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![Foundry Local](./assets/foundry-local-logo.png)

Livestream starting soon! **Click the image below to watch the recording.**
**Click the image below to watch the recording.**

[![Reactor Livestream](./assets/poster-quest1.png)](https://www.youtube.com/live/GHH50rDlLn0?si=-i3hPYq1o6H271_z)

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> **Hackathon Award Category: Offline-Ready AI Award**
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> As part of the Build-a-thon Hack!, we have a special award category that will recognize the best performing AI solution with standout offline capabilities (local inference).
> This quest mapped to our Offline-Ready AI Award category, which recognized the best performing AI solutions with standout offline capabilities (local inference).
>
> Consider building an app that:
> Winning solutions featured apps that:
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> - Processes sensitive data entirely on-device.
> - Uses Foundry Local for reasoning and a cloud storage service for optional sync or analytics.
> - Processed sensitive data entirely on-device.
> - Used Foundry Local for reasoning and cloud storage services for optional sync or analytics.
>
> Highlight in your submission how you:
> Winners demonstrated:
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> - Achieve **privacy** (no sensitive data leaving the device).
> - Optimize for **latency** using local inference.
> - **Privacy** (no sensitive data leaving the device).
> - **Latency** optimization using local inference.
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> Checkout some Foundry Local + JavaScript projects: -
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Livestream starting soon! **Click the image below to watch the recording.**
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[![Reactor Livestream](./assets/poster-quest2.png)](https://www.youtube.com/live/8ded7UAdPTA?si=UwncP4b4tIs1dwLS)

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Livestream starting soon! **Click the image below to watch the recording.**
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[![Reactor Livestream](./assets/poster-quest3.png)](https://www.youtube.com/live/hfx7F7lObdg?si=vEtg3dt411oHcvJG)

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![AI Toolkit](./assets/aitk.png)

Livestream starting soon! **Click the image below to watch the recording.**
**Click the image below to watch the recording.**

[![Reactor Livestream](./assets/poster-quest4.png)](https://www.youtube.com/live/k0q5-VIGtWQ?si=yXLiyalxU6wELpxW)

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> **Hackathon Award Category: Agent Architecture Award**
>
> As part of the Build-a-thon Hack!, we have a special award category that will recognize the best AI agents with innovative and well-architected designs.
> This quest mapped to our special award category that recognized the best AI agents with innovative and well-architected designs.
>
> Consider building:
> Winning submissions featured:
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> - Agents that solve complex problems with multiple steps of reasoning
> - Agents that integrate with custom MCP servers to access specialized tools or data
> - Agents with sophisticated evaluation techniques that push performance boundaries
> - Agents that solved complex problems with multiple steps of reasoning
> - Agents that integrated with custom MCP servers to access specialized tools or data
> - Agents with sophisticated evaluation techniques that pushed performance boundaries
>
> Highlight in your submission how you:
> Winners demonstrated:
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> - Demonstrate innovative agent design patterns
> - Leverage MCP servers for specialized tool integration
> - Showcase evaluation methods that validate agent performance
> - Innovative agent design patterns
> - Leverage of MCP servers for specialized tool integration
> - Evaluation methods that validated agent performance

### Install the AI Toolkit Extension

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Livestream starting soon! **Click the image below to watch the livestream/recording.**
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[![Reactor Livestream](./assets/poster-quest5.png)](https://www.youtube.com/live/kBVsqJbM7Vc?si=hmIEfla6KOB9MsYW)

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> **Hackathon Award Category: Agentic System Architecture Award**
>
> As part of the Build-a-thon Hack!, we have a special award category recognizing agentic designs that are **useful, reliable, and secure**.
> This quest mapped to our special award category recognizing agentic designs that are **useful, reliable, and secure**.
>
> This quest demonstrates foundational patterns: **MCP tool integration** enables agents to interact with external systems (useful), **structured agent workflows** with proper error handling ensure consistent behavior (reliable), and **API-based architectures** allow for controlled access and validation (secure).
> The quest demonstrated foundational patterns: **MCP tool integration** enabling agents to interact with external systems (useful), **structured agent workflows** with proper error handling ensuring consistent behavior (reliable), and **API-based architectures** allowing for controlled access and validation (secure).
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> Consider how these patterns can help you build production-ready agent systems that users can trust.
> Winners leveraged these patterns to build production-ready agent systems that users could trust.

