Scoring Rubric

Entries are evaluated as complete hackathon projects, with attention to the quality of the work, the evidence provided, and the experience delivered by the frozen submission.

Score architecture

Each eligible entry receives a core score out of 100 points. Judges may award up to 25 bonus points, for a maximum possible total of 125 points.

An entry must earn at least 60 core points to be prize-eligible. Bonus points do not make an otherwise ineligible entry prize-eligible.

Judges review the frozen july-hackathon-2026-final tag or declared commit.

What judges consider

Judges consider the submission as a whole, including:

• meaningful, well-evidenced use of OpenCoven;
• technical execution, reliability, and responsible engineering choices;
• originality, usefulness, and clarity of the problem being solved;
• reproducibility, documentation, and the ability to evaluate the project from its public materials;
• the coherence of the product experience and its fit with OpenCoven;
• security, privacy, and responsible handling of providers, data, and credentials; and
• the clarity of the demo or equivalent proof of the core workflow.

Bonus consideration

Bonus points may be considered for a demonstrated new OpenCoven capability, documented upstream adoption intent, and eligible merged reproducible-bug fixes. The total bonus remains capped at 25 points.

Bonus claims require clear public evidence and are evaluated under the applicable event policies. A claim does not earn points merely because it is submitted.

Evaluation approach

Judges use professional judgment to weigh the relevance, completeness, impact, and quality of the available evidence. A small, coherent, well-documented project may compare favorably with a larger project that is incomplete, unreliable, or difficult to verify.

Published themes are intended to help participants prepare a strong entry; they are not a mechanical formula or a guarantee of a particular score. The judges’ assessment of the frozen artifact and official Rule clarifications are final, subject only to correction of arithmetic or verified factual error.

Results

Published results may include overall score, core score, bonus score, placement, and concise observations. The Organizers will not publish private conduct reports, sensitive security details, personal verification data, or internal judge materials.