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Join the Bright Data Real-Time AI Agents Challenge: $3,000 in prizes!

dev.to staff on May 07, 2025

We're excited to announce our newest challenge with Bright Data! Running through May 18 May 25, the Bright Data Real-Time AI Agents Challenge inv...
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Ben Halpern The DEV Team

Good luck! I've been playing around with Bright Data and am impressed (Inspired by the last Bright Data challenge)

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Anshu Mandal • Edited

Wishing if prize pool was split into three like all challenges but thanks again for this opportunity I'll try my best 🐱

Also I wanted to ask when will you announce winners of Alibaba challenge?

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Collins Dada

i wished the same. and are we getting participation badges?

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@contractorx yup! all participants with valid submissions will receive a completion badge.

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sahra 💫

@jess @brightdata I currently have a bright data account (created from the last Bright data challenge), and I no longer have any free credits. Is there a way I can get the $250 credits without having to create a new account?

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Wassim Soltani

Try reaching out to noah@brightdata.com with the subject line "DEV Challenge - Credit Required".

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@sarahokolo does using the code devto at checkout resolve your issue?

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davinceleecode

Another keyboard is about to get broken again...🔥🔥🔥

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P.H Isidor

Thank God! This was extended. I actually am just starting today. I needed that time, but was willing to push through. Good luck to everyone.👍

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Wassim Soltani

Same here, but I'm curious about what prompted the push..

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Good luck everyone!

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Olga Braginskaya

So I used a link to sign up and didn't get 250$ credits, only 2$. I don't know how to proceed from here.

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Oh no! We'll reach out to their team and get back to you ASAP.

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Olga Braginskaya

I wrote to noah@brightdata.com and got the code which solved the problem. Thanks!

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Oh good!

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Wassim Soltani

Same issue happened to me, about to reach out via email.

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Wassim Soltani

If anyone has a similar issue, you can apply the promo code "devto" manually in the billing screen to get the full credits.

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Raziel Rodrigues

I am almost finishing my project be aware with my submission my friends

AQUI É BRASIL!

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Shweta Kale • Edited

I've seen a few projects using https://api.brightdata.com instead of @brightdata/mcp. I think @brightdata/mcp uses the API under the hood, but they are different, right?

For this hackathon, were we required to use @brightdata/mcp? Can someone confirm if I'm correct or wrong?

@noah_kalson_8115056be2f03

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Noah Kalson

That is correct, the goal of the hachathon is to use the MCP. The APIs sit under the MCP so they will be used regardless.

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Shweta Kale

Thank you!! That clears up my confusion😊

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ANIRUDDHA ADAK

That is we all need 🔥🔥🔥

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Nevo David

Man, $3k for a smart agent? Alright, might roll up my sleeves and take a crack at this. Deadlines make me move faster anyway.

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wenheng cui

Nice read! I've been using PowerPoint, Productivity, ai tools, ai tools like Autoppt lately, and they're total game-changers for quick presentations. Saves so much time compared to building slides manually. Anyone else tried AI tools for their dev docs or talks? Would love to hear other experiences!

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Shweta Kale

Can we update the GitHub repo after the hackathon? or will it lead to disqualification?

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@shweta please do not update the repo until after winners have been announced.

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Shweta Kale

Okay, Thanks for the update.
I saw few users made changes so thought if that's allowed I had some minor improvements as well.

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Muhammad Alazab

Good luck and I am impressed

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Robin IT

Nice! Cool challenge!

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Collins Dada

can someone proficient in Bright Data and MCP Servers kindly help me out here no matter how many times i update my MCP or modify my configuration.json file or my .env files anytime i start a mcp server it shows "cannot infer with client capabilities" i have asked around but i end up swallowing my own tail. kindly help (just place a PR) it has taken valuable time off the allocated work time for this project.

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Noah Kalson

Hi Collins,
Are you still stuck? If you are, reach out by email noah@brightdata.com and I'll help you get back on track.

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Raziel Rodrigues

I will create something amazing!

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David Au Yeung

I can't wait to do it!

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Gowell Murray

nice initiative for us starters

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Yahya Said

Interesting!

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Ettourach

Yeah!! great opportunity to build ai agent thanks @thepracticaldev

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Franklin Padrón

WWWOOOWWW !!!, I'm in. Bright Data, congratulations and thanks for this idea !!!.

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Syed Muhammad Ali Raza

Good luck!

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gerald

Great Stuff here

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Priyanshu Verma

getting bot error, while signing up

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Noah Kalson

Were you able to get in?

If not, email me at noah@brightdata.com.

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Host Scripter

Definitely will join next time!

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Steven T.

Why Java/Spring is not on the list, is this not good for AI development?

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Jeremy