aathifpm/Agent_Sterling — reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a Python based social media assistant called Agent Sterling with a simple web control panel. I want to be able to connect my Mastodon account, and if possible also Twitter later, add my Google Gemini API key in the UI, and have the app watch mentions, replies, and hashtags, then generate smart context aware responses automatically. It should feel like a social media manager that can monitor activity in real time, respond in a natural voice, and let me review or manage what it is doing from the dashboard.

Please make Mastodon the main working platform since that seems to be the one that is fully supported, but keep the structure ready for Twitter too. I also want basic admin features for saving credentials securely through the web interface, turning features on or off, handling rate limits, and recovering cleanly from API errors.

Include a working local setup for the backend and static control panel, plus tests so I can verify mentions, posting, and response generation. If anything is unclear, look up the current platform docs online.