Hackathon -  Instructions document (1)
                     CloudCosmosHackathon–On-Campus 
Recruitment Round
ThishackathonisthefirststepoftheCloudCosmosrecruitmentprocess.Youwillbuild
end-to-endAI-
drivensolutions,submittheworkviaGitHubrepositories,anddemonstrateyourproblem-
solving and implementation skills.
HackathonProblemStatement—“Clone&Elevate”
Brief
Pickawell-knownproductideaandbuildafocusedcloneorre-imaginationofit.Youarenot 
limitedtoYCombinatorstartups,chooseanystrongreference(e.g.,acustomLLM,anAIcode 
editorlikeCursor,anAInote-taker,aRAG-basedknowledgeassistant,etc.)oryourownidea from 
scratch.
Yourgoal:aworkingprototypewithsolidengineering,thoughtfulscope,andclearimpa
ct.
ProblemStatement&IdeaConfirmation
StudentAction
Studentsmust:
● ChoosetheirideaandsubmititviaGoogleForm.
NOTE:Formwillbeopenfor2hoursonly.
FormTitle:CampusHiringDrive–CloudCosmosTechnologiesLLP:IdeaSubmission
FormFields:
● Name(required)
● Email(required)
● RollNumber(required)
● RegistrationNumber(required)
● GitHubProfileURL(required)
● GitHubRepository(publicrepository hereyou’llpushthecode)(required)
● Problem Statement( hat you ill be building, share your idea) (required)
● PhoneNumber(required)
FormURL:https://forms.gle/dSYKaoid5NaePHMNA 
CloudCosmosAction
● CloudCosmoswillreviewandconfirmthefeasibilityofeachidea.
● Ifitdoesn’tmeettheguidelinesorrequiresanychanges,amemberofourteamwill 
reachouttoyouwithinthenext30minutes.Ifyoudonotreceiveanyfollow-upemail,it 
means your problem statement has been accepted, and you may go ahead and 
startbuilding.
Build&Submission
BuildWindow
🕗Oct24(8:00AMIST)→Oct26(8:00PMIST)—acontinuousbuildwindow. You 
are expected to complete and submit the projects within this timeframe.
Deliverables
1. Sourcecoderepositorylink(GitHub).
○ Repositoriesmustbepublic forCloudCosmosreviewers.
2. Demovideo(≤3minutes)uploadedtoYouTube.
○ AddtheYouTubevideolinktoyourrepositoryREADMEandthesubmissionform.
3. (Optional)DeployedbuildonRender,Vercel,Netlify,orsimilarplatformforlivedemo
access.
SubmissionMethod
SubmityourfinalprojectviatheFinalBuildSubmissionGoogleForm:
FormTitle:CampusHiringDrive–CloudCosmosTechnologiesLLP:FinalBuildSubmission
FormFields:
● Name(required)
● Email(required)
● RollNumber(required)
● RegistrationNumber(required)
● GitHub RepositoryURL( hereyourcode ispushed)(required)
● YouTubeURL(recordeddemouploadedonYouTube)(required)
● DeployedapplicationURL(Optional)
FormURL:https://forms.gle/E1vaLHZ1fCU7cumC8 
QuerySupportWindow(Important)
TheCloudCosmosSupportTeamwillbeavailabletoanswerqueriesfor5hoursimmedi
ately after the problem statement is shared.
⏰Noqueries illbeentertainedbeyondthis5-hour indo .
Pleaseensurequestionsareclear,concise,andrelevant.Unnecessaryorrepeatedquerieswill not be
addressed.
InstructionsonHowtoRaiseaQuery
We’vedividedparticipantsequallyamongsixPOCs.
Whenyouraiseanyqueriesduringthehackathon,youhavetocctheirrespectivePOCwhi
leemailing the centralized support address:punjabi-univ-placements-
[email protected]
AsheetlistingeachgroupandtheirassignedPOCisattachedwithemail.
Example:
If,forexample,SanamhasaqueryandherassignedHackathonSupport(PointofContactis 
Baval, she should send her email to:
🕗**punjabi-univ-placements-
[email protected]**CC:Baval’s(email as 
mentioned in the attached sheet)
ThisensuresthequeryisvisiblebothtothecentralsupportandtheassignedPOCforfasterresolutio
n.
Evaluation&Results
EvaluationCriteria(Total:100pts)
Category Weig
ht
Innovation&ProblemUnderstandin 25
g
TechnicalDepth&CodeQuality 25
Feasibility&Completeness 20
Impact&Scalability 15
Presentation&Communication 15
ResultsAnnouncement
- Resultswillbeannouncedwithinaweekpostsubmissions.
- Resultswillbeannouncedviaemailtocandidatesandtheplacementcell.
- SelectedcandidateswillproceedtoRound2oftheCloudCosmoshiringprocess.
ParticipationGuidelines
● TeamSize:Individualparticipationonly.
● Eligibility:Registeredstudentsofthe campusdrive.
● AllowedTech:Anyopen-sourcetools,libraries,orframeworks.
● OriginalWork:Mustbeyourown.AI-assistedcodingispermittedwithcitationoftools 
used (e.g., ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, etc).
● CodeofConduct:Maintainprofessionalismthroughoutthehackathon.
WhattoBuild(ScopeSuggestions)
● MVPfirst:Focusononeortwostrongfeaturesthatdemonstratevalue(e.g.,“Ask-
DocsRAGwithcitations,”“Inlinecodeeditsviaagenttools,”“Fine-
tunedmodelfordomainX”, etc).
