DMP '25 Week03 Update by Harshit Verma (sugarlabs#245)

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+title: "DMP ’25 Week 03 Update by Harshit Verma"
+excerpt: "Week 3 focused on refining the AI prompt for better debugging suggestions, exploring UI ideas for displaying tips, and testing Sugar AI integration with Pippy."
+category: "DEVELOPER NEWS"
+date: "2025-06-23"
+slug: "2025-06-23-dmp-25-therealharshit-week02"
+author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/harshit-verma.md"
+tags: "dmp25,sugarlabs,week03,therealharshit"
+image: "assets/Images/c4gt_DMP.png"
+---
+
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+# Week 02 Progress Report by Harshit Verma
+
+**Project:** [LLM-powered Debugger for Pippy](https://github.com/sugarlabs/Pippy/issues/95)  
+**Mentors:** [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender), [Ibiam Chihurumnaya](https://github.com/chimosky), [Kshitij Shah](https://github.com/kshitijdshah99)  
+**Assisting Mentors:** [Devin Ulibarri](https://github.com/pikurasa)  
+**Reporting Period:** 2025-06-16 - 2025-06-22   
+
+---
+
+## Goals for This Week
+
+- **Goal 1:** Refine the base prompt for debugging tips.
+- **Goal 2:** Explore multiple UX approaches for displaying debug output.
+- **Goal 3:** Test Sugar AI integration with Pippy.
+
+---
+
+## This Week’s Achievements
+
+1. **Refine the base prompt for debugging tips**  
+   - Refine the base prompt sent to the AI model to make debugging suggestions clearer and more relevant.
+   - Iterated by testing different wording styles and instruction formats, which led to noticeably better model output.
+
+2. **Explore multiple UX approaches for displaying debug output**  
+   - Considered multiple UX designs for displaying debug tips, such as:
+     * **Inline** messages near code lines.
+     * A **side panel** exclusively for displaying suggestions..
+     * A **Dedicated Debugging Terminal** for interactive debugging.
+   - Evaluated each method in terms of ease of integration, readability, and user experience.
+   - Concluded that a dedicated debugging terminal offers the best balance of usability and flexibility.
+   - Plan to design a UI mockup for this approach in the upcoming week.
+
+3. **Test Sugar AI integration with Pippy**  
+   - Successfully tested the connection between Pippy and Sugar-AI.
+   - Verified that the Python code written in Pippy is extracted correctly, sent to the /ask-llm endpoint, and the response is generated.
+
+---
+
+## Challenges & How I Overcame Them
+
+- **Challenge:** Crafting prompts that consistently lead to relevant and useful debugging suggestions.  
+  **Solution:** Studied prompt engineering best practices and experimented with structure, examples, and explicit instructions to guide the model better.
+
+- **Challenge:** Deciding how to present debug output in a child-friendly and non-intrusive way.  
+  **Solution:** Brainstorm some UI ideas, reviewed how other tools display feedback, and consulted with mentors on what would best align with the Sugar UX philosophy.
+
+---
+
+## Key Learnings
+
+- Gained deeper insight into prompt engineering and its impact on LLM output quality.
+- Developed a design-focused mindset for user-centric debugging tools.
+
+---
+
+## Next Week’s Roadmap
+
+- Plan to design a UI mockup for debugging terminal.
+- Implement a first version of the debug output inside Pippy.
+- Collect feedback from mentors on debug message placement and design.
+
+---
+
+**Note:** This week, I was mostly away from the keyboard, so I couldn’t dedicate as much time to coding as usual.
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to my mentors, the Sugar Labs community, and fellow contributors for your continued guidance and support!
+
+---