Claw & Order: CKB AI Agent Hackathon announcement!
The agents come to CKB!
Registrations are now open to enter Claw & Order: CKB AI Agent Hackathon!
This hackathon is open to all developers, and will test your ability to push agentic AI on CKB to its limits. For the very best projects, we have a prize pool of $10,000 to be shared amongst the winners!
Key details
Duration: 2 weeks
Start date: 11th March 12:00 UTC
End date: 25th March 12:00 UTC
Participation: Either individually or as a pair
Registration: Now open! Complete Quest 1 to register for the event
Submission: Handled through this campaign on CKBoost
Deployment: CKB Testnet
Important note: In order to complete quests on CKBoost, you will need CKB Testnet coins, which you can claim from the Nervos Pudge Faucet.
CKB: the natural home for the agentic economy
Autonomous AI agents are increasingly proving their ability to unlock new benefits, applications and financial instruments for users. And their relevance to the mainstream is now obvious. Where tasks used to be time consuming and complicated for users, agents are able to remove friction, complete tasks efficiently, and free up users’ time for other things. As advancements continue, reliability and predictability will improve, making agentic AI an indispensable tool for applications.
Agents are naturally suited to cryptocurrency:
- They offer the potential for a significant user experience enhancement
- They can operate 24 hours a day and across borders
- They can interact with other agents and transact for goods and services using micropayments that traditional payments are not optimized for
With CKB in particular, each asset is protected by a lock script that implements strict spending conditions and prevents agents from going beyond their remit. This is unlike the majority of blockchains where a contract can utilize user assets without their consent, resulting in hacks and loss of funds.
Furthermore, CKB has a flexibility-first architecture ideal for agents. Thanks to CKB-VM, based on RISC-V, CKB has no cryptographic precompiles, making it a universal platform where agents can choose what standard to follow (or create their own), instead of being boxed in by predetermined constraints. This means that the latest advancements in technology can be easily swapped in, in true plug and play style. Because of this, CKB is always at the cutting edge of innovation.
Lastly, but by no means least, CKB has the infrastructure to support high-frequency, low cost micropayments that will form the basis of the agent economy. Payment channels such as Fiber Network and Perun show the highest potential for scalable, global payments in the industry.
Because of these security guarantees and technical strengths, CKB is the natural home for the AI agent revolution. The question is: are you ready to capitalize on it?
Mission Brief
“Create an agent-based application or tool on CKB and/or one of its payment channels (Fiber Network, Perun Network)”
Why participate?
- Build the first wave of autonomous, agent-driven applications on CKB
- Contribute open primitives and libraries the entire ecosystem can use
- Position yourself at the frontier of AI + blockchain
- Compete for a prize pool of $10,000
What you’ll need:
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The recommended stack, which we can provide you with if necessary, is:
Claude Code + Claude Opus (latest) + CKB AI + Playwright -
For best results, you can use CKB AI, a unified MCP server designed to help AI assistants build smart contracts and applications on CKB.
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Agent hosting: use your own server, or we can provide you with one. Instructions shared upon registration.
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A working knowledge of CKB, refer to Nervos CKB docs. If you’re completely new to CKB, feel free to contact me for advice.
- Refer to Fiber Docs for information on Fiber Network
- Refer to Perun Docs for information on Perun Network
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Useful resources:
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Be sure to register in good time. This allows you to get set up in advance of the hackathon commencement and to join the necessary support channels.
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For example project ideas, check out this list! (link tbc)
Support and queries
- For support or queries during the hackathon, post on the “Dev talk” topic of Nervos Nation Telegram
Deliverables
There will be submission fields on the hackathon campaign platform for the following:
- Project summary
- Technical breakdown
- Link to repository
- Link to testable version
- Screenshots or video summary
Absence of any of these elements may result in a loss of points. Submissions that are added to past the deadline, without express permission beforehand, may be ineligible for prizes.
A full list of rules are viewable on the campaign page.
Judging criteria
Judges from the Nervos Foundation and Cryptape will select the winners. Points are awarded for the following categories:
- Completeness of submission
- Soundness and robustness of intended functionality
- Autonomy of design (with checkpoints where appropriate)
- Abstraction/UX benefits of agent
- Viability as a product
- Novelty of idea
Prizes and announcement of winners
The prizes for this hackathon are sponsored by the Nervos Foundation. The number of selected winners depends on the number of participants. A prize pool of $10,000 is available to be distributed amongst the winners.
The deadline for submission of entries is 25th March 12:00 UTC. The winners are expected to be adjudicated and announced by Friday 3rd April. Delays to this due to testing will be communicated accordingly.