# Tiny Chat
[](https://deepwiki.com/to-aoki/tiny_chat)
## Installation
Tested with Python 3.10 or later
### Development Installation
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
### Package Installation
```bash
# Build the package
pip install build
python -m build
# Install the built package
pip install dist/*.whl
```
## Web Interface Usage
### Running from source (development)
```bash
streamlit run tiny_chat/main.py --server.address=127.0.0.1
```
### only database (development)
```bash
streamlit run tiny_chat/main.py --server.address=127.0.0.1 -- --database
```
### Running installed package
```bash
tiny-chat
```
### only database
```bash
tiny-chat --database
```

## MCP Usage
Claude Desktop example.
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tiny-chat": {
"command": "/path/to/tiny_chat/.venv/bin/tiny-chat-mcp",
"env": {
"DB_CONFIG": "/path/to/tiny_chat/database_config.json"
}
}
}
}
```
## OpenAI Chat API RAG Server Usage
```bash
tiny-chat-api
```
`model`: target search qdrant collection name (model change in conversation).
```bash
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"model": "qdrant-collection-name", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "カレーライスの材料は?"}]}'
```