Introducing Exmeralda: An Interactive Chatbot for Hex.pm Packages

The blog announces the launch of Exmeralda.chat, a chatbot designed for the Elixir community to facilitate interaction with Hex packages. Utilizing a RAG system, Exmeralda provides answers to user queries about the packages on Hex.pm, grounding responses in both available documentation and underlying code. This initiative aims to help creators improve their documentation by understanding common user questions. Users can log in with GitHub to start conversations, select package versions, and even request ingestion of new packages. The chatbot is presented as an open-source project and a showcase for utilizing AI and RAG techniques with Elixir, with ongoing improvements expected based on user feedback.