PreGame

AI-powered press conference prep for professional athletes and coaches. Paste a raw statement, and the app runs a 3-call LLM pipeline — risk assessment → professional translation → adversarial reporter follow-up — so you know exactly what you're walking into before you step up to the podium.

Features

• Risk Assessment — flags problematic phrases, identifies reputational risks, and generates example negative headlines
• Professional Translation — rewrites your statement to be press-conference-ready while retaining your core message
• Adversarial Reporter — simulates a hostile journalist with 2–3 tough follow-up questions designed to destabilize
• Crisis Mitigation Rate — tracks what percentage of your runs successfully eliminated all identified risk factors this session

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• Node.js 18.17 or later — https://nodejs.org
  • To check: node -v
• npm 9 or later (comes with Node.js)
  • To check: npm -v
• An OpenAI API key — https://platform.openai.com/api-keys

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Setup

macOS / Linux

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/PreGame.git
cd PreGame/pregame-app

# 2. Install dependencies
npm install

# 3. Configure environment
cp .env.local.example .env.local

Open .env.local in any text editor and add your key:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

# 4. Start the dev server
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

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Windows (Command Prompt or PowerShell)

:: 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/PreGame.git
cd PreGame\pregame-app

:: 2. Install dependencies
npm install

:: 3. Configure environment (Command Prompt)
copy .env.local.example .env.local

If you're using PowerShell, use this instead:

Copy-Item .env.local.example .env.local

Open .env.local in Notepad or any editor and add your key:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

:: 4. Start the dev server
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Note: Make sure you are inside the pregame-app folder (not the root PreGame folder) before running npm install or npm run dev.

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Troubleshooting

Module not found: Can't resolve '@/lib/types'

This means the lib/ directory is missing. Make sure you cloned the full repository and that pregame-app/lib/types.ts exists. If it's missing, re-clone:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/PreGame.git

npm install fails or hangs

• Make sure you are in the pregame-app directory, not the root PreGame directory.
• Try clearing the npm cache: npm cache clean --force, then run npm install again.
• On Windows, if you see permission errors, run Command Prompt or PowerShell as Administrator.

Error: OPENAI_API_KEY is missing or blank responses

• Make sure .env.local exists inside pregame-app/ (not .env.local.example).
• Make sure the key starts with sk- and has no extra spaces or quotes around it.
• Restart the dev server after editing .env.local.

Port 3000 already in use

Run on a different port:

npm run dev -- -p 3001

Node version errors

This project requires Node.js 18.17+. Check your version with node -v. If it's outdated, download the latest LTS from https://nodejs.org.

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Tech Stack

• Next.js 16 (App Router, TypeScript)
• Tailwind CSS v4 + shadcn/ui
• Vercel AI SDK (ai, @ai-sdk/openai) — generateObject + generateText
• OpenAI gpt-4o
• Zod for schema validation