What is cooking-buddy?

Despite the repository name "cooking-buddy," this project is actually a simple sample application that generates greetings in different languages. It uses an AI agent powered by OpenAI to respond to users, and it demonstrates how the agent can remember the context of a conversation over multiple interactions. Think of it as a starting template for building your own AI-powered chatbot or assistant service. At a high level, the project uses a framework called Akka to run a small web service. When a user sends a message to the service, it passes that message to OpenAI's AI model, which then generates a response. The key feature being demonstrated is session memory: the agent keeps track of who it is talking to and what has already been said, so it can maintain a coherent conversation rather than treating every message as if it were starting from scratch. This project is aimed at developers who are just getting started with building AI agent services using the Akka platform. It serves as a hands-on tutorial, with the README linking out to broader documentation about authoring services and understanding core development concepts. Rather than being a finished product for end users, it is a learning tool meant to be studied, modified, and expanded upon. To get it running, a developer needs an OpenAI API key and a basic build tool called Maven. The service runs locally on a developer's machine, and you interact with it by sending it simple text requests. The README also includes instructions for packaging the application into a container and deploying it to the cloud using Akka's command-line tools.