy Client

Mergy Client is a C# console application that provides a question-answering system using the Anthropic AI service. It allows users to interact with an AI model based on a provided knowledge base.

Links:

• Youtube video
• Blog Post
• Mergy

Features

• Loads a custom knowledge base from a file
• Interacts with the Anthropic AI service using the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model
• Maintains a conversation history
• Supports streaming responses from the AI
• Allows clearing of conversation history
• Handles errors and provides user-friendly messages

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK
• An Anthropic API key

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/MergyClient.git
   cd MergyClient
   

2. Set up your Anthropic API key:

   • Option 1: Use user secrets

     dotnet user-secrets set "AnthropicServiceOptions:ApiKey" "your-api-key-here"
     

   • Option 2: Set an environment variable named AnthropicServiceOptions__ApiKey

3. Prepare your knowledge base:

   • Create a file named knowledge_base.txt in the project directory
   • Add your knowledge base content to this file

Usage

1. Build and run the application:

   dotnet run
   

2. When prompted, either:

   • Press Enter to use the default knowledge_base.txt file
   • Enter the path to your custom knowledge base file

3. Start asking questions. The AI will respond based on the provided knowledge base.

4. Special commands:

   • Type 'exit' to quit the program
   • Type 'clear' to clear the conversation history

Configuration

You can modify the following constants in Program.cs to adjust the behavior:

• modelName: The Anthropic model to use (default: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620")
• maxHistoryItems: Maximum number of conversation history items to keep (default: 10)
• maxTokens: Maximum number of tokens for AI responses (default: 1000)
• defaultKnowledgeBasePath: Default path for the knowledge base file (default: "knowledge_base.txt")

Dependencies

• Betalgo.Ranul.Anthropic (v0.0.1)
• Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration (v8.0.0)
• Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets (v8.0.0)
• Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection (v8.0.0)
• Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions (v8.0.0)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.