DevRev Hackathon - Feb 2025

Snap-a-thon

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Participate individually or as a team to build snap-ins integrating various APIs, creating algorithms for generative content, and utilizing AI technologies to enhance digital engagement.

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Hackathon Themes and Tracks

We have 3 tracks for the hackathon. Participants can pick up any one out of the 3 problem statements, and build a snap-in that satisfies the use-case.

🤝 From Code to Collaboration - Unify Developer Tools with DevRev

In today's fast-paced development environment, developers rely on a multitude of tools to manage code, track issues, monitor performance, and collaborate effectively. However, the fragmentation of these tools often leads to inefficiencies, context switching, and reduced productivity.

The challenge is to develop snap-ins with widely-used developer tools (like Replit, VS Code, Jenkins, CircleCI) and enable seamless data flow between these tools and DevRev, ensuring that developers can access and manage their workflows without leaving the DevRev environment.

Participants can unlock further value by leveraging AI to analyze developer activity and provide actionable insights, such as identifying bottlenecks in the development process, predicting potential issues, and suggesting optimizations. Implement automation features, such as auto-tagging issues based on code changes, generating release notes, or triggering CI/CD pipelines directly from DevRev.

📊 Seamless Insights, Better Outcomes - Integrate Customer Intelligence with DevRev for Deeper Churn Insights.

In the modern SaaS landscape, customer behavioral data and usage patterns are scattered across multiple platforms - product analytics tools (Pendo, Mixpanel), customer success platforms (Gainsight, Staircase AI), and various engagement tracking systems. While these platforms individually provide valuable insights, the lack of unified intelligence limits organization's ability to take proactive actions and make data-driven decisions. The challenge lies in creating a single source of truth for customer behavior, engagement, and health metrics while enabling predictive analytics for customer success.

Participants are expected to develop a snap-in(s) that helps create a comprehensive customer intelligence ecosystem by integrating with product analytics/ customer success platforms (like Pendo, Gainsight) and DevRev. The snap-in should also leverage AI to generate predictive insights like:

Predicting customer churn probability.
Identifying upsell/cross-sell opportunities/
Predicting customer churn probability

Furthermore, participants can also develop intelligent workflows that:

trigger proactive interventions based on behavior patterns
trigger notifications to appropriate teams based on behaviour patterns
recommend optimal timing for customer touchpoints

🏢 Solution Templates for Businesses - Building Reusable, Industry-Focused Templates to Accelerate Adoption of DevRev

Businesses across various industries face unique challenges when adopting new CRM and support tools. The lack of industry-specific configurations and workflows often lead to longer onboarding times and suboptimal use of the platform.

The challenge is to create reusable solution templates that cater to specific industries, enabling businesses to get started with DevRev faster and more effectively. Include industry-specific workflows, data models, and integrations that align with common business processes in each sector.

Hackathon Schedule

4th Feb, 2025
Registrations Start
Mon • 17 Feb 2025
Hackathon starts
7 PM - 9 PM IST: Session - What is DevRev (Join here)
Tue • 18 Feb 2025
7 PM - 9 PM IST: Session - How to build a snap-in
Wed • 19 Feb 2025
4 PM - 6 PM IST: Office hours + Session on snap-in development
8 PM - 9 PM IST: Office hours
9 PM - 10 PM IST: Session - Session by Replit
Thu • 20 Feb 2025
4 PM - 6 PM IST: Office hours + Session on snap-in development
8 PM - 9 PM IST: Office hours
11:59 PM IST: Deadline for proposal submissions
Fri • 21 Feb 2025
8 PM IST: Proposal result announcement
8 PM - 12 PM IST: Office hours
Sat • 22 Feb 2025
2 AM - 4 AM IST: Activity 1
11 AM - 12 PM IST: Session by DevRev Leaders
4 PM - 7 PM IST: Activity 2
Sun • 23 Feb 2025
2 AM - 4 AM IST: Activity 3
11 AM - 12 PM IST: Activity 4
9:30 PM IST: Soft deadline to start submissions
9:30 - 12:00 PM IST: Office hours for teams to submit their solutions.
Tue • 25 Feb 2025
Winner announcement

