🚀 JS AI Build-a-thon

🤖 AI June Jams with JavaScript

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)

🏁 How to get started

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

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🗳️ Community Voting – JS AI Build-a-thon Projects

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!

📣 How Voting Works

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! 🚀

Participating Projects

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
Muse AI	An AI-powered platform that uses an enhanced API template to foster self-reflection and empathy through engaging prompts and conversational logic.	View project
PetPal - Your AI Pet Care Assistant	A highly customized, serverless conversational AI assistant that delivers instant, personalized pet health and care guidance using Azure OpenAI and LangChain.js.	View project
Education AI	An AI assistant using customized chat-with-your-data for fast student Q&A, quiz creation, and teacher dashboards from school content.	View project
EcoGuardian: Your AI-Powered Carbon Footprint Tracker & Sustainability Coach	A scalable platform using Azure and JavaScript frameworks to track personal carbon emissions, provide AI-driven sustainability advice, and visualize impact for users.	View project
MLSA LearnBot	An intelligent chatbot for Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors that provides instant answers, integrated documentation, and a student-focused experience through Azure OpenAI and AI Search.	View project
DocuChat AI	An AI chat app that enables users to interact conversationally with complex documents through RAG, memory, and semantic search for expert-level answers.	View project

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