## Steps to Complete the Quest

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<div align="center">

![The JavaScript AI Build-a-thon Season 2 - Coming Soon!](assets/poster.svg)
![The JavaScript AI Build-a-thon Season 2](assets/poster.svg)

<p align="center">
<strong>Create, compete, and turn ideas into working AI.</strong><br/>
<em>Starting March 2, 2026</em>
<em>March 2 – March 31, 2026</em>
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If you're building your first AI app or architecting multi-agent systems, the Build-a-thon gives you the tools, the mentorship, and the stage to ship something real.

# Key Dates
# Program Timeline

| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| 🎬 Build-a-thon Begins | **Monday, March 2, 2026** |
| 🎬 Build-a-thon Began | **Monday, March 2, 2026** |
| 📚 Quests & Livestreams | **March 2 – March 13, 2026** |
| **🔥 Hackathon Launches** | **Friday, March 13, 2026** |
| 🏁 Hackathon Ends | **Tuesday, March 31, 2026** |
| **🔥 Hackathon Phase** | **Friday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 31, 2026** |
| 🏆 Program Concluded | **Tuesday, March 31, 2026** |

# How It Works
# How It Worked

The Build-a-thon runs in two phases.
The Build-a-thon ran in two phases.

![The JavaScript AI Build-a-thon Season 2 - Coming Soon!](assets/roadmap.svg)
![The JavaScript AI Build-a-thon Season 2](assets/roadmap.svg)

## 📚 Phase 1: Learn & Skill Up (March 2 – March 13)

Complete guided quests and attend expert-led livestreams to build the skills you'll need. Each quest is hands-on, self-paced, and designed to teach you a core AI development pattern with JavaScript/TypeScript:
Participants completed guided quests and attended expert-led livestreams to build the skills needed for the hackathon phase. Each quest was hands-on, self-paced, and designed to teach a core AI development pattern with JavaScript/TypeScript:

| Quest | Topic | What You'll Learn |
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| [Quest 4](/04-Build-Agents-with-AIToolKit/README.md) | Build Agents with AI Toolkit | Create AI agents with MCP tools, evaluation, and code export on VS Code |
| [Quest 5](/05-Run-Burger-Ordering-Agent-System/README.md) | E2E Burger Ordering Agent | Design and run a full agentic system with MCP server integration |

Participation Requirement: Complete at least 2 quests (including the guided project) to be eligible for the hack.
Participation Requirement: Participants were required to complete at least 2 quests (including the guided project) to be eligible for the hackathon phase.

## 🔥 Phase 2: Hack! (March 13 – March 31)

Build something that matters. Use everything you learned in the quests, and beyond, to build AI Agents that solve real problems, delight users, and push what's possible.

[Register for the hackathon](https://aka.ms/JSBuildathon_Hack)
Participants built solutions that matter using everything they learned in the quests and beyond, creating AI Agents that solved real problems, delighted users, and pushed what's possible.

![Hack roadmap](assets/hack-roadmap.png)

During the hack phase, attend technical demos and special Discord Office Hours (8:00 AM PDT) to learn the latest tools and best practices.
During the hack phase, participants attended technical demos and special Discord Office Hours (8:00 AM PDT) to learn the latest tools and best practices.

| Date (8:00 AM PDT) | Demo | Link |
| Date (8:00 AM PDT) | Demo | Archive |
|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Azure & Foundry MCP Server Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1476309470312136704) |
| March 18 | Azure Developer CLI (azd) Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1476310190885175296) |
| March 20 | Azure DocumentDB Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473725339959033866) |
| March 23 | GitHub Copilot CLI & SDK Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473726030421430272) |
| March 25 | GitHub Agentic Workflows Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473781418956947566) |
| March 27 | GitHub Copilot App Modernization Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473781883811795147) |
| March 16 | Azure & Foundry MCP Server Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1476309470312136704) |
| March 18 | Azure Developer CLI (azd) Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1476310190885175296) |
| March 20 | Azure DocumentDB Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473725339959033866) |
| March 23 | GitHub Copilot CLI & SDK Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473726030421430272) |
| March 25 | GitHub Agentic Workflows Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473781418956947566) |
| March 27 | GitHub Copilot App Modernization Demo | [Recording](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473781883811795147) |


## 💬 Community & Support
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