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Nylas AI and Communications Challenge
Build the future of AI-driven Email and Calendar apps.
We are thrilled to partner with Nylas to bring the community a brand new challenge.
Running through August 18 September 1, the Nylas AI and Communications Challenge is an opportunity to build with the only platform that gives developers universal access to email, calendar, and contacts providers (Gmail, Outlook, IMAP, etc.) through a single integration.
There are two prompts for this challenge and a $3,000 prize pool. As always, all participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge for rising to the occasion.
Not quite sure what to build? Explore the Nylas Inspiration gallery for ideas!
Not sure where to start? You can get to know the Nylas Platform by utilizing their docs and tutorials:
If you need help troubleshooting, just drop a question into the Nylas Developer Community Forum.
Sponsored by Nylas
Hundreds of thousands of developers around the world use Nylas to increase velocity and seamlessly build customizable email and scheduling capabilities through state-of-the-art APIs. Nylas is the only platform that gives developers universal access to email, calendar, and contacts providers through a single integration.
Key Dates
- Contest start: August 07, 2024
- Submissions due: September 01, 2024
- Winners announced: September 03, 2024
Badge Rewards
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![Challenge Winner Badge](https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=300/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/84ijyrmb7u4rx4w6tzg6.png)
Challenge Prompts
AI Expedition 🚀
For the AI Expedition Prompt, your job is to build a Nylas app with a RAG or an AI agent implementation. You are free to use any Nylas API and any third-party AI tool.
The AI Expedition Winner (1) will receive:
- $2,000 USD
- Project highlighted in the Nylas Inspiration Gallery
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- Gift from the DEV Shop
Judging Criteria:
- Use of Underlying Technology
- Usability and User Experience
- Accessibility
- Creativity
Galaxy Brain 💫
For the Galaxy Brain Prompt, your job is to build the most off-the-walls creative app you can imagine with one or more Nylas APIs.
The Galaxy Brain Winner (1) will receive:
- $1,000 USD
- Project highlighted in the Nylas Inspiration Gallery
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- Gift from the DEV Shop
Judging Criteria:
- Use of Underlying Technology
- Accessibility
- Creativity
- Popularity Potential of Use Case
Nylas AI and Communications Challenge FAQ
Participation
Can I submit to multiple prompts?
Yes, you are welcome to submit to multiple prompts.
Can one submission qualify for multiple prompts?
Yes, if your submission offers a solution to multiple prompts, it can qualify for multiple prompts
Can I submit to a prompt more than once?
Yes, you can submit multiple submissions per prompt but you’ll need to publish a separate post for each submission.
Can I work on a team?
Yes, you can work on teams of up to four people.
- If you collaborate with anyone, you’ll need to list their DEV handles in your submission post so we can award a badge to your entire team! Please only publish one submission per team.
- DEV does not handle prize-splitting, so in the event that your submission wins the shop gift, you will need to split that amongst yourselves. Thank you for understanding!
How old do I have to be to participate?
Participants need to be 18+ in order to participate.
If I live in X, am I eligible to participate?
For eligibility rules, see our official challenge rules.
Submission
Can my submission include open source code?
Riffing on open source code and borrowing and improving on previous work/ideas is encouraged but it’s important your changes are significant enough to ensure your submission is valid.
When does riffing become plagiarism?
- It will depend, but transparency is important, license compatibility is important. You can use someone else’s code to give you a jumpstart to demonstrate your ideas on top of someone else’s base, but not just re-package the base.
- It should be clear to the judges what you added to the project in terms of the code and conceptual inspiration. This means, you should clearly state what you were building on and what elements are original to this new submission.
- When building on existing code, we expect a significant change that adds something tangible to the output. i.e. a new animation, and new sprite, a new function, a new presentation. Not just changes to the source - i.e. changing colours, changing one sprite, changing one function.
What happens if my submission is considered plagiarized or invalid?
Anything deemed to be plagiarism will not be eligible for prizes. Incidental plagiarism may simply result in your disqualification from the challenge (regardless of the number of other valid submissions you have published). Egregious plagiarism will result in your suspension from DEV entirely. Any non-generic, non-trivial usage of prior work, including open source code must be credited in your submission.
Do submissions have to be in English?
Non-english submissions are eligible for a completion badge but not eligible for prizes due to the current limitations of our judges. We will not be judging on mastery of the English language, so please don’t let this deter you from submitting if you are not a native English speaker! We hope to evolve this in the future to be more accommodating.
Do I need a license for my code?
For this challenge, you are required to have an MIT License for your code.
Can I use AI?
Use of AI is allowed as long as all other rules are followed. We want to give you a chance to show off your skills in realistic scenarios. If you use AI tools to help you achieve your submission, all the power to you.
How do I embed my project directly into my DEV post?
Our editor supports many types of embeds, including: Stackbliz, Glitch, Github, etc. You can typically use the {% embed https://... %}
syntax directly in the post. Click here for more information on our markdown support.
- For CodePen, you will need to use this syntax:
{% codepen http://... %}
- For CodeSandbox, you will need to use this syntax:
{% codesandbox http://... %}
Judging and Prizing
Can there be ties?
In the event of a tie in scoring between judges, the judges will select the entry that received the highest number of positive reactions on their DEV post to determine the winner.
How will I know if I won?
Winners will be announced in a DEV post on the winner announcement date noted in our key dates section.
When will winners receive their Forem Shop gift?
The DEV Team will contact you via the email associated with your DEV profile within, at most, 10 business days of the announcement date to share the details of the shop gift.
When will I receive my DEV badge?
Both participation and winner badges will be awarded, in most cases, the same day as the winner announcement.
When will I receive my prizes? The DEV Team will contact you via the email associated with your DEV profile within, at most, 10 business days of the announcement date to share the details of claiming your prizes.
What steps do I need to take to receive my cash prize?
The winner (including each member of a team) may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release, and provide any additional tax filing information (such as a W-9, social security number or Federal tax ID number) within seven (7) business days following the date of your first email notification.
Nylas AI and Communications Challenge Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to 18+. Contest entry period ends August 18, 2024 September 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM PDT. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulation. All entires must be submitted during the content period. For Official Rules, see Nylas Challenge Contest Rules and General Contest Official Rules.