Almanac

What it does

The application has a simple and fun UI that allows pictures or text prompts to be submitted into a Gemini instance that is initialized to be a plant scientist. Prompts are actually guided through a series of API requests, one for validating the incoming information. The other is for the JSON response functionality, the model creates a list of important facts for taking care of the detected plant. The app uses sensor data to query for USDA hardiness zone, which helps the model fine tune responses for a given area. Responses can be saved for future reference. Similarly, individual results can be highlighted and disputed, which earns the user points. The disputes are a community led guidance to Gemini. Because the question answer modeling is not available, this is an alternative where previous disputes are fed to the initial prompt to give the user an idea of how accurate the current response may be. Almanac is fun, and helps people in all different areas of horticulture.