I built a support copilot for one-person shops that runs Gemma 4 on a laptop
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle What I Built Picture a one-person online shop selling handmade ceramics. The owner makes the mugs, photographs them, packs them... and every evening answers the same emails: "my mug arrived cracked", "my parcel is late", "can I get a refund?". She already knows the answers. She just has to write them again,…
A small tool called Little Kiln Support Copilot helps one-person shops respond to customer messages. This tool uses open AI models on the shop owner's own laptop, so there's no charge per message. The owner can store past customer interactions in a database and the AI will suggest replies based on those past cases. This saves the shop owner time answering repetitive questions about damaged items, late deliveries, and refunds.
The AI generates replies that follow the shop's policies, but a human should still review the drafts before sending them. The tool is built for the Hacktoberfest 2026 Open-Source AI Challenge and is free to use.
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