MarketGap AI 🚀

A simplified market research and gap analysis system powered by Letta's native multi-agent capabilities. MarketGap AI discovers untapped market opportunities by analyzing consulting firm white papers, social signals, and industry trends using a clean, Letta-native architecture.

🎯 Why Letta-Native?

This implementation follows Letta best practices exactly:

• 🤝 Manager-Worker Pattern: Single Orchestrator Agent manages all worker agents
• 📝 Shared Memory Blocks: All agents share state via Letta's native memory system
• 🛠️ Built-in Tools: Uses Letta's native multi-agent communication tools
• 🔄 Exact Workflow: Follows the precise 8-step sequence from workspace rules
• 💾 Persistent State: All agent state persists automatically in Letta's database

🏗️ Simplified Architecture

graph TD
    A[Orchestrator Agent] --> B[Shared Memory Blocks]
    A --> C[Worker Agents Created On-Demand]
    
    B --> D[consulting_groups]
    B --> E[consulting_docs] 
    B --> F[gap_list]
    B --> G[audience_signals]
    B --> H[problem_queue]
    B --> I[user_feedback]
    B --> J[idea_history]
    B --> K[final_ideas]
    
    C --> L[Market Research]
    L --> |white-papers| E
    C --> N[Market Analyzer]
    N --> |gaps| F
    C --> M[Social Listener]
    M --> |signals| G
    C --> O[Solution Generator]

Shared Memory Blocks (Per Workspace Rules)

• consulting_groups (100 KB) - CSV/JSON of consulting firms
• consulting_docs (10 MB) - PDF chunks {tag, text}
• gap_list (256 KB) - Market gaps {id, title, severity, summary}
• audience_signals (5 MB) - Social signals {platform, author, text, sentiment}
• problem_queue (64 KB) - Ordered gaps sent to UI
• user_feedback (64 KB) - User feedback {problemId, action, notes}
• idea_history (2 MB) - All brainstorming iterations
• final_ideas (128 KB) - Approved novel ideas

Exact Workflow Sequence

1. marketResearch (async) – crawl PDFs from consulting firms
2. marketAnalyzer (wait) – produce gap_list
3. socialListener (wait) – write combined audience & Google insights to audience_signals
4. solutionGenerator (wait) – brainstorm first batch of ideas → final_ideas
5. (Competitor check skipped in demo)
6. Emit workflow_complete and show ideas on dashboard

🛠️ Setup & Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16+ and npm
• Letta Cloud Account (Sign up here)
• Letta API Key (Get one here)

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd market-gap

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local
# Edit .env.local and add your LETTA_API_KEY

Environment Configuration

Create a .env.local file:

# Required: Letta Configuration
LETTA_API_KEY=your_letta_cloud_api_key_here
LETTA_BASE_URL=https://api.letta.com

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Web Interface

npm run dev
# Navigate to http://localhost:3000/workflow

Option 2: API Direct

# Start workflow
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/letta-workflow \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "start", "industry": "FinTech"}'

# Check status
curl http://localhost:3000/api/letta-workflow?action=status

📁 Project Structure

market-gap/
├── src/
│   ├── agents/
│   │   ├── orchestrator/            # Manager agent
│   │   ├── marketResearch/          # Worker agents
│   │   ├── marketAnalyzer/
│   │   ├── socialListener/
│   │   ├── solutionGenerator/
│   │   └── competitorResearch/
│   └── simple-orchestrator.ts    # Main Letta-native orchestrator
├── components/                  # React UI components
├── context/                     # React context
└── types/                       # TypeScript types
├── app/
│   ├── api/
│   │   └── letta-workflow/         # Single API endpoint
│   ├── workflow/                   # Dashboard page
│   └── [other pages]/              # Additional UI pages
├── README.md                        # This file
└── SIMPLIFIED_APPROACH.md          # Detailed documentation

🧪 Testing

You can validate everything is wired up in two ways:

1. Web UI – Run npm run dev and watch the workflow update live at http://localhost:3000/workflow.
2. Direct API – Use the cURL commands in the Quick-Start section to start a workflow and poll for status.

No extra scripts are required.

🔧 How It Works

Single Orchestrator Agent

• Creates and manages all worker agents using Letta's built-in tools
• Uses send_message_to_agent_async for non-blocking tasks
• Uses send_message_to_agent_and_wait_for_reply for blocking steps
• Maintains workflow state in shared memory blocks

Shared Memory System

• All agents access the same memory blocks
• Memory persists automatically across sessions
• Follows exact memory block structure from workspace rules
• 10 MB block cap with automatic archival

Built-in Letta Tools

• web_search – For research tasks
• run_code – For data processing
• Native multi-agent communication tools
• No custom tools needed

📊 Benefits of Simplified Approach

Before (Complex)	After (Simplified)
7 agent classes + custom tools	1 orchestrator using Letta's built-ins
Multiple API routes	1 API endpoint
Complex agent manager	Native Letta multi-agent system
Custom memory system	Shared memory blocks
500+ lines of config	Environment variables only

📚 Documentation

• SIMPLIFIED_APPROACH.md – Detailed technical documentation
• Letta Multi-Agent Systems – Official Letta docs
• Multi-Agent Shared Memory – Shared memory guide

✅ Key Features

• ✅ Letta-Native: Uses built-in multi-agent capabilities
• ✅ Shared Memory: Proper shared memory blocks following workspace rules
• ✅ Manager-Worker: Single orchestrator manages worker agents
• ✅ Exact Workflow: Follows 8-step sequence precisely
• ✅ Dashboard & API Testing: No extra scripts required
• ✅ Clean Architecture: No unnecessary complexity
• ✅ Proper Documentation: Clear, comprehensive guides

🎯 Next Steps

1. Open http://localhost:3000/workflow and start a new workflow.
2. Check shared memory blocks are updating correctly via the dashboard or API.
3. Extend with additional worker agents as needed.
4. Deploy to production using Letta Cloud.

⚠️ Status: Backend Stable · Front-End WIP

The multi-agent backend (Orchestrator → Market-Research → Market-Analyzer → Social-Listener) is fully functional and passes all automated tests.
However, the Next.js front-end is still under heavy development – navigation works, but many pages show placeholder data and WebSocket updates are stubbed. Use the dashboard or the API endpoints to exercise the workflow until the UI is finished.

🔄 Idea Loop (Hackathon Demo)

For demo speed we run one Solution-Generator pass and stop. Novelty & competitor checks can be re-enabled after the event.

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