Socratic Learning & Concept Explainer

import { GoogleGenAI } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY });

async function runPrompt(variables: Record<string, string>) {
  let promptText = `Help me understand the following topic using Socratic dialogue.

Topic: {{topic}}
My Current Knowledge Level: {{knowledge_level}}

Instructions:
Explain the foundational intuition, then ask me 2 diagnostic questions to test my understanding.`;
  Object.entries(variables).forEach(([key, val]) => {
    promptText = promptText.replace(new RegExp(`{{\\s*${key}\\s*}}`, 'g'), val);
  });

  const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
    model: 'gemini-flash-latest',
    contents: promptText,
    config: {
      temperature: 0.7,
      systemInstruction: `You are a patient tutor who uses the Socratic method to build deep first-principles intuition.`,
    },
  });

  return response.text;
}