Smart Note-Taking App 📝✨

An AI-augmented notebook where you can write free-form text, press a button to clean it up, generate a catchy title, and stash it safely in the cloud.
Built on Next.js 14, LangChain + OpenAI, and Firebase served hot from Vercel.

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🎁 What you get

✨ Feature	Description
Rich-text editor	Bold, lists, code, and more (React Quill).
Refine	OpenAI rewrites your note for clarity while preserving intent.
Generate Title	Instant headline (max 12 words).
Accept / Decline	Keep or discard AI drafts with one click.
Dark-mode toggle	A11y-friendly, remembers your choice.
Per-note delete	🗑️ Icon in the corner, auto-renumbers list.
Email/password auth	Powered by Firebase; new users auto-register.
Firestore persistence	Notes saved to your private collection.
Responsive glass UI	Built entirely with Tailwind CSS.

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🏗️ Tech stack

• Next.js 14 – App Router, React Server Components, TypeScript
• LangChain JS – chain orchestration & prompt templates
• OpenAI – gpt-4o-mini (swap to gpt-3.5-turbo if needed)
• Firebase v10 – Auth + Firestore
• Tailwind CSS v3 – utility-first styling
• React Quill – battle-tested rich-text editor
• Vercel – zero-config CI/CD

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🖥️ Local setup

git clone https://github.com/dsolankii/smart-note.git
cd smart-note
npm install

# copy env template & insert your own keys
cp .env.local.example .env.local
npm run dev

Required environment variables

All keys are listed in .env.local.example. Populate these in your private .env.local:

OPENAI_API_KEY              # your OpenAI key
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_API_KEY
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_APP_ID
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID
FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL
FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY

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🙌 Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a branch (git checkout -b feature/…)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: …')
4. Push (git push origin feature/…)
5. Open a Pull Request