botstash 0.4.0

CLI tool and WebUI that ingests LMS course exports and Echo360 transcripts into an AnythingLLM workspace for embedded course chatbots.

BotStash

A CLI tool and lightweight WebUI that extracts course content (PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, VTT transcripts, IMSCC exports, plus Markdown/Quarto, HTML and plain text), classifies it, and uploads to an AnythingLLM workspace for embedded chatbots.

Features

• Folder-first scanning — point at a folder, BotStash figures out the rest
• Multi-format extraction — PPTX, DOCX, PDF, VTT, QTI quizzes, IMSCC exports, Markdown/Quarto (.md/.qmd), HTML (.html/.htm), plain text (.txt)
• Recursive ZIP handling — nested ZIPs and IMSCC archives are auto-detected
• Structured unit outline parsing — extracts assessments, schedules, learning outcomes with Bloom's taxonomy
• Auto-classification — heuristic tagging of content types (lecture, worksheet, assignment, etc.)
• AnythingLLM integration — uploads documents, manages workspaces, retrieves embed code
• WebUI — FastAPI + Jinja2 interface for non-terminal users

Installation

pip install botstash

Quick Start

# Full pipeline — point at a folder
botstash run ./course-materials/ --workspace ISYS2001

# Update an existing workspace cleanly (clears old docs first — no duplicates)
botstash run ./course-materials/ --workspace ISYS2001 --reset

# Two-step workflow (extract, review, embed)
botstash extract ./course-materials/ --output ./staging/
# ... review staging/tags.json ...
botstash embed ./staging/ --workspace ISYS2001

# Include quiz answer choices
botstash extract ./folder/ --include-answers

# Non-recursive (top-level only)
botstash extract ./folder/ --no-recursive

# Launch WebUI
botstash serve

Configuration

Settings are resolved in priority order: CLI flag > environment variable > .botstash.env file.

# Scaffold a config file
botstash init

.botstash.env:

ANYTHINGLLM_URL=http://localhost:3001
ANYTHINGLLM_KEY=your-api-key
INCLUDE_ANSWERS=false
RECURSIVE=true

Development

git clone https://github.com/michael-borck/botstash.git
cd botstash
uv sync --dev

uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run pytest

License

MIT