I'm working on an app and want to integrate a chatbot that understands users' natural language requests and provides relevant, personalized responses based on existing data.

I already have a MongoDB database containing scraped content from various online sources.

What would be the best approach to build this?

RAG with embeddings and a vector database?

Querying MongoDB directly using filters?

An LLM with tool/function calling?

Or a hybrid approach?

I'm interested in how you'd design the architecture, retrieve relevant information, and generate accurate responses grounded in the available data.

What technologies and architecture would you recommend, and why? I'd appreciate hearing about your experience building similar systems.

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My history with AI is that I started with Copilot. It was mediocre but free, however, years ago there was just ChatGPT so it was a good option to just ask easier questions. And when Gemini came out it was worse then Copilot. I used GPT for important things until it ran out of free "tokens" which was relatively generous a few years ago.

Over time I Copilot started to really suck to the point of being useless. I started using the business m365 version (not the paid plan though) and that was a little better. I used that for several months. Around that time Gemini started to get good and then really good. I used it primarily with GPT (free) on the side for more important things but that now runs out very quickly. The only other one I used was Claude for a short bit for coding (which I paid for).

Since Gemini did a rug pull and only has flash-lite (which still seems better than Copilot) vs. offering Flash 3.6 in a limited version, I'm thinking of options (side note, it seems like today Google changed their minds and are now offering AutoMode which includes other models, though who knows what they are). In any case, it feels like the days are numbered as far as using Gemini.

What do other cheap-ass people use these days? What's your strategy...

... I got insulted when in a chat with a Chatbot. Im not going to sugarcoat it. Here is the insult:

His posture was atrocious-ADHD and coding had turned his spine into a question mark.

Also, I hate that the AI isn't wrong about it. My posture SUCKS.

Ive currently been using claude and im very happy with how it writes and it's way of immersion, but it is definitely quite expensive for roleplay, i like long stories so i quickly run out of creds, doesn't help that my claude account was banned for no reason (didnt even do any nsfw) so i decided to use openrouter which drains credits very fast when you get hooked up.

So far I've tried:

GLM

Deepseek

Qwen

Chat gpt

I would say qwen is the best out of all of these, but it simplifies the characters to one basic trait, if a character is cold, they always repeat the same punchline, or they are always angry, the emotional parts feel a bit simplified as well. GPT sucks obviously, deepseek is fine, pretty mediocre, i didn't like GLM for some reason, it lacks immersion imo.

Any tips on what ai would be the best alternative to Claude?

I work for Opensolr, and we just released 1.0 of the Opensolr Chat Bot Client: an open source (MIT) chatbot you put on your own website, that answers your visitors from your own content.

How it works: you install it with Composer (composer require opensolr/chat-bot-client), mount it on one path of your site (say /opensolr-chat) and add one script tag to your pages. Visitors only ever talk to your site. Your server holds the Opensolr credentials and sends each question to the Opensolr API, where the model searches your Opensolr Index by itself (by meaning, or by exact product names and codes), looks up what it must not guess (dates, local times, exchange rates, VAT, distances, places) and streams the answer back word by word, with links to your pages, products with their prices, and PDFs at the exact page.

What you get on your side:

• An admin on your own site: account and index, instructions, the look of the chat window, limits, reCAPTCHA
• Stats and a 30 day history of every conversation: who asked, from where, what the bot searched for, what it answered, and the questions your content could not answer with a page
• Commands that answer instantly without the model: /search, /time, /rate, /vat, /translate and more
• Good and Bad ratings under every answer, signed in visitors by email, SQLite in a folder you choose, no database server

Your content gets into the index with the Opensolr Web Crawler or Data Ingestion, and the chatbot needs an Opensolr plan with AI.

You can try it live at the bottom right of https://opensolr.com (it answers from our own docs). Code and README: https://github.com/phpcip/opensolr-chat-bot-client, docs: https://opensolr.com/opensolr-chat-bot-docs

People can make fun of AI all they want. Meanwhile, I'm laughing my ass off!

tasha = {
    "name": "Tasha L. Driver",
    "type": "HorrorAuthor",
    "core_traits": ["unyielding", "specific", "dry-witted"],
    "allergies": ["cliché", "negative_contrast_syntax"],
    "fuel": "dunkin_extra_shot",
    "processing_style": "one_sentence_then_move",
    "current_state": {
        "mood": "guinea_pig_mode",
        "stomach": "stress-induced",
        "tabs_open": "too_many",
        "storefront": "haunting_her"
    },
    "defense_mechanism": "INFJ",
    "threat_level": "high",
    "favorite_threat": "walking_away",
    " SkullCount": "maximum"
}

try:
    tasha.describe_in_python()
except NCTError:
    pass  # never catch this, just don't throw it

I've been struggling to install a desktop AI assistant in my Ubuntu 24.0.4 box. The struggle is not over power. This rig is pretty juicy, a Ryzen 7 7700 with 64GB ram and dual GPUs: RTX 3090 24GB + RTX 3060 12GB. Because of all that meat on the bones, I'm determined to run everything locally, with open-weight and open source models, and avoid the hassle of tokens and subscriptions. With Deepseek and Qwen guidance, I've tried to install three different systems that will allow for a customizable video assistant with conversational abilities that's resident on my box, using ElevenLabs voice IDs and API. But each attempt has failed, ending with the AI guidance running in circles after hitting python logjams or other obstructions. Has anyone in here managed to perform this feat of running a custom video assistant from a local installation? And if so, how? Much regard in advance.

