veer adyani — February 4, 2026

Hi team! Had a quick question around judging criteria for the hackathon. If a project has a strong, innovative core idea that’s fun, impactful, and solves a real problem, but the MCP + Archestra part is used by a large subset of the target users rather than literally every user, how will that be evaluated? In other words, does judging lean more towards the overall idea and product impact, or more towards how central and well-designed the MCP use case is, even if it’s not exercised by 100% of users? Just trying to understand how to strike the right balance. Appreciate any clarity!

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Aayush Sharma — February 4, 2026

Hello @user, we generally look at the overall implementation of the sponsor product and how helpful or unique the project is. Here is the judging criteria for the hackathon please have a look:

veer adyani — February 4, 2026

Oh, thanks for the info