Connecto

Contents

• Description
• Features
• Design
• Technologies
• Local setup

Description

Connecto is an omnichannel customer support messaging solution focused on providing a fast, flexible, and effective customer and employee experience.

Created by: John Royal, Jake Enea, and Nathaniel Mention

Features

• Janet - customer support chatbot powered by GPT-3.5 Turbo
• Individualized real-time chat rooms, accessible by all administrators
• Support for sending image attachments and sharing location
• Flexibility to message via SMS and email
• Profile pictures powered by Gravatar
• Secure sign-up and sign-in functionality

Design

Sign-in

Admin dashboard

Customer support chat

Technologies

• GPT-3.5 Turbo
• Express
• NodeJS
• React
• PostgreSQL
• TypeScript
• Amazon Web Services

Local setup

Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/jakeenea51/Connecto

Install backend dependencies:

cd backend
pnpm install

Copy .env.example to create your .env file:

cp .env.example .env

You’ll want to generate random, 32-character strings for both the SESSION_SECRET and JWT_SECRET variables. You can use this tool to generate those values.

Set up database:

pnpm exec prisma db push

Start the backend development server:

pnpm dev

Install frontend dependencies:

cd frontend
pnpm install

Start the frontend development server:

pnpm dev