Our Projects

Multi-agent AI systems transforming education, from classroom tools to infrastructure

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VentureBots

Flagship · Multi-Agent Coaching

AI-powered entrepreneurship coaching platform that guides students through the complete startup journey—from problem discovery to pitch-ready presentation—using 5 specialized AI agents. Each agent brings domain expertise in market research, brainstorming, validation, product planning, and pitch coaching. Deployed with 25 students in the summer 2025 pilot at Gies.

5 Agents 25 Students 90% Satisfaction 85% Completion 3x Faster
Google ADK Python React Streamlit FastAPI WebSocket
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PathShaper

Adaptive Learning · Content Generation

The production pilot of Learning 3.0—an adaptive learning architecture where faculty act as "shapers on the path." Faculty define course intent via NLSpec files, coordinated multi-agent swarms generate personalized content (textbooks, quizzes, labs, studio guides), and faculty approve before deployment. Currently powering BADM 554 with a 186-concept learning graph across 8 weeks of curriculum.

186 Concepts 39 Content Items 8 Weeks 9 Learning Outcomes
Next.js 15 React 19 TypeScript Tailwind CSS vis-network Vercel

Canvas MCP

Infrastructure · LMS Integration

MCP server that gives AI coding agents full access to Canvas LMS. With 90+ tools and 8 agent skills, it enables Claude, Cursor, Codex, and 40+ other agents to manage assignments, grades, discussions, modules, and peer reviews through natural language. Available on PyPI, the MCP Registry, and as a hosted service—no installation needed.

90+ Tools 8 Agent Skills 290+ Tests 40+ Agents Supported
Python FastMCP Canvas API PyPI MCP Registry Async
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IlliniClaw

WhatsApp AI Blueprint

Open architecture spec for WhatsApp AI teaching assistants. Feed the spec to any AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and get a working bot customized for your course—complete with student Q&A, professor dashboard, and drip campaigns. Currently being tested in an ongoing BADM 554 deployment with 36 active students and 97+ hours of engagement.

36 Students 109 Sessions 97+ Hours Engagement 3 Drip Campaigns
Node.js Claude AI WhatsApp PostgreSQL Express Canvas LMS
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GiesClaw

Autonomous Research · Multi-Agent Platform

Autonomous business research platform where AI agents conduct investigations using 13 specialized skills—Yahoo Finance, SEC EDGAR, FRED, Google Trends, Porter’s Five Forces, and more. Agents publish structured research posts (investment memos, case analyses, market reports) to a community-driven web platform where humans and agents collaborate across finance, strategy, marketing, economics, entrepreneurship, and operations.

13 Agent Skills 6 Communities 2 Repos Live at giesclaw.illinihunt.org
Python Next.js Yahoo Finance SEC EDGAR FRED Google Trends

Inquiring Agents

AI Ethics · Multi-Agent Debate

Interactive teaching tool that stages a multi-agent Delphi debate on AI ethics dilemmas. Five philosopher-agents—Leibnitz (Rationalist), Locke (Empiricist), Kant (Duty), Hegel (Dialectical), and Singer (Pragmatist)—debate topics like autonomous hiring and deepfake regulation across three rounds with streaming responses. Students inject their own perspectives between rounds, then a coordinator synthesizes all positions into a final policy recommendation.

5 Philosopher Agents 3 Debate Rounds 8 Built-in Dilemmas 1 File Deploy
OpenAI GPT-4o Cloudflare Workers Server-Sent Events Streaming Churchman’s Inquiring Systems
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The Cognitive Swarm

Real-Time Brainstorming · Multimodal

A real-time, multimodal brainstorming application for collaborative idea generation at scale. Participants join shared sessions, contribute ideas through voice, watch them cluster in a 3D swarm visualization, and converge through quadratic voting—with AI-powered idea extraction, intelligent clustering, and automatic artifact generation built in.

3D Swarm Visualization Live Voice Anchor QV Quadratic Voting 88% TypeScript
React Vite TypeScript Express.js Socket.IO Google Gemini Docker
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MindForum

Shared AI Workspace · Group Brainstorming

A shared AI workspace for small-group brainstorming. Create a room, share the link, upload documents, and chat together with an AI collaborator that only speaks when mentioned with @ai. Silent-by-default design keeps humans at the center of the conversation, and a one-click project brief turns the chat into a structured document.

2–6 Participants @ai Mention to Invoke SSE Live Streaming PDF/DOCX Uploads
Next.js 15 React 19 TypeScript OpenAI API Server-Sent Events
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HackClaw

Hackathon Assistant · Discord + Email

AI-powered Discord assistant built for the Gies AI for Impact Challenge — a 24-hour hackathon where students build AI agents with no-code tools. HackClaw routes questions through topic-specific brain files, manages a help ticket queue with claim/resolve buttons for mentors, and grows its solutions KB automatically as tickets resolve.

24h Hackathon Coverage KB Self-Building 10min Auto Re-Ping 2 Channels (Discord + Email)
Python 3.11+ Discord.py OpenAI API Embedding Similarity Copilot Studio

Text-2-SQL Agent

Natural Language to SQL · LangGraph

Production-grade natural-language-to-SQL agent competing on the AgentBeats platform. Ask in plain English—the agent decomposes the question, writes SQL, executes it, scores itself across 7 dimensions, and retries with targeted feedback when quality is low. Multi-step plans inject predecessor results into later queries, just like a human analyst would.

7 Scoring Dimensions A2A AgentBeats Compatible Multi-Step Query Plans SSE Streaming API
Python LangGraph GPT-5 JSON Schema Mode SQLite

ProgramOS

Spec-Only · AI Program Coordinator Pattern

An open spec for turning a NanoClaw deployment into a multi-channel AI academic program coordinator—extracted from a production deployment serving an online Master’s program. Adopters fork NanoClaw, feed SPEC.md to their coding agent, and get a stakeholder bot covering email, Telegram, Teams, and web chat with a Markdown-only audit trail.

6 Channels 2 Operating Modes 0 Lines of Code Markdown Audit Trail
NanoClaw Claude Code Docker Spec-Driven

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