Weather Tool – Personal Assistant with Weather Integration

Created by Ayaz Somani as a community contribution.

Overview

This Weather Tool community contribution gives the personal assistant chatbot the ability to discuss weather casually and contextually. It integrates real-time weather data from the Open-Meteo API, allowing the assistant to respond naturally to weather-related topics.

The assistant can reference weather in its current (simulated) location, the user’s location (if mentioned), or any other city brought up in conversation. This builds a more engaging, humanlike interaction while preserving the assistant’s focus on personal and professional topics defined in the me folder.

Features

New Capabilities

Real-Time Weather Updates | Seamless integration with Open-Meteo’s API
Natural Weather Mentions | Assistant introduces weather organically during conversation, not just in response to questions

Technical Enhancements

Location Resolution | Uses Open-Meteo’s geocoding API to convert place names to coordinates
Weather Lookup | Fetches current temperature, conditions, and other data from Open-Meteo

File Structure

weather-tool/ ├── app.py # Main application ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies └── me/ # Required dependency for the app to run

Environment Variables

The following variable is required to personalize assistant responses:

BOT_SELF_NAME – Name the assistant uses to refer to itself (e.g. "Ed", "Alex", etc.)

Getting Started

Install dependencies:
```
uv add openmeteo_requests
```

Getting Started

Install dependencies:

uv add openmeteo_requests

Set the necessary environment variables in .env, including:

BOT_SELF_NAME=YourAssistantName

Add your personal files to the me/ directory:

linkedin.pdf
summary.txt

Launch the application:

uv run app.py

Open the Gradio interface in your browser to start interacting with the assistant.

Try These Example Prompts

To test the weather functionality in context, try saying:

“What’s the weather like where you are today?”
“I’m heading to London. Wonder if I need an umbrella?”
“Is it really snowing in Calgary right now?”