Archestra MCP Apps Hackathon

Describe an app in chat, Archestra builds it and connects it to your real data through MCP. July 22–29, online, free, $2,250 in prizes. Category: Hackathon (online) About the opportunity: Take a workflow you deal with every week (sprint reports, invoice tracking, a PR review queue) and turn it into an app your could use tomorrow. You build by describing the app in chat. Archestra (an open-source AI platform) generates the interface and connects it to real tools through MCPs - GitHub, Jira, Slack, and 900+ more via MCP servers. No deploy, no hosting, no login flow to build. Setup takes about 15 minutes: Docker, an LLM API key (free options work), and you're building. Useful apps are the main event, but weird apps have their own prize - games, visualizations, and wonderfully weird interfaces all count. What you'll submit: a video of your app in action (20 seconds or less), the prompt you used, the MCP servers it uses, and a one-sentence description. All submissions go into a public gallery. Prizes: $1,000 - Most Useful App (turn a real workflow into an app a team would keep using) $750 - Best Weird App $500 + swag - Community Buzz (post your app publicly, tag @archestra_ai, most-liked post wins) Timeline: July 22 — Kickoff: full brief, quickstart, and example apps sent to all registrants July 29 — Submissions close July 29–30 — Public gallery goes live August 4 — Winners announced Eligibility: Open worldwide, 18+. Students and professionals. Solo or teams. Free to enter. No prior experience with Archestra needed - the quickstart covers everything. Contact / links: Website: https://archestra.ai/apps-hackathon · GitHub: https://github.com/archestra-ai/archestra