{"slug": "build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon", "title": "Build AI Coding Loops and Win $5,000 — TestSprite Season 3 Hackathon", "summary": "TestSprite announced its Season 3 Hackathon with a $5,000 prize pool, themed around Loop Engineering for AI coding workflows. Participants use AI coding agents to write code while the open-source TestSprite CLI verifies it, creating a write-verify-fix loop. The hackathon runs from June 30 to July 7, 2025, with project awards and a CLI improvement bonus.", "body_md": "Hey everyone! 👋\n\nWe've got something exciting lined up, and if you've been building with AI coding agents, this one's going to be right up your alley.\n\nTestSprite is running its Season 3 Hackathon, themed around Loop Engineering — and it's all about trying the part of the AI coding workflow most people skip: the verification loop.\n\n🔁 The Concept\n\nHere's the core idea: your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, whatever you're working with) writes the code. The open-source TestSprite CLI acts as a real user who is running real tests against your live app and returning verdicts. Then your agent reads the failure bundle, fixes the root cause, and reruns. Passes bank. The loop continues.\n\n*Write → Verify → Fix → Verify Again → repeat*\n\n💰 **$5,000 Prize Pool — Two Ways to Win**\n\nProject Awards — $3,000 split across 5 winners. More details at event page: testsprite.com/hackathon-s3.\n\nCLI Improvement Bonus — a separate $2,000 standing bounty for merged PRs that enhance the CLI. This one has no deadline and doesn't affect your Project Award score.\n\n🛠 What You Need\n\nTestSprite CLI installed (Node ≥ 20, free credits)\n\nA deployed public URL — the CLI tests in the cloud, no localhost\n\nA public GitHub repo with commit history as proof the loop ran\n\nAn agent-written LOOP.md — one plain-English line per iteration, written by the agent as it runs\n\nNo hand-writing the log. The agent writes it. Judges read it first.\n\n📋 How to Submit\n\nTwo steps:\n\nPush your repo with LOOP.md + README with your app's live URL\n\nSubmit your live URL, repo link, and TestSprite account on a Google Form in Discord #hackathon-s3-submissions\n\nDemo video is optional but encouraged — it boosts your ranking.\n\n🏆 Judging Breakdown\n\n40 pts — Project Quality: does the live app actually work well?\n\n40 pts — Loop Quality: did a real loop run and catch real failures?\n\n20 pts + 5 bonus — Innovation: creative project or loop design, +5 for wiring the checker into CI/CD\n\nMore Bonus engagement pts\n\n📅 Timeline\n\nJun 30 · 5PM PDT — Launch & setup\n\nJun 30 – Jul 7 — Build & loop\n\nJul 7 · 4:59PM PDT — Submissions close\n\nJul 13 — Winners announced on X & Discord\n\n👉 How to Join\n\nFollow @TestSprite on X — winner reveals go out there first\n\nJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/GXWFjCe4an — rules, Q&A, and submissions all live here\n\nInstall the CLI: github.com/TestSprite/testsprite-cli\n\nFull details at testsprite.com/hackathon-s3.\n\nQuestions? Drop them in the comments or in Discord — we'll be around. Let's see what you build! 🚀", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/suzy_su_5d328f7d1c1b3ea34/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon-c2b", "published_at": "2026-06-25 01:47:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 02:13:23.282723+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "mlops"], "entities": ["TestSprite", "Claude Code", "Codex", "Antigravity", "Discord", "X", "GitHub", "Google"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/build-ai-coding-loops-and-win-5000-testsprite-season-3-hackathon.jsonld"}}