AI-Powered Virtual Pet Assistant: Smart Study Companion

Overview

This project introduces a Virtual Pet (vpet) that acts as an AI-powered assistant, capable of reading text from your screen to generate useful study notes. The vpet interacts with users in real time and saves key information automatically.

✨ Key Features

1. Screen Text Extraction

• 📝 Web Text Extraction – Uses Readability.js to extract readable content from web pages in real time.
• 📄 Context Logging – Extracted text is saved into a .txt file as input for AI summarization.

2. AI Note Generation (Gemini)

• 🤖 Single AI Integration – Uses the Gemini API exclusively to summarize extracted text.
• 📂 Text Output Only – All notes are saved as plain .txt files for simplicity and accessibility.
• 💾 Auto Save & Prompt – Notes can be auto-saved or confirmed through user interaction.

3. Smart Interaction System

• ⏱️ Time-Based Prompts – The vpet checks in with users after periods of inactivity or focus time.
• 🖱️ Click-Based Actions – Users can click the vpet to trigger note-saving, pet responses, or change settings.
• 🧠 Context Awareness – If the user changes the URL, the vpet asks whether to keep or discard the current session.

4. Customizable Virtual Pet

• 🐾 Pet Selection – Users can switch between different pet designs and personalities.
• 🎞️ Animated Feedback – The vpet reacts to user behavior with customizable GIF animations.
• 🎛️ Settings Control – Toggle between auto-note-saving, manual confirmation, and silent mode.