About the challenge
Context is everything. The GitLab Transcend Hackathon is a two-week, fully virtual event celebrating the future of AI-native software development, built on top of GitLab Orbit. The structured, queryable representation of your codebase that gives AI the context it needs to actually understand your project.
Whether you want to ship code that powers GitLab Orbit itself, or build agents, flows, and skills that put it to work, there's a track for you. Beginners, seasoned contributors, and AI tinkerers are all welcome.
Two tracks, one mission: make AI smarter by giving it real context.
Contribute Track: Pick up an issue specifically designed for this hackathon and ship a merge request to GitLab Orbit and surrounding tooling.
Showcase Track: Build an agent, flow, or skill on the GitLab Duo Agent Platform that uses GitLab Orbit to solve a real developer problem. Publish to the AI Catalog and tell the world about it.
Get started
Register here on Devpost.
Head to the GitLab Contributors Platform transcend hackathon page and choose your track.
Find more resources
Build, ship, and submit your project on Devpost by June 24, 2026 (2:00 pm Eastern Time).
