Update app.py

app.py

@@ -521,38 +521,67 @@ agent = smolagents.CodeAgent(
 # --- Page config ---
 st.set_page_config(page_title="TechSpark AI Assistant", layout="wide")
 
-# --- Sidebar --
-import gradio as gr
+#import gradio as gr
+
+# Minimal Gradio chat for TechSpark Agent
+with gr.Blocks(
+    title="TechSpark AI Assistant",
+    theme=gr.themes.Soft(),  # Soft, modern theme
+) as demo:
+
+    # --- Header / description ---
+    gr.Markdown(
+        """
+        # 🤖 TechSpark AI Assistant
+        Welcome to the TechSpark AI Assistant!  
+
+        Ask anything about **TechSpark staff, tools, courses**, or machine usage.  
+        The agent is powered by **smolagents** and uses the internal knowledge of our facility to give you fast, relevant answers.  
+
+        💡 Example questions you can try:
+        - "Who is Ed?"
+        - "Who should I talk to for building a wooden table?"
+        - "How do I access the laser cutter?"
+        """
+    )
 
-# Minimal Gradio chat
-with gr.Blocks(title="TechSpark Agent") as demo:
-    gr.Markdown("## Beam Agent — Custom Tool Selection (smolagents + llama.cpp)")
-    chat = gr.Chatbot(height=420)
-    inp = gr.Textbox(placeholder="Ask your question in natural language.", label="Your question")
+    # --- Chat interface ---
+    chat = gr.Chatbot(label="TechSpark Assistant", height=450)
+    inp = gr.Textbox(
+        placeholder="Type your question here...",
+        label="Your question",
+        interactive=True
+    )
 
-    # No gr.State for agent — just close over `agent`
+    # --- Function to respond ---
     def respond(message, history):
         try:
-            # 1. Use agent.chat() to maintain internal history
+            # Use agent.run() to maintain internal state
             out = str(agent.run(message))
         except Exception as e:
             out = f"[Error] {e}"
 
-        # This just updates the Gradio UI history
+        # Append to chat history
         history = (history or []) + [(message, out)]
         return "", history
 
+    # --- Examples for quick testing ---
     gr.Examples(
-        fn=respond,
         examples=[
             "Who is Ed?",
             "Who to talk to to create a wooden table?",
-            "how to access laser cutter"
+            "How to access the laser cutter"
         ],
-        inputs=[inp]
+        inputs=[inp],
+        fn=respond,
+        cache_examples=True
     )
 
+    # --- Connect input to chat ---
     inp.submit(respond, [inp, chat], [inp, chat])
 
+# Launch the demo
+demo.launch()
+
+
 
-demo.launch(debug=True)