techchallenge-summarizer 2025.12.21164129
A new package that processes user-provided text input to generate structured summaries of technical challenges, such as the difficulty of implementing resumable LLM streaming. It uses a system prompt
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.9

# TechChallenge Summarizer
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A small utility that turns a free‑form description of a technical challenge (e.g., “how to implement resumable LLM streaming”) into a clean, concise summary ready for documentation or issue‑tracking systems.  
It works by sending a system prompt to an LLM (by default **ChatLLM7**), then extracts the answer with a regular‑expression pattern, guaranteeing a predictable output format.

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## Installation

```bash
pip install techchallenge_summarizer
```

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## Quick Start

```python
from techchallenge_summarizer import techchallenge_summarizer

# Minimal call – uses the default ChatLLM7 and the API key from the environment.
summary = techchallenge_summarizer(
    user_input="I need a way to keep an LLM stream alive across network interruptions, ..."
)

print(summary)   # → List of extracted summary strings
```

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## API Reference

```python
techchallenge_summarizer(
    user_input: str,
    llm: Optional[BaseChatModel] = None,
    api_key: Optional[str] = None,
) -> List[str]
```

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| **user_input** | `str` | The raw text describing the technical challenge. |
| **llm** | `Optional[BaseChatModel]` | A LangChain chat model instance. If omitted, a `ChatLLM7` instance is created automatically. |
| **api_key** | `Optional[str]` | API key for the LLM7 service. If omitted, the function reads `LLM7_API_KEY` from the environment. |

The function returns a list of extracted summary strings. If the LLM call fails, a `RuntimeError` is raised with the underlying error message.

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## Using a Custom LLM

You can pass any LangChain‑compatible chat model (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) instead of the default `ChatLLM7`.

### OpenAI

```python
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from techchallenge_summarizer import techchallenge_summarizer

my_llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4o-mini")
summary = techchallenge_summarizer(
    user_input="My challenge is ...",
    llm=my_llm,
)
```

### Anthropic

```python
from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic
from techchallenge_summarizer import techchallenge_summarizer

my_llm = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-3-haiku-20240307")
summary = techchallenge_summarizer(
    user_input="I want to ...",
    llm=my_llm,
)
```

### Google Generative AI

```python
from langchain_google_genai import ChatGoogleGenerativeAI
from techchallenge_summarizer import techchallenge_summarizer

my_llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="gemini-1.5-flash")
summary = techchallenge_summarizer(
    user_input="The problem is ...",
    llm=my_llm,
)
```

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## Configuration & Rate Limits

* **Default LLM** – `ChatLLM7` from the `langchain-llm7` package (see https://pypi.org/project/langchain-llm7).  
* **Free‑tier limits** – Sufficient for typical documentation or issue‑tracking usage.  
* **Higher limits** – Provide your own API key via the `LLM7_API_KEY` environment variable or directly with the `api_key` argument.  
* **Getting a free key** – Register at https://token.llm7.io/.

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## Contributing & Support

* **Bug reports & feature requests** – Open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/chigwell/techchallenge-summarizer/issues  
* **Pull requests** – Contributions are welcome; please follow the standard GitHub workflow.

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## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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## Author

* **Name:** Eugene Evstafev  
* **Email:** hi@eugene.plus  
* **GitHub:** [chigwell](https://github.com/chigwell)