Gift Genie: an agent that doesn't save you time

GiftGenie, developed during a hackathon, aims to enhance the gift-giving experience by prioritizing thoughtfulness over efficiency, challenging traditional business models that focus on time optimization. The project leverages LlamaIndex Workflows to create a nine-step process that utilizes social media data to map user interests into gift categories, generating and debating gift ideas to ensure alignment with the recipient's preferences. This system emphasizes the sensory and reflective aspects of shopping, offering users a multisensory exploration of gift options while simulating human-like decision-making through a debate system that weighs pros and cons. By employing APIs and an event-driven architecture, GiftGenie provides modular, creative solutions that allow developers to control the recommendation process, ultimately supporting a more personalized and meaningful gift-selection journey.