Project Description Misologist
Project Description Misologist is an AI fermentation assistant for home miso makers, small breweries, and fermentation researchers.
Core trick
Sends fermentation photos plus batch history to a vision model that returns a safety verdict and next-step fix.
Description
Project Description
Misologist is an AI fermentation assistant for home miso makers, small breweries, and fermentation researchers. It helps users diagnose risky batches from photos, monitor fermentation over time, and translate traditional craft intuition into clear scientific explanations. Using Claude for vision, reasoning, and long-context synthesis, Misologist can explain whether a batch is safe, what likely went wrong, what action to take next, and how conditions across time affect the final result. It also helps users design recipes from target flavor goals, turning “I want a sweeter, less acidic miso” into practical fermentation parameters.
Problem It Solves
Miso fermentation is slow, high-stakes, and hard to debug. A single batch can take months, and if something goes wrong, the loss is often irreversible. At the same time, much of the best fermentation knowledge still lives in tacit craft wisdom rather than structured, accessible guidance. Misologist solves both problems: it reduces batch failure by giving timely, explainable diagnosis and next-step recommendations, and it preserves expert know-how by converting traditional rules of thumb into explicit fermentation science that more people can use.
README excerpt
# Misologist - Fermentation Diagnosis & Craft Knowledge Engine Japanese README: [README.ja.md](README.ja.md) **Last updated:** 2026-04-26 > "Twenty years of miso craftsmanship, explained as science by Opus 4.7." **Anthropic Hackathon 2026 - Built with Opus 4.7** ## Overview Misologist is an AI-assisted platform for home miso makers, small breweries, and fermentation researchers. It helps diagnose fermentation issues from photos, translate craft knowledge into fermentation chemistry, and manage miso batch records with Supabase. ## Product Walkthrough ### Diagnose <img src="img/Diagnose.png" alt="Misologist diagnosis screen with photo upload, batch metadata, and diagnosis action" width="420"> The diagnosis flow lets judges see the core AI interaction: a fermentation photo is combined with batch metadata, then sent to Claude Opus 4.7 for urgency, mold identification, chemistry rationale, and remediation steps. ### Knowledge Translation <img src="img/Knowledge.png" alt="Misologist craft knowledge translation screen" width="420"> The knowledge screen demonstrates the second AI workflow: traditional fermentation heuristics are converted into practical fermentation chemistry explanations. ### Recipes <img src="img/Recipes.png" alt="Misologist recipe library and AI recipe generation screen" width="420"> The recipe library shows starter recipes, saved recipes, and reverse design from a target flavor profile. Generated recipe ideas can be saved and reused when creating