9 Unique Hands-On Quests for JS/ TS Developers to Build AI Apps on Azure AI Foundry, and gain a deeper understanding of AI Technologies, Tools and Frameworks.
✨ Check the Study Guide for the latest resources & schedule ✨
- 👩💻 Who this is for: Developers → AI Engineers
- 🧠 What you'll learn: To Seamlessly Integrate AI Capabilities into Web Applications. The build-a-thon is designed to get you from Not having worked with AI → building local AI prototypes → deploying and extending AI applications on Azure
- 🛠️ What you'll do:
- 💻 Build Local AI Prototypes with GitHub Models & AI Toolkit Extension (NO AZURE ACCOUNT NEEDED)
- 🔄 Migrate Prototype to Azure (GitHub Models → Azure AI Foundry)
- ☁️ Deploy Models and Use in Code with the Azure AI Foundry Extension
- 📊 Connect to external data with RAG, add conversation history with LangChain.js
- 🤖 Build an AI Agent with Azure AI Foundry Extension
- 🧰 Extend Agent with MCP Tools using the AI Toolkit Extension
- ⚡ Automate your dev workflows with GitHub Models and GenAIScript (NO AZURE ACCOUNT NEEDED)
1️⃣ Right Click on the Start Course ↓ button below and open in a new tab.
-
Owner: Your personal account
-
Repository name: (e.g.
JSAI-Build-a-thon) -
We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will use Actions minutes.
-
Optionally give your repository a description, such as
JS-AI-Build-a-thon -
Privacy: Public
⚠️ Ensure you select Public. If you select Private, GitHub Actions will not work. -
Scroll down and click the Create repository button at the bottom of the form.
2️⃣ After you click the Create repository button, ⏳ WAIT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN REFRESH THE PAGE.
GitHub Actions will AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE YOUR README WITH THE NEXT STEP
Welcome to the final stage of the JS AI Build-a-thon – where real-world ideas turn into production-ready AI apps, and the community gets to decide what stands out!
Explore the projects below (or GitHub Issues), check out what each participant built, and upvote your favorite ones using the 👍 reaction on their GitHub Issue submission.
The project with the highest community love earns the People’s Choice Spotlight at the finale! 🚀
| Project | Description | Submission |
|---|---|---|
| ACTS Sri Lanka | An AI-powered legal assistant for Sri Lankan government documents that enables fast, citation-backed legal Q&A and search for citizens and professionals. | View project |
| JuaKatiba AI Agent | A serverless RAG-powered chatbot that explains and interprets Kenyan legal and constitutional documents, empowering citizens to defend their rights. | View project |
| You okay? Meet Vish AI, your mental health companion | An AI chatbot using RAG and LangChain for empathetic conversation and resource-based emotional wellness support whenever needed. | View project |
| vmware-tools-broadcom | A Python tool that automatically syncs, archives, and manages VMware Tools from Broadcom, saving time and providing easy access for IT users. | View project |
| Onboarding Software | A customizable recruitment and access platform leveraging azd templates to streamline candidate screening and enable healthy workplace culture. | View project |
| Deepmine-Sentinel | An AI safety assistant built on a chat template for providing miners with real-time underground safety guidance and accident prevention monitoring. | View project |
| Climate Action Assistant | An intelligent AI-powered climate action coach that delivers personalized, location-aware, and gamified environmental advice to help users reduce their carbon footprint effectively. | View project |
| AI Career Navigator - Your Personal AI Career Coach | An AI-powered career coaching application that analyzes resumes, identifies skill gaps, and guides developers to targeted job opportunities, interview readiness, and skill growth. | View project |
| AI FODMAP Food Helper | A friendly AI shopping companion that provides instant FODMAP ratings and tailored IBS-safe grocery advice, making the low FODMAP diet accessible and stress-free. | View project |
| healthy-living advisor | A health-focused AI chat app offering personalized, evidence-based, and accessible wellness, nutrition, and exercise advice. | View project |
| FitMind AI | An AI-powered wellness assistant that delivers personalized workout plans, healthy diet advice, and mental well-being tips for physical and mental health improvement. | View project |
| MrBones💪🦴.ai | An interactive AI anatomy assistant that transforms learning about the human skeletal system into an engaging, cloud-based virtual tutor and lab experience. | View project |
| Academic Advisor AI - Course Discovery & Degree Planning | A specialized RAG-powered AI system that provides intelligent course recommendations, prerequisite guidance, and academic pathway planning for students across multiple degree clusters. | View project |
| Cyby-Sec | An AI-driven cybersecurity chatbot that educates users, detects threats, and assists with real-time incident response through natural, human-like conversational guidance. | View project |
| AI-Mental--Wellness-Chatbot | An AI-powered mental wellness assistant that delivers empathetic conversations, stress relief guidance, and motivational support through a private chat interface. | View project |
| Your AI prompt assistant, PromptFix | An intelligent prompt engineering assistant that analyzes, debugs, and improves user prompts while providing AI-driven guidance for effective generative AI interactions. | View project |
| AI Travel Guide for Sri Lanka | A conversational GenAI assistant that offers reliable, document-based travel guidance and local recommendations tailored specifically for visitors to Sri Lanka. | View project |
| The Cofounder Who Never Sleeps, inizio.ai | An AI cofounder assistant that provides idea validation, step-by-step startup guidance, and emotionally intelligent mentoring for solo entrepreneurs. | View project |
| Doctor AI | An AI health companion that offers real-time symptom triage, lifestyle advice, and always-available access for remote and underserved populations. | View project |
| WanderWhiz Bot | An AI-powered travel assistant that offers personalized, city-specific guidance and real-time tips for travelers through a chat interface. | View project |
| MediBot: AI Medical Symptom & Disease Assistant | An AI medical assistant that uses curated medical resources to provide instant, reliable answers about symptoms, diseases, and when to seek care. | View project |
To connect with other developers, join us in the Azure AI Community Discord (#js-ai-build-a-thon).
© 2025 JavaScript at Microsoft • Code of Conduct • MIT License