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Scouts AI

An AI assistant that plans scouting programs, games and camps.

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Role
Product, AI engineering, full stack
Year
2026
Status
Live
Scouts AI assistant — the smart assistant for scouting

Overview

Scout leaders spend hours every week planning meetings, inventing games and writing quiz questions — work that follows patterns but still demands domain knowledge about knots, badges, outdoor skills and age-appropriate activities.

Scouts AI is a conversational assistant built for that domain. It generates complete meeting plans, camp schedules, physical and mental games, and interactive quiz challenges from a short description, and stores everything in a shared library.

The problem

Planning a scout meeting from scratch takes real time: the leader needs games that match the age group, activities that teach a specific skill, and a schedule that fits the session length.

Generic AI tools can brainstorm, but they do not know scouting vocabulary, badge requirements, or how to structure a two-day camp with the right mix of indoor and outdoor activities.

What I built

A purpose-built assistant grounded in scouting knowledge — it understands patrol structures, badge progressions, knot types, camp logistics and age-group constraints out of the box.

Beyond chat, a dedicated challenge builder lets leaders create interactive quizzes with AI-generated or manual questions, adjustable difficulty and age groups, exportable to PDF or playable live with a team.

How it works

The path a single request takes through the system.

  1. 01

    Describe the need

    A leader types a request — 'plan a 2-day camp for Cubs aged 7–11' or 'give me a scout game' — and the assistant generates a structured plan.

  2. 02

    Generate or refine

    Plans, games and schedules are generated with scouting-specific detail: age groups, difficulty, duration, materials, and learning objectives.

  3. 03

    Build challenges

    The challenge builder creates interactive quizzes — AI-generated or manual — with difficulty levels, age groups, and multiple question types.

  4. 04

    Play live or export

    Challenges can be played in real time with a team or exported to PDF for offline use.

  5. 05

    Save to library

    Every plan, game and challenge is saved to a shared library, searchable and reusable across sessions.

Capabilities

  • Meeting planner

    Full meeting schedules with activities, timing and materials lists.

  • Camp scheduler

    Multi-day camp programs with indoor/outdoor balance and logistics.

  • Game generator

    Physical and mental games filtered by age, group size and setting.

  • Scout challenges

    Interactive quizzes with AI generation, manual editing, difficulty and age controls.

  • Live game mode

    Play challenges in real time with scoring and team tracking.

  • Shared library

    Saved plans and challenges searchable and reusable by the whole troop.

The product

Screens captured from the live site.

Create Scout Challenge page with AI Generation and Manual Creation options
Challenge builder — AI-generated or hand-crafted quizzes.
Scout challenge editor with difficulty, age group, and question editing
Full editor with difficulty, age group and live play controls.

Technology

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • AI chat
  • LLM APIs
  • PDF export
  • Real-time multiplayer

What changed

  • Leaders go from a blank page to a complete meeting plan or camp schedule in under a minute.
  • Quiz challenges can be generated, customized and played live — replacing manual question writing entirely.
  • A growing library of plans and challenges means each session builds on the last instead of starting from scratch.
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