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type: context
project: spectra
created: 2026-02-14
updated: 2026-02-14
tags: [type/context, project/spectra, domain/infra, pinned]
---

# Claude Code Hackathon — CORRECTED FACTS

## CRITICAL: Hackathon Is LIVE
- **Name:** "Built with Opus 4.6" — Cerebral Valley × Anthropic
- **Started:** Feb 10, 2026 12:00 PM ET
- **Deadline:** Feb 16, 2026 3:00 PM ET (Monday)
- **TODAY:** Feb 14 (Saturday) — ~48 HOURS REMAIN
- **Code Status:** No code written yet. All work has been docs/planning.

## Rules (MUST FOLLOW)
1. **All code from scratch** — no prior work allowed
2. **Open source** — GitHub repo must be public
3. **Max 2 human team members** — solo or duo
4. **Video required** — judges review video FIRST, then GitHub repo + description
5. **Judges favor functional prototypes over documentation**

## Prizes
| Place | Prize |
|-------|-------|
| 1st (Grand Prize) | $50,000 Claude API credits |
| 2nd | $30,000 |
| 3rd | $10,000 |
| Most Creative Opus 4.6 Exploration | $5,000 |
| Keep Thinking Prize | $5,000 |

## Judges (Anthropic Claude Team)
Boris Cherny, Cat Wu, Thariq Shihpar, Lydia Hallie, Ado Kukic, Jason Bigman

## Judging Criteria
1. **Technical Innovation** — creative use of Claude's capabilities
2. **Implementation Quality** — clean code in public repo
3. **Potential Impact** — solves a real problem

## Budget (CORRECTED)
- **Provided:** $500 Claude API credits
- **Opus 4.6 pricing:** $5/M input, $25/M output (NOT $15/$75 from old docs!)
- **COGS per full analysis:** ~$7.84 (NOT $22.50!)
- **Available runs:** ~63 full analyses with $500

## Timeline
- Judging: Async Tuesday → Top 6 selected → Live panel Wednesday
- Winners Showcase: Feb 21, 2026 — Claude Code's 1st Birthday Party, San Francisco

## Target: Grand Prize ($50K)
- Also naturally qualifies for "Keep Thinking Prize" (CritiqueAgent)
- Also qualifies for "Most Creative Opus 4.6 Exploration" (6-agent, 1M context)
