Waypoint: Find your way at IA

Waypoint is a project designed to enhance navigation and accessibility within the Innovation Academy ecosystem. It combines intuitive user interfaces with advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) models to deliver seamless user experiences. Our goal is to provide accurate, context-aware assistance for users, ensuring they can find the information they need efficiently.

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Features

• Smart Chat Interface — Get real-time, context-aware answers through a friendly, responsive chat system.
• RAG-Powered Intelligence — Our pipeline combines document parsing, semantic search, and LLMs to provide accurate, concise responses.
• Staff & Club Directory — Quickly look up teachers, staff, or clubs with ease.
• Timeline View — Visualize upcoming events and milestones in a scrollable, dynamic layout.
• User Accounts — Personalized experience via secure account management, setting the stage for custom schedules, reminders, and more.

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Project Status

Frontend (React)

Feature	Status
Chat interface	✅ Done
Sidebar	✅ Done
Navigation bar	✅ Done
Settings page	⏳ In Progress
Accounts	✅ Done (for now)

Backend (Python + RAG)

Feature	Status
Data ingestion pipeline	✅ Done
Retrieval mechanism	✅ Done
Answer generation	✅ Done
Query fine-tuning	⏳ In Progress

Testing

Feature	Status
Accounts system	⏳ Pending
End-to-end UX	🔜 To be defined

Deployment

Environment	Status
Local Dev	✅ Done
Staging Server	⏳ In Progress
Production Rollout	🔜 Planned

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Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + TailwindCSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express, FAISS
• LLM: Gemini 2.0 Flash (via API)
• Embeddings: MistralAI
• Database: Supabase

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Contributing

This project was developed by students at Innovation Academy. If you're interested in contributing or want to collaborate, feel free to open an issue or reach out!