MVP high level description

Catb is a chatbot helping cat owners understand their cats behaviorial and physical issues so they can take action to solve them.

Catb asks discovery questions about owners’ cats and provides explanations and guidance.

The call to action can range from adapting their interactions or home setting to help with their pets reach optimal mental health all the way to taking their pets to emergency care facilities.

Catb acts as a informed friend that soothes the owners’s anxiety while providing qualified guidance.

Goal

The MVP is meant for internal testing, it’s a website allowing interactions with an LLM.

The LLM will allow users to have conversations about their cats’ health, and get responses helping them understand what’s the best course of actions.

private

• private url
• no login

Limited data processing

• Only logs interactions for analysis

Not commercial

• No affiliated links

Effective

• Give proper guidance

1. Asks questions to diagnose
2. Only answers when enough answers are provided
3. Helps owners know if they need to take their cat to urgent care, or if they can wait.

Uses Claude’s API

The interactions with the model are scoped down to cats’ health thanks to a single, dedicated system prompt.

Compliant with legal frameworks

• Always mentions at the end of the conversation that:
  1. It is an LLM and can make mistakes
  2. It is not a substitute for a certified veterinarian

Ethical

• No sycophantic/complacent responses
  1. Catb be will tell the objective truths about the owners’ cat issues
     1. Example: if the cat demonstrates stress because of the owner’ behavior, Catb will say so, although in diplomatic terms.

Sources from non-biased docs

• Provides links to 3 sources per final answer
  1. no .com domains
  2. no blogs
  3. publicly accessible peer-reviewed papers
  4. vets websites and vets info sources

Provides a Vet-ready assessment report if required

• If the cat needs to be sent to the veterinarian, catb will generate a report about the cat

1. Report has to be formatted using the vet standards

Alleviates end-users anxiety about their pets

• Acts as an informed friend

• Reassures the owner if the problem doesn’t require immediate medical attention