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Track Guide

Your step-by-step companion for building and deploying an AI agent. Pick a track, follow the steps, ship something real.

✦ Find Your Track

Question 1 of 3
Have you written code before?

✦ Pre-Event Setup

Do this before you arrive — or we'll help you at the start. Tap to check off.

Everyone
Create a free Vercel accountvercel.com
Create a v0 accountv0.dev
Bring your laptop + charger
Have a Google or GitHub account ready
Bookmark the Vercel docsvercel.com/docs
Tracks 1 & 3 Only (Developers)
Install Node.js (v18+)nodejs.org
Install VS Code or your preferred editorcode.visualstudio.com
Install Gitgit-scm.com
Test: run npx create-next-app@latest
Verify: node -v && npm -v

✦ The Tracks

🚀v0 + MCPsBeginner
★★★★★

Build with words, not code

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⚙️Workflow (WDK)Intermediate
★★★★★

Durable agents that survive anything

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💻ChatSDK AgentsAdvanced
★★★★★

Write once, deploy everywhere

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Judging Criteria

Agent Usefulness
Does it solve a real problem?
Technical Execution
Built with v0, deployed on Vercel
Creativity
Unique idea or novel approach
$6,000+ in prizes • Up to $3,000 in v0 credits for 1st
BUILD IT. SHIP IT. LET'S GO.