Project Background: AskEVERYTOWN is a gated AI assistant developed for Everytown for Gun Safety. It delivers grounded answers to questions about gun safety and gun violence using a curated knowledge base and structured citation system.
My Role: Front-end application development and coding, API development for communication with LLM.
Public Link: https://ask.everytownresearch.org/askeverytown/ (gated access, available by request)
Stack: WordPress (PHP, Twig), React + TypeScript SPA, custom API layer for LLM orchestration, AWS-hosted infrastructure (Elastic Beanstalk, S3, DynamoDB)
Features:
Chatbot – Ask specific questions related to gun violence. Get answers with citations.
Background Animations – Fancy background animation and landing screen for EveryTown Labs.