Global AI Hackathon_Powered By Mel
Agentic Day x Mel — Global AI Hackathon
36 hours to build. Three hours to demo, learn, and polish.
Build something real with Mel — the agentic terminal that turns plain English into working projects.
Your build window starts Saturday at 08:00 EST.Sunday includes a live demo, mentor, and submission-coaching session.Final projects are due Sunday at 2pm EST.
Build solo or join a team. Bring an idea, ship a working demo, and show how Mel helped.
Event schedule
Saturday — 08:00 EST Mel access, invite code, starter kit, and Hackathon Credits arrive.
Sunday — 11:00–14:00 ETLive Hackathon Session:
Show your build
Get live mentor feedback
Ask technical and submission questions
Improve your demo
Prepare final submission
Sunday — 2 PM EST Final submission deadline.
🎯 Pick your track
Agentic Commerce
Build storefronts, product tools, checkout flows, order operations, inventory automation, or customer workflows.
Good project ideas:
Margin and inventory rescue dashboard
Product-bundle generator
Customer support workspace
Returns and order-operations tool
Small-business storefront helper
Agentic Finance
Build dashboards, budgeting tools, reporting workflows, analysis, forecasting, or internal finance operations.
Good project ideas:
Cashflow signal dashboard
Invoice and payment tracker
Expense anomaly detector
Founder reporting workspace
Subscription and runway planner
Use public, mock, or sanitized data only. Do not build trading or lending advice tools.
Agentic Marketing
Build campaign tools, landing pages, content systems, lead-generation workflows, CRM helpers, or reporting dashboards.
Good project ideas:
Campaign experiment engine
Landing-page testing workspace
Content calendar builder
Lead-research workflow
Brand-message analyzer
Agentic Engineering — Debug, Test & Ship
Bring an existing GitHub repo, choose a curated broken starter repo, or use a project with an open issue.
Use Mel to understand the codebase, trace a bug, write or improve tests, make a focused repair, and prove the result.
This track tests real developer work: investigation, code changes, test execution, review, recovery, and clear handoff.
Build anything inside your track. Your project must solve a real problem and show a working user flow.
What judges will look for
35% — Usefulness: Does this solve a real problem?
25% — Execution: Does the working flow feel complete?
20% — Creativity: Is the approach fresh and thoughtful?
20% — Mel use: Did Mel materially help planning, building, debugging, reviewing, or testing?
Where to submit:
https://globalhackathon.agenticdaysummit.com/submissions
Include:
Live project URL or GitHub link
Short demo video
One-paragraph problem statement
Selected track
Team member names
Three ways Mel helped
Three failures or friction points
One Mel feature request
More details to be sent by email.
👥 Who it's for
developers who want to see how far an agent can really go
indie founders and solo builders shipping fast
product people experimenting with AI-native workflows
non-technical builders who want to turn ideas into working software
No coding experience required.
🏆 Prize
$600 total $200 cash per track
Mel credits
winner featured on our channels and media partner
access to the Mel builder community
Judges
Projects will be reviewed by a panel of founders, operators, and engineers across AI, software, and developer tools.
Judge names will be announced closer to the event.
🧰 What you need
a laptop
internet connection
Mel installed
Download Mel at openmel.dev — we'll help with setup at kickoff.
🔥 Spots are limited
Register now and we'll send you:
the event link
community / Discord access
the challenge brief
your Mel starter kit
See you Sunday. Bring an idea.
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