Join us for the Coze AI Bot Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes!

We are thrilled to partner with Coze to bring the community our next AI challenge — this time, a challenge all about bots and building plugins or workflows related to bots!

Running through April 28, the Coze AI Bot Challenge will be an opportunity to try a bot development platform, build on top of GPT-4 for free, deploy something powerful, and win cash prizes. There are two prompts for this challenge, but four ways to win!

Coze offers a low-barrier way for developers to leverage AI models and build something incredible, so no matter your experience level, we really hope you give this a try!

Prompts

Bot Innovator

Stretch the limits of technology and build a powerful bot with a specific and compelling use case. Show us what your bot can do!

Judging Criteria

Use of underlying technology
Productization or Monetization Potential
Popularity potential of use case

Here is the submission template for anyone who wants to jump right in, but please review all challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.

Bot Innovator Submission Template

Coze Trailblazer

Carve a new path for future Coze developers by creating high-quality custom plugins or custom workflows on Coze. Leave your mark in the ecosystem!

Judging Criteria

Use of underlying technology
Robustness
Popularity potential of use case

Here is the submission template for anyone who wants to jump right in, but please review all challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.

Coze Trailblazer Submission Template

Additional Prize Categories

In addition to being able to win each prompt, there are two more prize categories you can work towards:

Most Popular: awarded to a top submission with a high number of users.
Most Creative: awarded to a top submission with a unique and creative use case.

Pro Tip: get your submissions in early so you can get your project in the hands of users, sooner! If you’re building a chatbot, we encourage you to deploy your project across social platforms and messaging apps like Discord, Telegram, and Slack so your friends and family can interact with your bot!

Prizes

Our four winners will receive the following prizes:

Prompt Winners (2)

$1,000 USD Gift Card or Equivalent
Exclusive DEV Badge
A gift from the DEV Shop

Additional Prize Category Winners (2)

$500 USD Gift Card or Equivalent
Exclusive DEV Badge
A gift from the DEV Shop

All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template for your prompt. All bots participating in the challenge should be published in the Coze Bot Store, and all plugins should be published in the Coze Plugin Store. The Coze Workflow Marketplace is still a work in progress, so workflows only need to be shared as a direct link in your submission.

Everything you need to build your bot, plugin, or workflow is currently free on the Coze development platform so there are no barriers to getting started!

All submissions will be judged based on the free platform, so any use of Coze’s API (paid service) will be taken into account during judging.

Bot Innovator Submission Template

Coze Trailblazer Submission Template

Please review our full rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contest rules such as eligibility requirements.

Need Inspiration, Feedback, or Help?

The Coze Team will be live demoing and building a bot right here on DEV on Monday, April 22 at 2PM PDT. They’ll be walking through the whole process from start to finish, and it will be a perfect opportunity to get to know the Coze Development Platform and ask questions.

If you can’t catch the livestream, you can still get to know the Coze platform by utilizing their documentation and tutorials:

Developer Docs
Tutorial Videos

We also encourage all participants to join the Coze Discord Community as a place to share your projects, get feedback, and ask for help.

Important Dates

April 17: Coze AI Bot Challenge begins!
April 22: Bot Building Livestream at 2:00 PM PDT
April 28: Submissions are due at 11:59 PM PDT
April 30: Winners Announced

We can’t wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy coding!