The advisor you never had — three specialized AI advisors for first-generation college students.
Live Demo: https://firstbridge-ai.vercel.app Demo Credentials: demo@firstbridge.ai / Demo1234!
FirstBridge AI gives first-generation college students three AI advisors with cross-agent persistent memory:
- Vera — Story advisor. Captures your background, helps you tell your story.
- Grant — Scholarship advisor. Finds scholarships matched to your profile.
- Atlas — Career advisor. Coaches you through mock interviews with real feedback.
The core innovation: when you tell Vera you are studying engineering, Grant already knows. When Atlas coaches you, he knows your financial situation from Grant. One brain. Three advisors.
[Architecture diagram will be added Day 3]
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Next.js 14 App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS |
| Components | shadcn/ui, lucide-react |
| Backend | Express, TypeScript, Node 20 |
| Database | PostgreSQL (Supabase), Prisma ORM |
| Queue | BullMQ + Redis |
| File Storage | Cloudflare R2 |
| AI Memory | Backboard.io (3 agents) |
| Transcription | AssemblyAI |
| Photo AI | YouCam (Perfect Corp.) |
| Payments | Stripe |
| Error Monitoring | Sentry |
| Deployment | Vercel (frontend) + Railway (backend) |
16 tables. See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for full schema with indexes.
- Node.js 20+
- pnpm 8+
- Docker (for local PostgreSQL + Redis)
# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/firstbridge-ai.git
cd firstbridge-ai
# 2. Install dependencies
pnpm install
# 3. Copy environment variables
cp .env.example frontend/.env.local
cp .env.example backend/.env
# 4. Fill in your API keys in both .env files
# 5. Start local database and Redis
cd backend
docker compose up -d
# 6. Run database migrations
cd backend
pnpm prisma migrate dev
# 7. Seed scholarships
pnpm --filter backend tsx scripts/seed-scholarships.ts
# 8. Start development servers (two terminals)
pnpm dev:backend # Terminal 1
pnpm dev:frontend # Terminal 2Frontend runs on: http://localhost:3000 Backend runs on: http://localhost:3001 Health check: http://localhost:3001/health
- Person 1 — Backend Architecture
- Person 2 — Frontend & UI
[Link added Day 9]
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