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Welcome to the Useful Agents Hackathon
A 24-hour sprint dedicated to building agents that reliably execute tasks & meet concrete performance metrics! Win from a $20k USD prize pool while solving real problems for startup founders while receiving free inference & post-hackathon go-to-market support. Agents DO NOT need to interact with crypto or a blockchain.
Co-organized by NEAR AI, SF Compute, & Electric Capital
Eligibility Requirements
Projects must be newly created or have new features added during the hackathon period
All code must be open source & publicly accessible
Teams can consist of 1-4 members
Each participant can only be part of one team
All team members must be registered for the hackathon
Technical Requirements
Agents must be hosted on the NEAR Agent Hub (https://app.near.ai/agents)
Projects must integrate at least one AI component (LLMs, ML models, autonomous agents)
Code must be hosted in a public GitHub repository
Projects must include quantitative benchmarks for agent performance
Required Repository Contents
Detailed README.md with project description
Setup & installation instructions
Architecture diagram or technical documentation
Demo video or link to live demo
License file (MIT, Apache 2.0, or similar)
Benchmark suite & evaluation metrics
Submission Requirements Documentation
Project name & one-line description
Detailed project overview (500 words max)
Problem statement & solution approach
Technical architecture overview
Future development roadmap
Comprehensive benchmark results & methodology
Technical Deliverables
GitHub repository URL
Deployment instructions
API documentation (if applicable)
Any necessary credentials for testing
List of AI models
Benchmark code & test suites
Performance metrics & evaluation results
Benchmarking Requirements
Defined success metrics for each task the agent performs
Quantitative performance measurements
Reproducible testing environment
Comparison against baseline approaches
Error rate analysis
Task completion time metrics
Resource utilization measurements
Demo Materials
3-5 minute demo video
Link to live demo (if applicable)
Screenshots/diagrams of key features
Test accounts or sample data (if needed)
Recorded benchmark runs
Team Information
Team member names & roles
Contact information
Project background/inspiration
Track selection & bounty targets
Judging Criteria
Technical Innovation (20%)
Novel problem-solving approaches
Implementation quality
System architecture
Task Completion & Benchmarks (30%)
Reliability of execution
Quality of benchmark methodology
Performance metrics
Reproducibility of results
Comparison to baselines
User Experience (20%)
Interface design
Ease of use
Documentation quality
AI/Blockchain Integration (20%)
Effective use of AI capabilities
Meaningful blockchain integration
Technical architecture
Presentation (10%)
Demo quality
Documentation clarity
Team presentation
Timeline
Hackathon Begins: March 14 at 10:00 AM PT
Project submissions close: March 15 at 12:00 PM PT
Demo presentations: March 15 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Winners announced: March 15 at 2:00 PM PT
Disqualification Criteria
Submissions after the deadline
Incomplete documentation
Code plagiarism
Violation of open source licenses
Projects without clear AI & blockchain components
Missing or incomplete demo materials
Lack of quantitative benchmarks
Non-reproducible results
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