Vela is a senior-first medication companion that helps caregivers set up medications safely and helps seniors follow through confidently, one dose at a time.

Medication management is high-risk and high-stress for many seniors and families. Vela reduces that burden with a calm interface, strong safety guardrails, and caregiver visibility.

• Pill label scan to structured medication setup (with manual fallback)
• Gemini-powered medication interaction checks before saving new meds
• Deterministic daily schedule states: upcoming, due, taken, missed
• Strict dose confirmation window (±30 minutes)
• Warm voice reminders with ElevenLabs + notification flow
• Medication-aware in-app chatbot with guardrails and daily limits
• Caregiver PIN gate for high-impact medication changes
• Caregiver history dashboard for recent adherence trends
• Multilingual support (translated instructions + language-aware voice delivery)

• Mobile: Expo + React Native + Expo Router + Zustand
• Backend: Next.js API Routes (deployed on Vercel)
• Data: Supabase (Postgres + Storage + Auth)
• AI: Google Gemini (vision extraction + reasoning)
• Voice: ElevenLabs TTS

MedMax/
├── mobile/    # Expo React Native app
├── backend/   # Next.js API backend
├── HACKATHON.md
├── BUILD.md
└── CONTRACTS.md

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev

Create backend/.env.local with:

GEMINI_API_KEY=...
ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=...
SUPABASE_URL=...
SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=...
SUPABASE_STORAGE_BUCKET=vela-audio

cd mobile
npm install
npx expo start

Create mobile/.env with:

EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:3000
EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=...
EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=...

• GitHub: https://github.com/s0hinyea/vela
• Backend: https://backend-zeta-rouge-59.vercel.app

• HACKATHON.md for product story and demo narrative
• BUILD.md for stack and implementation decisions
• CONTRACTS.md for shared API/data contracts