🛠️ AI Hackathon 2026: Starter Kits

Building from scratch is hard. Use these templates to jumpstart your prototype.

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🟢 Beginner (Zero-Framework)

• llm-basic — Simplest way to chat with an LLM using raw Python requests. Start here if you're new!

🟡 Intermediate (Track-Specific)

• cv-traffic — Real-time vehicle detection logic using YOLOv8.
• data-processing — Cleaning and normalizing datasets for RL or Fine-Tuning.

🔴 Advanced (Agentic & RAG)

• mcp-agent — Building an MCP-powered agent with tool-use capabilities. [Advanced/Optional]
• rag-pipeline — Dense retrieval pipeline using ChromaDB and Sentence-Transformers. [Advanced/Optional]

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🛠️ Global Setup

All kits require a .env file for API keys.

1. Copy .env.example to .env.
2. Add your keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt.