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Christopher Carroll Smith

Software Architect and Data Storyteller

At Promptly Technologies, I'm building the AI research stack, including agentic PDF/Excel extraction and knowledgebase management.Let others chase chatbots and flashy autonomous agent demos.The best AI applications operate invisibly to power immersive experiences, ablating away the tedious frictions (like indexing, formatting, and citation) that impede flow and deep work.If you're exploring AI as a prosthetic to extend human capabilities and amplify human agency, we're currently partnering with forward-leaning teams to shape what comes next.

Contact me regarding partnerships, funding opportunities, contract software development, or workforce trainings and consulting services on AI workflows.

Open-Source Projects

imfp / imfapi

Python and R SDKs for the IMF Data API, part of the R Consortium-funded econdataverse project

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etielle

Map nested JSON to relational database tables with a declarative, type-safe Python framework

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Promptly Technologies

Eye-catching comic book-style React website showcasing my consulting business

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pyzotero-cli

Command-line interface for Zotero reference management, enabling AI-assisted academic citation workflows

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openai-responses-python-quickstart

Build a tool-calling AI chatbot in minutes with this Python + FastAPI + HTMX starter template

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taskqueue-mcp

MCP tool for exposing a structured task queue to guide AI agent workflows. Great for taming an over-enthusiastic Claude.

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fastapi-jinja2-postgres-webapp

Production-ready FastAPI + Jinja2 + Postgres template with user authentication built in

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Your AI text-to-speech companion, created by Christopher Smith: try Scribert today with promo code ‘NEWALPHAUSER’ and get 100% off your first month!

Mockup of Scribert app on a mobile device