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Step 1: Concept & Design

1. The Problem: The “One-to-Many” Dilemma

In a typical classroom, one teacher manages 20-30 students. It is physically impossible to:

• Remind every student individually about their missing homework.
• Notice immediately when a specific student’s grade drops slightly.
• Listen to the private concerns of every shy student.

2. The Solution: The AI Co-Pilot

We don’t want to replace the teacher. We want to give the teacher a “Secretary” or “Co-Pilot” that handles the repetitive logistics and monitoring.

The Role of the Agent

1. The Secretary (Teacher-facing): Takes quick commands (“Schedule class”, “Remind everyone”).
2. The Guardian (Student-facing): Watches over student progress and sends help when needed.
3. The Bridge: Allows students to speak anonymously to the teacher.

3. Architecture Design

Before writing code, we must design the system components.

graph TD
    Teacher -- "Natural Language" --> AgentCore
    Student -- "DM/Feedback" --> AgentCore
    
    subgraph "The Agent"
        AgentCore[Logic Core (Brain)]
        Database[(SQLite Memory)]
        Monitor[Daily Monitor Loop]
    end
    
    AgentCore -- "Read/Write" --> Database
    Monitor -- "Check Status" --> Database
    
    Monitor -- "Send Email" --> EmailService
    AgentCore -- "Reply" --> DiscordBot

Key Components

• Memory (Database): Where do we store the list of students and the schedule?
• Brain (Agent Core): How do we understand “Add student Alice”?
• Mouth (Interfaces): How does the agent talk? (Discord, Email, CLI).

4. Design Decisions

• Why Python?: Easy to write, huge ecosystem for AI and APIs.
• Why SQLite?: Simple file-based database, perfect for learning and prototypes.
• Why Discord?: Teachers and students are already there. It supports real-time chat and private DMs.