Prizes

Top 3

300

Rank 4-8

200

Rank 9, 10

100

Additional Prizes for high-quality, production-ready snap-ins

Base Compensation: $50 per snap-in (Prize money)

1 month of Replit Core to each participant that submits a valid proposal

Furthermore, we will have the following prizes for continued involvement with DevRev:

Maintenance & Refinement Bounty for Year 1: $200 per snap-in, per year
Maintenance Bounty for Year 2: $100 per snap-in, per year

Point Scoring Mechanism

Join DevRev Community: 2 points
Create and deploy a snap-in: 5 points
Getting their draft proposal reviewed: 5 points
Attending sessions on 17th and 18th Feb: 10 points
Submitting the proposal: 10 points

Submission Requirements

To proceed to make your submission for the hackathon, you'll first need to make note of the following things:

You should be a part of a single-member or a multi-member team (Size: 1-3 members)
Only the Team Admin/Leader can make the submission for the team

Things to remember

The minimal requirements for submission are:

Public Github repo link
Link to a video demoing your project (max length: 5 mins)
Comprehensive documentation detailing the project architecture, setup instructions, and usage guidelines.

Judging Criteria

Technicality

The level of technical skill demonstrated in the development.

Does the solution involve advanced problem-solving, algorithms, or use of DevRev APIs in creative ways?

Originality

Originality and creativity of the solution.

How unique or out-of-the-box is the snap-in? Does it bring fresh ideas to the DevRev ecosystem?

Usefulness to Businesses

Practicality and ease of adoption by businesses.

Is the snap-in solving a real problem?

How intuitive and easy is it for businesses to start using the snap-in with minimal onboarding?

Integration Quality

Code quality and production readiness of the snap-in.

Does it meet high standards for maintainability, scalability, and reliability?

Read more about integration quality standards here.

Documentation (Detailed README)

A comprehensive README that explains - Installation and setup instructions, Usage guide with examples, Customization details and Limitations, if any.

The README should ensure users can understand and deploy the snap-in easily.

Video Submission

A short (2-5 minute) video showcasing:

The problem the snap-in solves,

Key features and functionalities,

and a quick walkthrough of the working solution.

Working Demo in a DevRev Demo Org

The snap-in should be functional in a demo org for evaluation.

The judges should be able to interact with and test the snap-in without issues.

Tips for participants

Focus on Reusability: Think about how your snap-in can help multiple businesses, not just one specific use case.
Think End-to-End: Aim to deliver a solution that’s not just functional but also easy to adopt, with no manual setup hurdles.
Polish Your Presentation: A clear, concise, and engaging video or demo can make a big difference.
Test Thoroughly: Ensure your snap-in is robust and works as expected in various scenarios.

Submissions • 0

FAQs

What’s the allowed team size?

Teams can have up to 3 members.

Who should participate?

Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of previous AI or coding experience! We encourage anyone with a passion for AI or an interest in exploring how it can be used in their field to join. We welcome domain experts from all industries, not just AI or tech. Successful AI solutions require a combination of technical expertise and domain knowledge.

What are the expected deliverables?

The expected deliverables are as follows:
- A video demo (max time of 5 minutes)
- GitHub Repo link
- A small document describing the solution (this could be a part of the readme.md doc of the repo)

Where can I learn more about DevRev's APIs and the snap-in framework?

You can use the following links to learn more:-
- Snap-In Documentation
- API Documentation
- API Reference

You can also ask any questions on our discord server.

Will we be provided access to any LLMs?

Yes, we will provision OpenAI API keys to each team. The organizing team will release a form for requesting access closer to the launch date.

You can also register for a free developer account at Fireworks.ai to host and use open-source models. We will also release a form for teams to request for more credits if required.

Have more questions?

You can refer this notion doc for any queries. For doubts, join the dedicated hackathon discord server .

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