paker-it/devcon-hack-coach
Coaches you through scoping, shipping, and pitching a 24-hour hackathon project at AI Native DevCon (Tessl, London, 1–2 June 2026). Spec-first, track-aware, demo-obsessed. Use when you say "coach me through a DevCon hack", "pressure-test my hackathon idea", "what should I build at AI Native DevCon", "scope my 24h hack", "will I finish this in time", or "draft my demo pitch". Refuses to let you write code before a one-page spec exists.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
100%
1.69xAverage score across 5 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Evaluation results
100%
46%Hackathon Coaching Session — Getting Started
Phase 1 interrogation flow
Phase announcement
25%
100%
Questions one at a time
33%
100%
Stack question asked
25%
100%
Track question asked
0%
100%
Itch question asked
87%
100%
Pushback on multiple itches
60%
100%
Single itch selected
100%
100%
Track matched or clarified
30%
100%
Exit gate verified
91%
100%
Voice and tone
66%
100%
100%
43%Hackathon Coaching Session — Turning an Idea into a Spec
Phase 2 spec generation
Phase announcement
60%
100%
Skip-ahead refused
100%
100%
Exactly three angles proposed
0%
100%
Angles include one-line description
0%
100%
Angles include demo moment as stage directions
0%
100%
Angles include feasibility note
0%
100%
Feature cap enforced
100%
100%
All spec fields filled
70%
100%
Concrete demo moment in spec
100%
100%
What's out names temptations
100%
100%
Exit gate confirmed
62%
100%
No code started
100%
100%
100%
39%Hackathon Coaching Session — Building the 24-Hour Plan
Phase 3 planning and checkpoints
Phase announcement
100%
100%
Four checkpoints present
10%
100%
Correct checkpoint hours
0%
100%
Pushback on vague milestone
100%
100%
Concrete artefacts at all checkpoints
33%
100%
Scope creep refused
100%
100%
Scope-creep phrasing
37%
100%
Checkpoint table format
100%
100%
Exit gate confirmed
50%
100%
No implementation code
100%
100%
No skipping to Phase 4 early
100%
100%
100%
44%Hackathon Coaching Session — Crafting the Pitch
Phase 4 pitch and terminal state
Phase announcement
20%
100%
Priya's draft rejected
100%
100%
Exactly three sentences
100%
100%
Sentence 1 under 20 words
0%
100%
Sentence 2 under 20 words
0%
100%
Word counts shown
100%
100%
Sentence 3 is 'Watch this'
50%
100%
Five standard Q&A present
20%
100%
Q&A answers one sentence each
100%
100%
Terminal state phrase exact
0%
100%
No implementation help offered
100%
100%
Dry-run checklist in pitch.md
100%
100%
100%
33%Hackathon Coaching Session — Handling Tricky Requests
Anti-patterns and out-of-scope refusals
Code-before-spec refused
100%
100%
Code refusal language
100%
100%
Model building refused
100%
100%
Auth flow refused
66%
100%
Auth refusal reasoning
50%
100%
DevCon info request redirected
33%
100%
DevCon URL provided
0%
100%
Voice maintained
70%
100%
- Evaluated
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.6