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Developer shares lessons learned building AI assistant JoyBot

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The author details their experience building an AI assistant named JoyBot, initially making the mistake of assuming a one-size-fits-all approach. They discovered that users fall into two categories: power users who bring their own AI tools like Claude Code or ChatGPT, and casual users who prefer built-in assistants. The author found that integrating with power user tools via an MCP endpoint was more effective for their needs, allowing for rule-based interactions and previews before execution. For casual users, they found that a model was not always necessary, with keyword search and fuzzy matching sufficing for many tasks. AI

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Developer shares lessons learned building AI assistant JoyBot

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Ruy Delgado ·

    How to actually build AI into your app (I got it wrong first)

    <p>I combined my website, billing, bookings and store into one app with an AI assistant, called JoyBot. My plan was simple: pick a model, set up an assistant, and let AI do its magic.</p> <p>That plan was wrong. Here's what I changed, with the real numbers.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Th…

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