🤖 AI Hack Mate

A multi-agent system that acts like a real teammate, automatically planning, coding, debugging, and managing software development tasks.

🌟 Features

Core Features (MVP)

• 🖥 Live Task Board: Real-time task tracking with Next.js SSR
• 🧠 Planner Agent: Converts problems into prioritized tasks using Gemini AI
• 👨‍💻 Coder Agent: Generates code and creates GitHub PRs automatically
• 🐞 Debugger Agent: Analyzes failures and suggests fixes
• 📣 PM Agent: Sends Slack notifications and progress updates
• 💾 Memory System: Persistent context storage with ChromaDB

Advanced Features

• GitHub Integration: Automatic branch creation and PR management
• Slack Integration: Real-time notifications and summaries
• Vector Memory: Semantic search for past decisions and code
• Multi-Agent Orchestration: Intelligent task routing and execution

🚀 Quick Start (MVP Demo Ready)

🎯 Hackathon MVP Setup (2 minutes)

For a quick demo-ready setup:

# 1. Run the automated setup
./setup-mvp.sh
# 2. Add your API keys to .env.local:# GEMINI_API_KEY=your_key_here# GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here (optional)# SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=your_webhook_url (optional)# 3. Start the app
npm run dev
# 4. Test the autonomous flow# Visit http://localhost:3000# Enter: "Add a /health endpoint"# Watch the magic happen! 🪄

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Git
• Gemini API key (required for AI features)
• GitHub token (optional, for PR creation)
• Slack webhook URL (optional, for notifications)

Full Installation

1. Clone and install dependencies:

git clone <your-repo-url>cd HackMate
npm install

2. Set up environment variables:

cp .env.example .env.local
# Edit .env.local with your API keys

3. Start the development servers:

# Start the integrated Next.js application
npm run dev # Runs on port 3000 with integrated backend

4. Open your browser:

• Dashboard: http://localhost:3000
• API endpoints available at: http://localhost:3000/api/*

🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

# AI Configuration
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key_here
# GitHub Integration (optional)
GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_personal_access_token
GITHUB_OWNER=your_github_username
GITHUB_REPO=your_repository_name
# Slack Integration (optional)
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-slack-bot-token
SLACK_CHANNEL_ID=your_slack_channel_id
# Vector Database (optional)
CHROMA_URL=http://localhost:8000
# Server Configuration
PORT=3001
NODE_ENV=development

Setting up Integrations

GitHub Integration

1. Create a Personal Access Token with repo permissions
2. Set GITHUB_TOKEN, GITHUB_OWNER, and GITHUB_REPO in .env

Slack Integration

1. Create a Slack app and bot
2. Add bot to your channel
3. Set SLACK_BOT_TOKEN and SLACK_CHANNEL_ID in .env

Vector Memory with Pinecone (Recommended)

1. Create a Pinecone account at https://app.pinecone.io/
2. Create a new index:
   • Name: hackmate-memory (or custom name)
   • Dimensions: 768 (for Gemini embeddings)
   • Metric: cosine
   • Cloud: AWS (recommended)
3. Set PINECONE_API_KEY and PINECONE_INDEX_NAME in .env

The system will automatically:

• Create the index if it doesn't exist
• Generate embeddings using Gemini
• Store and retrieve context semantically
• Fall back to in-memory storage if Pinecone is not configured

🎯 Usage

Basic Workflow

1. Enter a Problem Statement:

   • "Add a /health endpoint to the API"
   • "Create a responsive dashboard component"
   • "Fix the failing user authentication tests"

2. Watch the Magic:

   • Planner Agent breaks down the problem
   • Coder Agent generates and commits code
   • Debugger Agent fixes any issues
   • PM Agent sends updates to Slack

3. Review Results:

   • Check the live task board
   • Review generated code in the generated/ folder
   • See GitHub PRs created automatically
   • Get Slack notifications

Demo Scenarios

Scenario 1: API Endpoint

Problem: "Add a /health endpoint that returns server status"
→ Planner creates tasks
→ Coder generates endpoint + tests
→ Creates GitHub PR
→ Slack notification sent

Scenario 2: UI Component

Problem: "Create a user profile component with avatar and bio"
→ Planner breaks down UI requirements
→ Coder generates React component with TypeScript
→ Creates styled component with Tailwind
→ PR created with preview

🏗 Architecture

Frontend (Next.js 15+)

• App Router: Modern Next.js with SSR and Server Actions
• Server Components: SSR-first architecture with client interactivity
• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first styling
• TypeScript: Type-safe development
• Real-time Updates: Server Actions with automatic revalidation

Backend (Integrated Next.js API Routes)

• Task Runner: Functional orchestration of agent execution
• Memory Manager: Handles persistent storage with ChromaDB
• Agent System: Functional AI agents (no classes)
• Server Actions: Type-safe server functions with automatic caching

Agents

• Planner Agent: Problem decomposition with Gemini
• Coder Agent: Code generation and GitHub integration
• Debugger Agent: Issue analysis and fix generation
• PM Agent: Communication and progress tracking

Data Flow

Problem Input → Planner Agent → Task Queue → Agent Execution → Results → UI Update
↓
Memory Storage ← GitHub PR ← Code Generation ← Coder Agent
↓
Slack Notification ← PM Agent ← Task Completion

📁 Project Structure

HackMate/
├── app/ # Next.js app directory
│ ├── layout.tsx # Root layout
│ ├── page.tsx # Home page
│ └── globals.css # Global styles
├── components/ # React components
│ ├── Header.tsx # App header
│ ├── TaskBoard.tsx # Live task board
│ ├── TaskCard.tsx # Individual task cards
│ └── ProblemInput.tsx # Problem input form
├── server/ # Backend server
│ ├── index.js # Express server
│ ├── core/ # Core system
│ │ ├── TaskRunner.js # Task orchestration
│ │ └── MemoryManager.js # Memory management
│ ├── agents/ # AI agents
│ │ ├── PlannerAgent.js
│ │ ├── CoderAgent.js
│ │ ├── DebuggerAgent.js
│ │ └── PMAgent.js
│ └── routes/ # API routes
│ └── index.js
├── generated/ # Generated code output
├── package.json # Dependencies
└── README.md # This file

🔌 API Endpoints

Tasks

• POST /api/tasks/create - Create task from problem
• GET /api/tasks - Get all tasks
• GET /api/tasks/:id - Get specific task
• POST /api/tasks/:id/retry - Retry failed task

Agents

• GET /api/agents/status - Get agent status

Memory

• GET /api/memory/search - Search memory

Health

• GET /health - Server health check

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
npm test# Run specific test suites
npm run test:agents
npm run test:api
npm run test:ui

🚀 Deployment

Local Production

npm run build
npm start

Docker

docker build -t ai-hack-mate .
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 3001:3001 ai-hack-mate

Cloud Deployment

• Deploy frontend to Vercel/Netlify
• Deploy backend to Railway/Heroku
• Use managed ChromaDB or Pinecone

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

🆘 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Agents not working:

• Check API keys in .env
• Verify network connectivity
• Check server logs

GitHub integration failing:

• Verify token permissions
• Check repository settings
• Ensure branch protection rules allow bot commits

Slack notifications not sending:

• Verify bot token and channel ID
• Check bot permissions in Slack
• Ensure bot is added to the channel

Debug Mode

DEBUG=hackmate:* npm run dev:full

🎉 Demo

Try these example problems:

• "Add a /health endpoint to check server status"
• "Create a responsive user dashboard with charts"
• "Implement JWT authentication middleware"
• "Add unit tests for the user service"
• "Fix the failing CI pipeline"

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