README.md

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title: Universal Document Intelligence Chatbot
emoji: 📚
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: purple
sdk: streamlit
sdk_version: 1.28.0
app_file: app.py
pinned: false
license: mit
---

# 📚 Universal Document Intelligence Chatbot

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A simple, private, and powerful chatbot that can answer your questions using both your own documents and the web.

## ✨ Features

- **🔒 Runs locally**: Uses Hugging Face Transformers, so your data stays private
- **⚡ Quick search**: Finds answers fast with Sentence Transformers and FAISS
- **🧠 Smart routing**: Decides when to pull from your documents or from the web
- **📄 Handles PDFs**: Upload PDFs and ask questions directly
- **🌐 Stay up to date**: Can use web search for the latest information
- **📦 No setup hassle**: Downloads models automatically the first time you use them

## 🚀 Quick Start

### Local Setup

```bash
# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate it (Windows)
venv\Scripts\activate.bat

# Activate it (Mac/Linux)
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Launch the app
streamlit run app.py