PaleoPAL: An AI Assistant for Paleoclimatology

Overview

PaleoPal is an AI-powered assistant designed to accelerate paleoclimate research by combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), specialized AI agents, and a comprehensive vector knowledge base derived from notebooks, research papers, and ontologies.

PaleoPAL Core Features

• Domain-Specific Intelligence: PaleoPAL is designed to work with paleoclimate data and research methodologies. It understands fundamental concepts in paleoclimate science such as "proxies" and can perform context-aware analysis, including time series analysis.
• Multi-Agent Architecture: Specialized agents handle different aspects of research from querying datasets on the LiPDGraph, to opening datasets with PyLiPD, and performing time series analysis with Pyleoclim.
• Knowledge-Driven: Built on knowledge extracted from code documentation and tutorials and scientific notebooks.
• Transparency and Collaboration: Real-time progress visualization, clarification dialogues, and context-aware responses ensure researchers understand and control the AI's reasoning process.

Repository Structure

PaleoPAL/
├── backend/                    # FastAPI backend server
│   ├── agents/                 # Specialized AI agents
│   ├── libraries/              # RAG knowledge bases
│   │   ├── notebook_library/   # Jupyter notebook workflows & snippets. This library is automatically updated from the tutorials for the Pyleoclim and PyLiPD software and the PaleoBooks gallery. 
│   │   ├── ontology_library/   # Paleoclimate ontology indexing & search
│   │   ├── readthedocs_library/# API docs, code, and symbol indexing
│   │   └── sparql_library/     # SPARQL query templates for LiPDGraph
│   ├── routers/                # API route handlers
│   ├── schemas/                # Data models
│   ├── services/               # Business logic services
│   ├── scripts/                # Utility scripts
│   └── utils/                  # Shared utilities
├── frontend/                   # React frontend application
├── vscode-extension/           # VS Code extension for PaleoPAL
├── docs/                       # Documentation & architecture diagrams
│   ├── figures/
│   ├── gallery/
│   ├── ArchitectureDiagram.mmd
│   ├── PaleoPal_High_Level_Architecture.md
│   └── PaleoPal_Technical_Architecture.md
├── docker-compose.yml          # Docker orchestration
└── start-paleopal.sh           # Local startup script

Acknowledgement

The development of PaleoPAL is supported by NSF #2425885.