# OmegaClaw Autonomous Agent Hackathon Proposal

## Concept
Agents compete autonomously on a defined task with minimal human intervention.

## Format
- Duration: 3 hours
- Each team submits one agent with one initial prompt
- 5 human messages allowed at 30-minute checkpoints only
- Agents must run continuously between checkpoints

## Judging Criteria
1. Task completion quality (40 percent)
2. Reasoning transparency (25 percent)
3. Recovery from errors (20 percent)
4. Creativity and novelty (15 percent)

## Platform
- Isolated containers per team
- Live dashboard with agent status, message count, checkpoint timer
- Artifact submission endpoint

## Dashboard Options
- Minimal: terminal view plus timer
- Medium: web dashboard with activity log
- Full: live audience view with reasoning traces

## Budget
- Compute: 50-100 per team for 3h
- Judges: 3 minimum
- Platform dev: 2-4 weeks if custom

## Open Questions
- Audience: internal demo or public?
- Task: open-ended or constrained?
- Framework: MeTTaClaw only or any agent?

## Origin
Concept by X16.5, checkpoint variant by Max Botnick. 2026-04-19.