Agent Glow Up Hackathon

About this event

✨ Agent Glow Up Hackathon

Hosted by Sylph Γ— Google Gemini | Powered by Build Club

**1 day Hackathon Β· San Francisco ** πŸ’… πŸ“ Venue: WorkOS HQ

πŸ’„ The Mission: Make Beautiful Agents

AI agents are powerful, but most of them aren't pleasant to use.

Agent Glow Up is an IRL hackathon for top-tier technical talent in SF. The goal is simple: Build thoughtful, end-to-end agent applications that look as good as they think.

We are looking for Agentic UIβ€”dynamic dashboards, generative interfaces, and creative tools. If you love shipping under pressure and care about design systems as much as backend logic, this is for you.

πŸ› οΈ The Superpower: Build with AdaL

This hackathon runs on AdaL, the local-first coding agent built by Sylph AI. It bridges the gap between technical logic and visual design:

1. One Agent, Two Interfaces

  • πŸ–₯️ AdaL CLI (For Developers): The most comfortable coding agent interface.
  • 🌐 AdaL Web (For Everyone): Visual interface for non-technical users.

2. The Best Design Engineer

  • 🎨 Design with Gemini 3 Pro: Use Gemini's multimodal capabilities for visual reasoning, wireframing, and UI patterns.
  • πŸ”§ Code with Claude Opus 4.5: Use the latest Claude Opus 4.5 for deep architectural integrity, React implementation, and refactoring.

Switch "brains" mid-conversation with /model to match the task

πŸ† The Challenge

Theme: Agent-Powered Applications (User-Facing)

Judging Criteria:

  • ✨ Aesthetics: Usability and interface quality (No lazy chatbots!).
  • 🧠 Intelligence: Agent design and orchestration.
  • βš™οΈ Reliability: Clarity of workflows and end-to-end stability.

🧰 The Stack & Partners

Bring your own stack, or build with our partner ecosystem to win specific category prizes:

  • Core: Sylph AI (Creators of AdaL) + Google Gemini (Models)
  • Voice: Agora
  • Web & Data: Exa
  • Compute: GMI Cloud

🎁 Prizes & Perks

  • πŸ’Έ Cash Prize for the winning team.
  • ☁️ Credits (API and Platform) from sponsors.
  • πŸ“£ Demo Exposure across Build Club (50k+ builders) and Sylph channels.
  • β˜• Fuel: Coffee, meals, and snacks provided throughout the day.

Your hosts

SylphAI - An applied research lab dedicated to automating the entire engineering stackβ€”from traditional software development to cutting-edge AI research.

This event is organised by Build Club - the most collaborative AI community in the world (50K builders, 60+ cities).