AI PDF Tutor

A modern web app for uploading, viewing, and chatting with your PDFs using AI. Built with Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Prisma, NextAuth, and Tailwind CSS.

Features

User Authentication: Secure sign-in/sign-out with NextAuth.
PDF Upload & Management: Upload, list, and view your PDFs in a responsive dashboard.
PDF Viewing: Native <iframe> for fast, reliable PDF rendering (no PDF.js/react-pdf dependencies).
AI Chat Interface: Ask questions about your PDFs and get AI-powered answers (backend integration pending).
Modern UI: Responsive, two-column dashboard with Tailwind CSS.
Robust Backend: Prisma ORM with a singleton pattern for efficient DB access.

Quick Start

Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Set up environment variables:
- Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your database and NextAuth secrets.
Run database migrations:
```
npx prisma migrate dev
```
Start the development server:
```
npm run dev
```
Sign in and use the dashboard:
- Upload PDFs, view them, and chat (AI Q&A coming soon).

Project Structure

src/app/dashboard/ — Main dashboard UI, PDF viewer, chat interface
src/app/api/ — API routes for auth, PDF upload, listing, (AI chat coming soon)
src/lib/prisma.ts — PrismaClient singleton
prisma/schema.prisma — Database schema
public/uploads/ — Uploaded PDF files

Tech Stack

Next.js (App Router)
TypeScript
Prisma ORM
NextAuth (authentication)
Tailwind CSS

Roadmap

PDF upload, listing, and viewing
User authentication
Responsive dashboard UI
Chat UI scaffold
AI backend integration (PDF text extraction, OpenAI/LLM Q&A)
Persist chat history per user/PDF
Advanced PDF analysis tools

Contributing

PRs and issues welcome! Please open an issue to discuss major changes first.

License

MIT

marcusmcb/ai-pdf-tutor