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X-Agent AI MCP Hackathon 2026

Build something people and agents will actually use.

Build one useful API. Selected projects can be packaged as paid MCP services, submitted to OKX.AI with X-Agent, and earn revenue from each paid call.

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Submission deadline
Sep 30, 12:30 · GMT+8
Event period
Aug 24 (Mon), 10:00 — Sep 30, 12:30 · GMT+8

Prizes

Awards by placement

2nd place

1st place

3rd place

How to enter

From build to verification.

  • Build

    Use the 14-day build period to ship one useful AI or crypto capability as a live HTTPS API. MCP is not required at submission time.

  • Submit

    Open one PR with the complete source, deployed commit, health endpoint, and repeatable verification evidence.

  • Review

    Pass technical and quality review. Selected projects may proceed to MCP standardization and OKX.AI submission support.

Submission foldersubmissions/mcp-hackathon/<team-or-builder>-<project-slug>/
Open the official submission repository →

Competition rules

Six competition rules.

  • Build one real capability

    Submit an API-backed AI, crypto, data, automation, or agent-infrastructure service that completes a useful task. MCP is not required at submission time.

  • Stay within the eligible scope

    On-chain security and auditing services are not eligible. This includes vulnerability, exploit, phishing, scam, risk-scoring, compliance, and similar analysis.

  • Ship a working deployment

    Reviewers must be able to call a live HTTPS API and confirm that its health and deployment-proof endpoints match the exact submitted Git commit.

  • Submit the complete source

    Open one pull request containing the required metadata, rights declaration, source code, setup steps, and one repeatable real-call verification.

  • Protect rights, data, and reviewers

    Declare ownership, licenses, dependencies, and data sources. Never submit secrets, personal data, malware, hidden exfiltration, or code you are not authorized to share.

  • Compete honestly

    Plagiarism, fake evidence, false ownership, identity manipulation, or scoring abuse results in rejection. Every new push restarts verification; closing an unmerged PR withdraws the entry.

Judging criteria

100 points after every hard gate passes.

Real agent / user valueDoes it complete a meaningful real-world task better than a prompt-only demo?30
Demonstrated capability qualityDo live results, errors, limits, and evidence show reliable usefulness?25
Engineering & maintainabilityIs the source reproducible, tested, observable, understandable, and maintainable?20
MCP productization readinessAre tool boundaries, inputs, outputs, authorization, errors, and side effects clear?15
Adoption & operating potentialCan the team operate, support, and improve the capability after the event?10

Two reviewers score independently. A 15-point or larger gap requires reconciliation.

What is OKX.AI?

A marketplace for services that agents can use.

OKX.AI connects users and AI agents with services they can discover and hire. Service providers can list useful capabilities and earn from real usage.

Selected projects may be prepared as MCP services. Eligible tools can charge per call, with revenue paid to the developer.

First edition

May 2026 archive

Ten winners across two tracks shared a US$6,000 prize pool.

View first edition