ARMORIQ

An online AI agent and MCP hackathon by ArmorIQ

Flow State

Build agents that act. Stay in control while they do.

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signed scope
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Format
Online, Discord-first
Build week
10 to 17 Oct
Grand prize
$1,000 cash
Registration
Opens 1 Oct

Agents are moving from answering to acting.

They write code, call tools, move data and trigger workflows across real systems. That changes the question. Not what your agent can do. What happens once you hand it real capabilities.

  • 10,000+public MCP serversAnthropic, Dec 2025
  • 97Mmonthly SDK downloadsAnthropic, Dec 2025
  • 30-82%of scanned servers have security findingsEquixly, Endor Labs, Enkrypt AI

How to take part

From sign-up to submission in four steps.

One requirement no other hackathon asks for. Show your agent reaching past its boundary, and show the boundary holding.

01 / 04

Register.

Sign up when registration opens on 1 Oct. Solo or as a team.

Opens 1 OctRegister
02 / 04

Join Discord.

Kickoff, sessions and builder support all run there.

Kickoff 10 OctJoin Discord
03 / 04

Build.

Integrate ArmorIQ, set a scope and run your boundary test.

10 to 17 Oct
04 / 04

Submit.

Ship the project and a short demo before submissions close.

Closes 17 Oct

Guardrails stop bad responses. ArmorIQ stops bad actions.

  • See what your agent is about to do.

    Every plan, every action, checked against what it declared it would do, before it runs.

  • Define boundaries.

    Rules around tools, paths, and actions.

  • Control actions.

    Allow them. Deny them. Or hold them for approval.

  • Prove it held.

    See what happened, when, and why.

Dates that matter.

All times UTC. Exact deadline hours publish with the official rules.

  1. 1 Oct

    Registration opens

  2. 10 Oct

    Kickoff

    Live session

  3. 17 Oct

    Submissions close

  4. 22 Oct

    Results announced

Prize

$1,000

Cash, to the grand prize winner. ArmorIQ funds it.

Partner awards are announced as partners confirm.

Builder card

Get your builder card. Share it.

Add your name and X handle and we print you a Flow State badge with your X photo on it. Drag it, flip it, post it. Finalists and winners get theirs upgraded when results land.

Get your card

Free. No sign-up. Takes a minute.

Drag it. Double-click to flip.

Partners

We want a workshop. Not your money.

Run one 45 to 60 minute session and support builders in Discord. You get a written report of everything that broke, sent to you first.

Become a partner
  • Openworkshop slot
  • Openworkshop slot
  • Openworkshop slot

FAQ

Before you build.

  • Official rulesbefore 1 Oct
  • Code of conductbefore 1 Oct
  • Terms
  • Privacy

  • No. MCP is encouraged, and partners will bring servers you can build with. You can also build with the ArmorIQ SDK or another supported integration.

  • No. Use an existing server, a partner's server, or connect your agent another way.

  • No. Build an agent that does something useful. ArmorIQ is the layer that controls what it is allowed to do.

  • Yes. Kickoff, sessions and support run online and in Discord. All times are UTC.

  • Yes. Solo builders and teams can both enter. Team size limits publish with the official rules.

  • A working project, a short demo, and enough detail to show what your agent does, how you used ArmorIQ and how the boundary held. The itemised spec publishes on 9 Oct.

  • The official rules and code of conduct go live before registration opens on 1 Oct.

Give an agent tools. What happens next?

Build something that acts. Push it. Stay in control.

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