diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..1dcef2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+.env
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diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index f421bb8..d50e9a4 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ app.get("*", (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "../frontend/vite-project/dist/index.html"));
 });
 
-server.listen(port, () => {
-  console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);
-});
+// server.listen(port, () => {
+//   console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);
+// });
diff --git a/backend/routes/httpRoutes.js b/backend/routes/httpRoutes.js
index f6419bb..8de052f 100644
--- a/backend/routes/httpRoutes.js
+++ b/backend/routes/httpRoutes.js
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import RoomController from '../controllers/RoomController.js';
 import VideoCallController from '../controllers/VideoCallController.js';
+import { GeminiAiService } from '../services/geminiAiService.js';
 
 // Create controller instances (io will be null for HTTP routes)
 const roomController = new RoomController(null);
 const videoCallController = new VideoCallController(null);
-
+const geminiService = new GeminiAiService();
 const router = express.Router();
 
 // Health check endpoint
@@ -64,6 +65,24 @@ router.get('/api/rooms', (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+
+router.post("/api/chatai", async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const { message, history = [] } = req.body;
+    if (!message) {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: "Message is required" });
+    }
+    const resp = await geminiService.chatWithGemini(message, history);
+    return res.json({ data: resp.data });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[chatBotRoute] error:", err.message || err);
+    return res.status(500).json({
+      error: "Failed to fetch response from Gemini AI",
+      details: (err.message || "").slice(0, 1000),
+    });
+  }
+}); 
+
 // API documentation endpoint
 router.get('/api/docs', (req, res) => {
   res.json({
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 0a758b6..47a8c8d 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import path, { dirname, join } from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import cors from "cors";
-
+import dotenv from "dotenv"
+dotenv.config({ path: './.env' });
 // Import configurations
 import { serverConfig, staticConfig } from './config/server.js';
 
diff --git a/backend/services/geminiAiService.js b/backend/services/geminiAiService.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56fc3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/geminiAiService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import axios from "axios";
+
+const GEMINI_API_URL = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash:generateContent";
+const API_KEY= YOUR_API_KEY;
+
+if (!API_KEY) {
+  throw new Error("GEMINI_API_KEY is not set in environment variables");
+}
+
+function extractReply(resp) {
+  try {
+    return (
+      resp.data?.candidates?.[0]?.content?.parts?.[0]?.text ||
+      resp.data?.candidates?.[0]?.content?.[0]?.text ||
+      resp.data?.output?.[0]?.content?.[0]?.text ||
+      null
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error extracting reply:", error);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export class GeminiAiService {
+  constructor() {
+    this.axios = axios.create({ timeout: 30000 });
+  }
+async chatWithGemini(message, history = []) {
+  const promptText = `You are an AI coding assistant in a collaborative coding room. Keep responses concise (max 4 lines). User message: ${message}`;
+
+  // 🔥 Convert history into Gemini's format
+  const formattedHistory = history.map(h => ({
+    role: h.role,
+    parts: [{ text: h.text }]
+  }));
+
+  const payload = {
+    contents: [
+      ...formattedHistory,
+      { role: "user", parts: [{ text: promptText }] }
+    ],
+    generationConfig: { temperature: 0.3, maxOutputTokens: 512 },
+  };
+
+  try {
+    const resp = await this.axios.post(
+      `${GEMINI_API_URL}?key=${API_KEY}`,
+      payload,
+      { headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } }
+    );
+
+    const reply = extractReply(resp);
+    const tokensUsed = resp.data?.usageMetadata?.totalTokenCount ?? null;
+
+    return { data: { reply: reply || "No reply from Gemini.", tokensUsed } };
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("Gemini API Error:", err.response?.status, err.response?.data || err.message);
+    throw new Error(err.response?.data?.error?.message || err.message || "Gemini request failed");
+  }
+}
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/vite-project/src/App.jsx b/frontend/vite-project/src/App.jsx
index 2dcf5a0..5d4d346 100644
--- a/frontend/vite-project/src/App.jsx
+++ b/frontend/vite-project/src/App.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 import BackToTop from "./components/ui/BackToTop";
 
 import * as monaco from 'monaco-editor';
+import FloatingChatbot from "./components/floating";
 
 
 const App = () => {
@@ -1022,6 +1023,7 @@ const App = () => {
                 )}
               </span>
             </div>
+            <FloatingChatbot/>
             <div style={{ position: "relative", height: "calc(100% - 40px)" }}>
             
