Hackathon Submission

Track choice → scannable description → <3-min demo script → checklist. Optimize for a judge who has 90 seconds, not a reader who has 10 minutes.

Context handoff

At start, read .claude/context/idea.md and .claude/context/build.md if present — pull the pitch, wedge, and what actually works from them instead of asking again.

Workflow

1. Pick the least-crowded track

Winning a thin track beats placing in a fat one. Per candidate track: estimate entry volume, fit with what's actually built, and judge appetite (sponsor tracks often have the fewest serious entries).

• Winner patterns + track history: hackathon-winners.md — every Colosseum grand champion and track winner, with what they built
• Live crowdedness check: ext/colosseum — query 5,400+ past submissions for cluster density and gaps (requires COLOSSEUM_COPILOT_PAT)