We are thrilled to partner with Nylas to bring the community a brand new challenge.
Running through August 18 September 1, the Nylas 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.
Our 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.
Your submission will be judged on use of underlying technology, usability/user experience, accessibility, and creativity.
Here is the submission template for anyone that wants to jump right in, but please review all challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.
AI Expedition Submission Template
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.
Your submission will be judged on use of underlying technology, accessibility, creativity, and popularity potential. Let’s see how out-of-this-world you can get!
Here is the submission template for anyone that wants to jump right in, but please review all challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.
Galaxy Brain Submission Template
Prizes
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
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
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
Please review our full rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such eligibility requirements.
Additional Resources
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.
Important Dates
- August 07: Nylas Challenge begins!
August 18September 1: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT-
August 20September 3: Winners Announced
We hope you enjoy the power of simplicity, and we can’t wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.
Good luck and happy coding!
Top comments (33)
Good luck everyone
Hi everyone! I'm Ash at Nylas.
Email and Calendar data + AI is super interesting to hack on. I know because I've done it myself for vibebox.app/
If you need a hand getting started, jump into our forums:
forums.nylas.com/
Good luck and have fun!
Hi @ashryan_io , I was looking through the notification Docs and I found that there's no
message.deletedevent. What is the recommended way to detect message deletion?Hi @abdulramonjemil, thanks for tackling this Nylas challenge!
Have you tried posting in our forums? This is something our Developer Advocates could help out with there.
forums.nylas.com
Interesting project!
Hello @abdulramonjemil I'm Blag from @nylas
For future questions, please use our Nylas Forums: forums.nylas.com/latest
We don't have any notification for message deletion as you found on the docs. If you move something to the trash you will get a message.update notification, but this can be also fired when you read or reply a message. The best work around would be to check the trash folder in a timely interval. To see the id of the trash folder you can use developer.nylas.com/docs/api/v3/ec... and to read actually read it you can use developer.nylas.com/docs/api/v3/ec... passing the folder name in the in parameter.
Hello @ashryan_io , I hope you are well. I am having a challenge when it comes wrapping my head around the authentication API. Any form of assistance would be much appreciated, thank you in advance.
Hi @leonardsangoroh, for sure!
Have you tried posting in our forums? Our Developer Advocates are there helping on weekdays.
forums.nylas.com
We also have a ton of sample code repos on GitHub, all of which use auth in some way:
github.com/nylas-samples
Thank you, let me go the forum platform!
Excited to see what everyone builds!
Looks like fun
Good luck to everyone participating!
Good luck y'all 🙌
I wanted to use Message tracking but docs mention that - tracking is available for Core and Plus plans.
Is there any way I can try building demo app using tracking?
@blag
Hi @shweta There's no way to use tracking on the free tier...however...I might be able to help you out 😉 send me an email to alvaro.t at nylas.com with the email you're using for your Nylas account...
Done!! Thank you for your response🙏
This Nylas AI and Communications Challenge sounds like an exciting opportunity! With $3,000 in prizes and prompts that encourage both innovative and practical applications, it's a great way to showcase your skills. If you're considering entering, using Nylas APIs alongside tools like Google Gemini or Hugging Face could really elevate your project. Best of luck to everyone participating—can't wait to see the amazing submissions
Good lick guys
the master Naruto come back on the day
Interesting.
Nice challenge, I'm in!
let's cooked
Interesting
Good luck may the best participant win
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