---
title: Pip - Emotional AI Companion
emoji: 🫧
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: purple
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 6.0.1
app_file: app.py
pinned: true
license: mit
short_description: A blob friend who transforms your feelings into visual art
tags:
  - mcp-in-action-track-creative
  - mcp-in-action-track-consumer
  - agents
  - mcp
---

> 🎥 **Demo Video**: https://youtu.be/bWDj4gyngNI
> 
> 📢 **Social Post**: https://x.com/07amit10/status/1995270517251801162
> 
> 👥 **Team**: @Itsjustamit

# 🫧 Pip - Your Emotional AI Companion

**Pip is a cute blob companion that understands your emotions and responds with conversation, context-specific imagery, and soothing voice.**

Not a generic assistant - Pip is an emotional friend who knows when to reflect, celebrate, or gently intervene.

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## ✨ What Makes Pip Special

### Emotional Intelligence
Pip doesn't just respond - it **understands**. Using Claude's nuanced emotional analysis, Pip detects:
- Multiple co-existing emotions
- Emotional intensity
- Underlying needs (validation, comfort, celebration)
- When gentle intervention might help

### Context-Specific Imagery
Every image Pip creates is **unique to your conversation**. Not generic stock photos - visual art that captures YOUR emotional moment:
- Mood Alchemist: Transform emotions into magical artifacts
- Day's Artist: Turn your day into impressionistic art
- Dream Weaver: Visualize thoughts in surreal imagery
- Night Companion: Calming visuals for 3am moments

### Multi-Service Architecture
Pip uses **multiple AI services** intelligently:

| Service | Role |
|---------|------|
| **Anthropic Claude** | Deep emotional analysis, intervention logic |
| **SambaNova** | Fast acknowledgments, prompt enhancement |
| **OpenAI** | Image generation, speech-to-text (Whisper) |
| **Google Gemini** | Image generation (load balanced) |
| **Flux/SDXL** | Artistic image generation (via Modal/HuggingFace) |
| **ElevenLabs** | Expressive voice with emotional tone matching |

### Low-Latency Design
Pip is designed for **responsiveness**:
- Quick acknowledgment (< 500ms)
- Progressive state changes while processing
- Parallel task execution
- Streaming responses

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## 🎮 How to Use

### Chat Interface
1. Type how you're feeling or what's on your mind
2. Watch Pip's expression change as it processes
3. Receive a thoughtful response + custom image
4. Optionally enable voice to hear Pip speak

### Voice Input
1. Click the microphone button
2. Speak your thoughts
3. Pip transcribes and responds with voice

### Modes
- **Auto**: Pip decides the best visualization style
- **Alchemist**: Emotions become magical artifacts
- **Artist**: Your day becomes a painting
- **Dream**: Thoughts become surreal visions
- **Night**: Calming imagery for late hours

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## 🤖 MCP Integration

Pip is available as an **MCP (Model Context Protocol) server**. Connect your AI agent!

### For SSE-compatible clients (Cursor, Windsurf, Cline):
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Pip": {
      "url": "https://YOUR-SPACE.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### For stdio clients (Claude Desktop):
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Pip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://YOUR-SPACE.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse",
        "--transport",
        "sse-only"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Available MCP Tools
- `chat_with_pip(message, session_id)` - Talk to Pip
- `generate_mood_artifact(emotion, context)` - Create emotional art
- `get_pip_gallery(session_id)` - View conversation history
- `set_pip_mode(mode, session_id)` - Change interaction mode

---

## 🧠 The Architecture

```
User Input
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  SambaNova: Quick Acknowledgment    │ ← Immediate response
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Claude: Emotion Analysis           │ ← Deep understanding
│  - Primary emotions                 │
│  - Intensity (1-10)                 │
│  - Intervention needed?             │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Claude: Action Decision            │ ← What should Pip do?
│  - reflect / celebrate / comfort    │
│  - calm / energize / intervene      │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  SambaNova: Prompt Enhancement      │ ← Create vivid image prompt
│  (Context-specific, never generic)  │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Image Generation (Load Balanced)   │
│  ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐  │
│  │ OpenAI │ │ Gemini │ │  Flux  │  │
│  └────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Claude/SambaNova: Response         │ ← Streaming text
│  (Load balanced for efficiency)     │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  ElevenLabs: Voice (Optional)       │ ← Emotional tone matching
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
```

---

## 🎨 Pip's Expressions

Pip has **10 distinct emotional states** with unique animations:
- Neutral (gentle wobble)
- Happy (bouncing)
- Sad (drooping)
- Thinking (looking up, swaying)
- Concerned (worried eyebrows, shaking)
- Excited (energetic bouncing with sparkles)
- Sleepy (half-closed eyes, breathing)
- Listening (wide eyes, pulsing)
- Attentive (leaning forward)
- Speaking (animated mouth)

---

## 💡 Key Features

### Intervention Without Preaching
When Pip detects concerning emotional signals, it doesn't lecture. Instead:
- Brief acknowledgment
- Gentle redirect to curiosity/wonder
- Show something beautiful or intriguing
- Invite engagement, not advice

### Not Generic
Every image prompt is crafted from YOUR specific words and context. Pip extracts:
- Specific details you mentioned
- Emotional undertones
- Time/context clues
- Your unique situation

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## 🛠️ Tech Stack

- **Frontend**: Gradio
- **Character**: SVG + CSS animations
- **LLMs**: Anthropic Claude, SambaNova (Llama)
- **Images**: OpenAI DALL-E 3, Google Imagen, Flux
- **Voice**: ElevenLabs (Flash v2.5 for speed, v3 for expression)
- **STT**: OpenAI Whisper
- **Compute**: Modal (for Flux/SDXL)
- **Hosting**: HuggingFace Spaces

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## 🔧 Environment Variables

```
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key
SAMBANOVA_API_KEY=your_key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_key
ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_key
HF_TOKEN=your_token (optional, for HuggingFace models)
```

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## 📝 License

MIT License - Feel free to use, modify, and share!

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*Built with 💙 for MCP's 1st Birthday Hackathon 2025*

*Pip uses: Anthropic ($25K), OpenAI ($25), HuggingFace ($25), SambaNova ($25), ElevenLabs ($44), Modal ($250), Blaxel ($250)*