             {/* Changed from defaultLanguage to language */}
diff --git a/frontend/vite-project/src/components/chatBot.jsx b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/chatBot.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd92e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/chatBot.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+
+const Chatbot = () => {
+  const [message, setMessage] = useState("");
+  const [history, setHistory] = useState([]);
+  const [responses, setResponses] = useState([]);
+
+  const API_BASE_URL =
+    import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:3000";
+
+  const handleSendMessage = async () => {
+    if (!message) return;
+
+    const newHistory = [...history, { role: "user", text: message }];
+    setHistory(newHistory);
+    setResponses((prev) => [...prev, { role: "user", text: message }]);
+    setMessage("");
+
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE_URL}/api/chatai`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ message, history: newHistory }),
+      });
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error("Network response was not ok");
+      }
+
+      const data = await response.json();
+      const botReply = data.data.reply;
+
+      setResponses((prev) => [...prev, { role: "bot", text: botReply }]);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error sending message:", error);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col h-full">
+      {/* Chat window */}
+      <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-3 space-y-3 bg-gray-50">
+        {responses.map((resp, index) => (
+          <div
+            key={index}
+            className={`flex ${
+              resp.role === "user" ? "justify-end" : "justify-start"
+            }`}
+          >
+            <div
+              className={`px-3 py-2 rounded-xl max-w-[75%] ${
+                resp.role === "user"
+                  ? "bg-purple-500 text-white rounded-br-none"
+                  : "bg-gray-200 text-gray-800 rounded-bl-none"
+              }`}
+            >
+              {resp.text}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Input box */}
+      <div>
+        <div className="flex-1 items-center border-t p-2 gap-2">
+          <input
+            type="text"
+            value={message}
+            onChange={(e) => setMessage(e.target.value)}
+            placeholder="Type your message..."
+            className="flex-1 border text-black rounded-xl px-3 py-2 outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-400"
+          />
+          <button
+            onClick={handleSendMessage}
+            className="bg-purple-600 hover:bg-purple-400 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded-xl transition"
+          >
+            Send
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Chatbot;
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diff --git a/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.css b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be88c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.css
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* Floating Button */
+.floating-button {
+  position: fixed;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  color: white;
+  border-radius: 9999px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  box-shadow: 0px 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+  width: 60px;
+  height: 60px;
+  transition: all 0.5s ease;
+  background: linear-gradient(to right, #ec4899, #8b5cf6, #3b82f6); /* pink → purple → blue */
+  z-index: 9999;
+}
+
+.floating-button:hover {
+  background: linear-gradient(to right, #3b82f6, #8b5cf6, #ec4899);
+  box-shadow: 0px 6px 16px rgba(139, 92, 246, 0.7);
+}
+
+/* Hover Tooltip */
+.tooltip {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 70px;
+  right: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(50%);
+  background-color: #ec4899;
+  color: white;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  padding: 6px 12px;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  box-shadow: 0px 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+}
+
+/* Popup Chatbot */
+.chatbot-container {
+  position: fixed;
+  bottom: 80px;
+  right: 20px;
+  width: 320px;
+  height: 384px;
+  background: white;
+  box-shadow: 0px 6px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  z-index: 9998;
+}
+
+/* Header */
+.chatbot-header {
+  background-color: #9742d0; /* blue-700 */
+  color: white;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 10px;
+  border-top-left-radius: 17px;
+  border-top-right-radius: 16px;
+  font-size: 17px;
+  font-weight: 1500;
+}
+
+/* Close Button */
+.close-button {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  background: #ef4444; /* red-500 */
+  width: 24px;
+  height: 24px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: background 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.close-button:hover {
+  background: #f87171; /* red-400 */
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.jsx b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a23529e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/vite-project/src/components/floating.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import Chatbot from "./chatBot";
+import { MessageCircle, X } from "lucide-react";
+import "./floating.css"
+
+const FloatingChatbot = () => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [position, setPosition] = useState({ x: 20, y: 20 });
+  const [hover, setHover] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleDrag = (e) => {
+    const screenW = window.innerWidth;
+    const screenH = window.innerHeight;
+
+    let newX = screenW - e.clientX - 50;
+    let newY = screenH - e.clientY - 50;
+
+    if (newX < 10) newX = 10;
+    if (newY < 10) newY = 10;
+
+    setPosition({ x: newX, y: newY });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {/* Floating Icon */}
+      <div
+        onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
+        onDrag={(e) => handleDrag(e)}
+        draggable
+        onMouseEnter={() => setHover(true)}
+        onMouseLeave={() => setHover(false)}
+        className="floating-button"
+        style={{
+          bottom: position.y,
+          right: position.x,
+        }}
+      >
+        <MessageCircle size={28} />
+
+        {/* Hover Text */}
+        {hover && <div className="tooltip">Chatbot</div>}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Popup Chatbot */}
+      {open && (
+        <div className="chatbot-container">
+          {/* Header */}
+          <div className="chatbot-header">
+            <span>AI Chatbot</span>
+            <button onClick={() => setOpen(false)} className="close-button">
+              <X size={14} color="white" />
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Chatbot Component */}
+          <div className="flex-1">
+            <Chatbot />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export default FloatingChatbot;
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