🧠 Thinking Beyond Rich User Interfaces (AskVanguard) – Senior Project 2024–2025

💡 Overview

This project replaces traditional financial platforms with a Google-like conversational AI interface. Instead of navigating complex dashboards, users can simply ask questions and receive intelligent, contextual answers.

The system provides:

• Natural-language Q&A over FAQs, account navigation, and personal financial data
• A user-friendly interface designed to reduce dependency on live support

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✨ Features

• Conversational Interface
  Ask questions in plain English and get answers instantly.

• Personalized Insights
  Responses are tailored to user data.

• Efficiency
  Skip menus—get straight to the information you need.

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🧠 AI Agents

Agent	Role
FAQ and Navigation	Answers questions about services or platform navigation
User Retrieval	Provides financial data (e.g., marital status, portfolio numbers)
Services	Answers queries related to what services a user has or can access

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🐳 How to Run the App with Docker

This project uses Docker Compose to run the backend (FastAPI) and frontend (Vite + React).

🧱 Prerequisites

• Docker Desktop

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▶️ Start the App

From the root directory (where docker-compose.yml is located), run:

docker-compose up --build

⏸️ Stop the App

docker-compose down

🌐 Access the App

• Frontend: http://localhost
• Backend: http://localhost:8000/docs

Make sure to change the URL in frontend/src/config.js for local development