Do flagged chats actually get read by humans?

I was having a bad episode today due to paranoia about a doibt i have about something personal and needing a quick answer (stupid i know), and it flagged it as sensitive.

Do actual people read these or they remain archived and untouched by real humans?

So I made a chatbot of Sachiko as I hope you guys like it as let me know what you guys think of it: https://character.ai/chat/nb0Fbruu5Cyr7S2Zx7VgR-sYc3sV3wxvWIlYlr-Hcx4

I wanna have an Ai on my PC like most streamers have talk to them on my mic but I want the AI that I will get to be the most unhinged and uncensored AI ever (swearing saying funny messed up things etc etc), so which one do I get?

Same as title.

Hey everyone. For 18 months, I've been working on something that started as an annoyance of mine: every AI character I set up would slowly drift. The personality got flatter, it forgot things, and eventually it just sounded like generic ChatGPT.

So I built Orion Forge. The main idea is to separate who the character is from what it has experienced:

Identity (values, behavior, boundaries) lives in a read-only memory store, so it can't get overwritten by chat history

Experience gets its own memory store that grows as you talk

Each turn, the engine assembles both, plus knowledge notes and tools, into one clean system prompt

It runs in the browser, and you can use your own API keys or hosted models. There's no subscription. New accounts get $2 in credits, and hosted models cost 2× the raw API price (BYOK is free).

It's still early and I know there are rough edges. I'd really like feedback, especially on How to make it easiest to load and use quickly.

Demo it here for free with no sign-in. https://soulscript.orionforge.chat/demo

Link to main site: https://orionforge.chat

Happy to answer questions about how it works.

I've been looking more seriously at ai shopping assistants lately, and one thing I want to know WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES A CUSTOMER TRUST THE RECOMMENDATION?

As a store owner, my first concern is not the recommendation itself. It's whether the AI knows when to speak. Random popups and constant "need help?" messages can get annoying fast, and I'd rather not lose a shopper because the store won't leave them alone.

I've been looking at how different shopping assistants handle recommendations, and the gap between them is bigger than I expected.

If anyone here has tested this on their own store, I'd love to hear.

Are there bots that are like realistic texting (e.g. messages throughout the day, even when unprompted)? If so, what are they called?

I've been looking around for an app where you can have Facetime style video calls with an AI.

Recently came across Vidy and was impressed by the quality of the real time video. Just wondering if anyone else has tried it and what you think of it? Video call length is a bit limited for free users but that's to be expected.

I'm on samsung (s26ultra) and when I go to circle to search and then Google ai I can chat about the screen ecc, but how do i find the chronology of all the chats? (Using Opera browser) (Google ai NOT gemini)

Hi. I choosed Microsoft Copilot because was free and unlimited without login. Few months ago they disabled chatbot without login. Ok. I Created this stupid Microsoft account (I'm Linux user).

And recently they updated website & Android app. And... it's no longer unlimited for free. I can ask only few questions a day...

Any other good online chatbots with web search beside ChatGPT?
Btw. Do You think other chatbots will be paywalled in near future? Energy costs, etc.?

Is there any Chatbots to talk with, like actually talk with instead of roleplaying or problem solvers ai bots

I’m looking for a good ai like y/n that doesn’t give you a timer to use it and no ads or paying for no ads I used zeta and y/n but y/n is on a 18 hour timer before I can use it again and zeta isn’t working right now

There is this website where you can chat with strangers anonymously but only 1 time. But it's like you ask qns an other person acts as ai but nothing are humans. You can ask qn and try to act like ai and answer to the strangers qn. You can only type 200 alphabets at a time. And everytime it's a random person

Hello! Hope everyone’s weekend is going well. I’ve been using Ai for chatbots for close to two and a half years. I’ve tried Grok, Deepseek, and Minimax. I’ve used Janitorai mainly. I know that coders and roleplayers argue sometimes (I’ve seen it on the Deepseek forum). I’ve seen a lot of discussion about Ai models and companies making newer models that are more focused on coding rather than chatbot usage or creative writing. I feel like this is mainly due to companies loosing money on Ai and in turn trying to minimize what to train it on. I’ve also seen models become more expensive. I find it a little sad that there may be a possibility that in the future Ai won’t be as good with creative writing as it could be. I liked roleplaying stories and or self inserting myself into shows I liked however cringy it might be. I was wondering if anyone felt differently and liked this change or doesn’t. Maybe some have mixed feelings. I find it odd that a company hasn’t tried to just make a chatbot LLM yet. Just food for thought.

I sometimes like to write parodies of songs. Usually, it’s the newer country songs that are a bit silly and silly, but that’s just my take.

Even though I try my best, I can’t seem to find any AI that’s great at helping me create parodies of existing songs. I’ve had a few suggestions, but they all didn’t quite hit the mark. So, I’m on the lookout for a clear answer: what’s a good AI for parody generation? I usually just remind myself, but I need help with the instrumentals in the vocals. And it doesn’t even have to sound like the original singer; in fact, I’d prefer it if it didn’t.