Week 3 updates by Aman Naik (#239)

Author: amannaik247

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+title: "DMP ’25 Week 3 Update by Aman Naik"
+excerpt: "This week's focus was developing a working demo for the Story Builder feature using Streamlit and gathering mentor feedback for further improvements."
+category: "DEVELOPER NEWS"
+date: "2025-06-21"
+slug: "2025-06-21-dmp-25-AmanNaik-week03"
+author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/amannaik247.md"
+tags: "dmp25,writeactivity,write,sugarlabs,week03,amannaik247"
+image: "assets/Images/c4gt_DMP.png"
+---
+
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+# Week 3 Progress Report by Aman Naik
+
+**Project:** [Add an AI-assistant to the Write Activity](https://github.com/sugarlabs/write-activity/issues/52)  
+**Mentors:** [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender), [Ibiam Chihurumnaya](https://github.com/chimosky)  
+**Reporting Period:** 2025-06-16 – 2025-06-21  
+
+---
+
+## Goals for This Week
+
+- **Goal 1:** Develop a working demo of the Story Builder feature  
+- **Goal 2:** Implement the demo using Streamlit  
+- **Goal 3:** Gather feedback from mentors and plan improvements  
+
+---
+
+## This Week’s Achievements
+
+1. **Developed a Demo of the Story Builder Feature**  
+   - Created a functional web application using Streamlit to demonstrate how the story builder AI guides students through storytelling. The demo mimics the question-and-answer-based flow and simulates an AI companion.  
+   - Find the demo [here](https://story-builder-ai.streamlit.app/)
+
+   ![Chat responses](assets/Images/aman-naik-week3-img1.png)
+
+   ![Framework built using the chat messages](assets/Images/aman-naik-week3-img2.png)
+
+2. **Presented the Demo to Mentors**  
+   - Shared the working version with my mentors. I received positive feedback and valuable suggestions on what could be improved and how the feature can be enhanced with new ideas.
+
+---
+
+## Challenges & How I Overcame Them
+
+- **Challenge:** Designing a feedback loop where the AI accumulates all context from the student’s responses  
+  **Solution:** After repeated iterations and research, I realized that assigning a distinct personality to the LLM helps it collect and remember context more naturally. This personality-driven approach ensures a more engaging and coherent interaction throughout the story-building process.
+
+---
+
+## Key Learnings
+
+**Built and Deployed a Streamlit Demo to Simulate Story Interaction**  
+   - Gained practical experience in using Streamlit to build and deploy web apps that demonstrate AI interaction flow for educational use cases.
+
+**Learned the Importance of AI Personality in Context Retention**  
+   - Discovered that crafting an AI assistant with a personality improves its ability to retain context and makes the storytelling experience more relatable and fun for children.
+
+---
+
+## Next Week’s Roadmap
+
+- Begin fine-tuning a language model using AWS  
+- Build a system where the AI recommends books similar to the student's story at the end of the conversation  
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to my mentors, the Sugar Labs community, and fellow contributors for their continuous guidance and valuable feedback!
+
+---