How Ed_AI_Agent helped to improve student support for an assistant professor
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An individual educator and mentor approached me with a vision — to provide personalised, AI-powered support for students struggling to find materials and answers outside class hours. I helped bring that vision to life by building Ed_AI_Agent: a custom educational assistant that handles academic queries, retrieves learning resources, and offers real-time global insights. The result was a private, 24/7 student companion tailored specifically for the client’s workflow.
The impact
- 12+ hours/week saved per student in finding academic resources
- 45% increase in student interaction with learning materials
- 70% drop in repetitive queries directed to the educator
Techstack used
- Voiceflow: Visual chatbot design
- Airtable: Database of student info and curriculum
- Flowise + Qdrant: Vector database integration
- OpenAI API: LLM-based response engine
- Perplexity API: Real-time data lookup
The problem
Before we started working together, the client used basic tools like Google Drive and PDFs to distribute course content. Students were constantly messaging for help, asking questions, or searching endlessly for notes and assignments.
"Most of my time was spent helping students with things I’d already explained or sent — it was exhausting," the client shared.
They needed a solution that could:
- Automatically retrieve and send learning content on request
- Handle general and subject-specific questions with ease
- Provide access to mental health resources
- Keep students engaged with a global educational context
The Solution
I developed Ed_AI_Agent to work as a smart educational assistant embedded into the client’s teaching ecosystem. Using Voiceflow, Flowise, Qdrant, Airtable, and OpenAI, I built a chatbot that was fast, helpful, and fully customised to the client’s needs.
Key features delivered:
- On-demand course retrieval: Smart access to documents via vector search (Qdrant).
- AI Q&A support: LLMs answered academic queries across disciplines.
- World knowledge assistant: Live updates from Perplexity API for global topics.
- Counselling workflow: Anonymous support for mental well-being.
- Conversational UI: Fully built with Voiceflow, Optimised for mobile and desktop.
The Result
After integrating Ed_AI_Agent into the client’s system:
- Over 80% of their students began using it weekly
- Time spent answering common questions dropped drastically
- The client had more time to focus on personalised mentorship
"This tool changed how I support my students. It’s like having a teaching assistant that works 24/7,"
See It in Action
An individual educator and mentor approached me with a vision — to provide personalised, AI-powered support for students struggling to find materials and answers outside class hours. I helped bring that vision to life by building Ed_AI_Agent: a custom educational assistant that handles academic queries, retrieves learning resources, and offers real-time global insights. The result was a private, 24/7 student companion tailored specifically for the client’s workflow.
The impact
- 12+ hours/week saved per student in finding academic resources
- 45% increase in student interaction with learning materials
- 70% drop in repetitive queries directed to the educator
Techstack used
- Voiceflow: Visual chatbot design
- Airtable: Database of student info and curriculum
- Flowise + Qdrant: Vector database integration
- OpenAI API: LLM-based response engine
- Perplexity API: Real-time data lookup
The problem
Before we started working together, the client used basic tools like Google Drive and PDFs to distribute course content. Students were constantly messaging for help, asking questions, or searching endlessly for notes and assignments.
"Most of my time was spent helping students with things I’d already explained or sent — it was exhausting," the client shared.
They needed a solution that could:
- Automatically retrieve and send learning content on request
- Handle general and subject-specific questions with ease
- Provide access to mental health resources
- Keep students engaged with a global educational context
The Solution
I developed Ed_AI_Agent to work as a smart educational assistant embedded into the client’s teaching ecosystem. Using Voiceflow, Flowise, Qdrant, Airtable, and OpenAI, I built a chatbot that was fast, helpful, and fully customised to the client’s needs.
Key features delivered:
- On-demand course retrieval: Smart access to documents via vector search (Qdrant).
- AI Q&A support: LLMs answered academic queries across disciplines.
- World knowledge assistant: Live updates from Perplexity API for global topics.
- Counselling workflow: Anonymous support for mental well-being.
- Conversational UI: Fully built with Voiceflow, Optimised for mobile and desktop.
The Result
After integrating Ed_AI_Agent into the client’s system:
- Over 80% of their students began using it weekly
- Time spent answering common questions dropped drastically
- The client had more time to focus on personalised mentorship
"This tool changed how I support my students. It’s like having a teaching assistant that works 24/7,"
See It in Action
