RAGHack: Let's build RAG applications together

🛠️ Build, innovate, and #Hacktogether! 🛠️ It's time to start building AI applications using the power of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation). 🤖 + 📚 = 🔥

Large language models are powerful language generators, but they don't know everything about the world. RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) combines the power of large language models with the knowledge of a search engine. This allows you to ask questions of your own data, and get answers that are relevant to the context of your question.

RAGHack is your opportunity to get deep into RAG and start building RAG yourself. Across 25+ live streams, we'll show you how to build RAG apps on top of Azure AI in multiple languages (Python, Java, JS, C#) with multiple retrievers (AI Search, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB), with your own data sources! You'll learn about the most popular frameworks, like LangChain and Semantic Kernel, plus the latest technology, like agents and vision models. The possibilities are endless for what you can create... plus you can submit your hack for a chance to win exciting prizes! 🥳

The streams start September 3rd and end September 13th. Hack submissions are due September 16th, 11:59 PM PST. Join us!

Register

Register for the hackathon using any of the sessions linked on the Reactor series home page. This will register you for both the selected session and the hackathon.

Introduce yourself and look for teammates here GitHub Discussions!

Official Rules

Read the official rules 📃

Stream Schedule

English

Week 1: September 3rd-6th

Day/Time	Topic	Resources
9/3, 04:30 PM UTC / 09:30 AM PT	RAG 101	Link
9/3, 06:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PT	RAG with .NET	Link
9/3, 08:00 PM UTC / 01:00 PM PT	RAG with Azure AI Studio	Link
9/3, 10:00 PM UTC / 03:00 PM PT	RAG with Python	Link
9/4, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG with Langchain4J	Link
9/4, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG with LangchainJS	Link
9/4, 09:00 PM UTC / 02:00 PM PT	Scalable RAG with CosmosDB for NoSQL	Link
9/5, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	Responsible AI	Link
9/5, 05:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PT	RAG on Cosmos DB MongoDB	Link
9/5, 07:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PT	RAG with Azure AI Search	Link
9/5, 09:00 PM UTC / 02:00 PM PT	RAG on PostgreSQL	Link
9/5, 11:00 PM UTC / 04:00 PM PT	RAG on Azure SQL Server	Link
9/6, 04:00 PM UTC / 09:00 AM PT	Intro to GraphRAG	Link
9/6, 06:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PT	Add multi-channel communication in RAG apps	Link

Week 2: September 9th-13th

Day/Time	Topic	Resources
9/9, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG with Java + Semantic Kernel	Link
9/9, 05:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PT	RAG with Java + Spring AI	Link
9/9, 08:00 PM UTC / 01:00 PM PT	RAG with vision models	Link
9/9, 11:00 PM UTC / 04:00 PM PT	Internationalization for RAG apps	Link
9/10, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	Use Phi-3 to create a VSCode chat agent extension	Link
9/10, 05:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PT	Agentic RAG with Langchain	Link
9/10, 10:00 PM UTC / 03:00 PM PT	Build an OpenAI code interpreter for Python	Link
9/11, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	Connections in Azure AI Studio	Link
9/11, 05:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PT	Explore AutoGen concepts with AutoGen Studio	Link
9/11, 08:00 PM UTC / 01:00 PM PT	RAG with Data Access Control	Link
9/11, 10:00 PM UTC / 03:00 PM PT	RAFT: (RAG + Fine Tuning) in Azure AI Studio	Link
9/12, 04:00 AM UTC / 09:00 AM PT	Pick the right model for the right job	Link
9/12, 08:00 PM UTC / 01:00 PM PT	Evaluating your RAG Chat App	Link

Spanish

Day/Time	Topic	Resources
9/3, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG: Generación Aumentada de Recuperación	Link
9/4, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG: Prácticas recomendadas de Azure AI Search	Link
9/11, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	AI Multi-Agentes: Patrones, Problemas y Soluciones	Link

Portuguese

Day/Time	Topic	Resources
9/3, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	RAG (Geração Aumentada de Busca) no Azure	Link
9/12, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	Construindo RAG com Azure AI Studio e Python	Link
9/13, 03:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM PT	Implantando RAG com .NET e Azure Developer CLI	Link

Chinese

Day/Time	Topic	Resources
9/3, 12:30 PM UTC / 05:30 AM PT	Global RAG Hack Together	Link
9/10, 12:30 PM UTC / 05:30 AM PT	Create RAG apps with Azure AI SDK	Link
9/12, 12:30 PM UTC / 05:30 AM PT	Create RAG applications with AI Toolkit VSCode Extension	Link
9/14, 12:30 PM UTC / 05:30 AM PT	Intro to GraphRAG	Link

Office Hours

For additional help with your hacks, you can drop by Office Hours in our AI Discord channel. Here are the Office Hours scheduled so far:

Day/Time	Topic/Hosts
9/4, 07:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PT	Python, AI Search, Postgres, with Pamela
9/6, 07:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PT	.NET with Bruno

RAG Code Samples

Repository	Language/Retriever	Costs
azure-search-openai-demo	Python, Azure AI Search	Requires Azure deployment, follow guide for lower cost deployment
azure-search-openai-demo-java	Java, Azure AI Search	Requires Azure deployment, see cost estimate for App Service deployment, Container Apps, Kubernetes
serverless-chat-langchainjs	JavaScript, CosmosDB	Can be run locally for free with Ollama, see cost estimate for Azure deployment
azure-search-openai-demo-csharp	C#, Azure AI Search	Requires Azure deployment, see cost estimate or follow guide for low cost deployment
rag-postgres-openai-python	Python, PostgreSQL	Can be run locally for free with Ollama, see cost estimate for deployment for Azure deployment.
Cosmic-Food-RAG-app	Python, Cosmos DB MongoDB	Requires Azure deployment, see cost estimate
contoso-chat	Python, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Studio, PromptFlow	Requires Azure deployment, see cost estimate
azure-sql-db-session-recommender-v2	C#, Azure SQL	Can be run locally for free with Azure SQL Database free tier

To find more samples, check out the following resources:

Recommended Learning Materials 📚

Project Submission

Hack submissions are due September 16th, 11:59 PM PST.

Submit your project here when it's ready: 🚀 Project Submission

Check out this video for step by step project submission guidance: Project Submission Video

Prizes and Categories 🏅

Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges, including Microsoft engineers, product managers, and developer advocates. Judging criteria will include innovation, impact, technical usability, and alignment with corresponding hackathon category.

Each winning team in the categories below will receive a cash prize of $500. 💸

Best Overall
Best in PostgreSQL
Best in Azure SQL
Best in Cosmos DB
Best in Azure AI Search
Best in Python
Best in .NET
Best in Java
Best in JavaScript/TypeScript
Best in Azure AI Studio

All hackathon participants who submit a project will receive a digital badge.

Judges

Thank you to our judges for all their help with evaluating the projects and selecting the top entries:

Matt Gotteiner, Farzad Sunavala, Davide Mauri, Muazma Zahid, Jay Gordon, James Codella, Khelan Modi, Joshua Johnson, Renee Noble, Sarah Kaiser, Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, Rory Preddy, Cole Johnson, Julien Dubois, Glaucia Lemos, Yohan Lasorsa, Milan Kaur, Luis Quintanilla, Bruno Capuano, Josh Oh, Pamela Fox, Daisy Chaussee

License

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