● Depthoverbreadth:Onepolishedfeature>fiveincompleteones.
● Elevatethereference:Don’tjustcopy:ImproveUX,reliability,orperformance,etc
.
MinimumTechnicalRequirements
● PublicGitrepositoryfromthestart(READMEmustincludesetupandrunsteps).
● Runnable,accessiblebuild:judgesshouldbeabletorunorviewiteasily.
● MandatoryYouTubedemo(2–3mins)showingkeyfeaturesandflow.
● Ifusingexternalmodelsordatasets,citesourcesandmentionlimitations.
● AnyLLM(OpenAI,Claude,Gemini,Llama,Mistral,etc.)maybeused:stateyourchoicein
README.
RepositoryNamingFormat
/-
Example:
ai-code-editor/rahul-sharma-2201
OptionalTechHints
Backend/API:Python+FastAPI
RAG/VectorDB:FAISS,OpenSearch,Weaviate,Milvus
Agents/Orchestration:OpenAISDK,AutoGen,function-callingtools
ML:PyTorch,TensorFlow,Scikit-learn
Cloud/Infra:Docker,basicCI,simpleclouddeployment
SampleREADMEformat
Youarenotstrictlyrequiredtousethisexacttemplate.However,yourproject’sREADMEshould 
follow asimilar structure and level of detail.
##ProjectOverview

---
##ProblemStatement
Brieflydescribetheproblemyourprojectaddressesandthemotivation behind it ( Example:
> "Students face difficulty organizing research notes across multiple 
formats.WebuiltanAI-powereddocumentsummarizerthathelpsmanageand query 
large sets of academic documents using RAG."
---
##SolutionSummary
Provideashortexplanationofyourideaandhowitworks.
> Example:
> "WebuiltalightweightAIwebappthatletsusersuploadfilesandask contextual 
questions.
> ItusesFastAPI+FAISSforretrievalandOpenAI'sAPIforanswergeneration."
---
##TechStack
Listalltechnologies,frameworks,APIs,andtoolsyouused.
- **Backend:**Python,FastAPI
- **Frontend:**React/Streamlit/FlaskUI/HTML-CSS(chooseasapplicable)
- **Database/VectorDB:**PostgreSQL/FAISS/Weaviate/Milvus
- **LLM/AIModels:**OpenAIGPT-4/Claude/Gemini/Llama/Mistral
- **Cloud/Hosting:**Render/Vercel/HuggingFaceSpaces/Netlify/
Glitch
- **VersionControl:**Git+GitHub
---
##ProjectStructure
```root/
├──app/ #corebackendormainsourcecode
├──s t a t i c / orfrontend/ #frontend/staticfiles
├──requirements.txt #alldependencies
├──environment.yml #condaenvironmentfile(optional)
├──README.md #thisfile
└──d e m o . m p 4 (optional) #localvideoreferenceifany
```
---
##SetupInstructions(withConda)
Followtheseexactstepstorunyourprojectlocally.
```bash
#1.Clonetherepository
gitclonehttps://github.com/.git cd 
#2.Createandactivateacondaenvironment conda create 
-n cloudcosmos python=3.10 -y conda activate 
cloudcosmos
#3.Installdependencies
pipinstall-rrequirements.txt
#4.Runtheapp python 
app.py
# OR (if using FastAPI) 
uvicornapp:app--reload
```
Ifyou'reusingaseparatefrontend,mentionsetupandstartcommands
below:
```bash
#ForReact(example) cd 
frontend
npminstall npm 
start
```
---
##Deployment
**LiveDemoURL:**
`https://your-deployed-app-link.com`
> Ifnotdeployed,mentionthattheappcanberunlocallyusingthesetup steps above.
---
##DemoVideo(Mandatory)
**YouTubeLink:**
`https://youtu.be/your-demo-link`
> Thedemovideo(2-3minutes)mustclearlyshow:
> -Howtheappworks
> -Corefunctionalityandflow
> -Anyuniqueorinnovativefeatures
---
##Features
Listthemainhighlightsofyourproject(3-5points).
- End-to-endworkingwebapp(accessibleviabrowser)
- ImplementsAI/LLM-basedlogic
- CleanUIandstableperformance
- Real-worldapplicability
- Clear,maintainablecodestructure
---
##🕗TechnicalArchitecture
Explainbrieflyhowyoursystemworks.
AsimpletextdescriptionorASCIIdiagramissufficient.
> Example:
> -Frontendsendsquery→B a c k e n d API(FastAPI)
> -BackendfetchesvectorresultsfromFAISS
> -Sendscontext+querytoLLM→R e t u r n s summarizedresponse
> -Responsedisplayedinwebinterface
---
##🕗T e st i n g (Optional)
Ifyouaddedtestsorvalidationsteps,includedetailshere.
```bashpytesttest
s/
```
---
##🕗References
Listanyopen-sourceresources,datasets,ormodelsyouused.
- [OpenAIAPI](https://platform.openai.com/)
- [LangChainDocumentation](https://python.langchain.com)
- [HuggingFaceDatasets](https://huggingface.co/datasets)
- [FAISSLibrary](https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss)
---
##⚖License(Optional)
Youcanincludealicenseifyourprojectusesone.Example:
`ThisprojectislicensedundertheMITLicense.`
---
##🕗 Acknowledgements
Mentionanylibraries,ortoolsthathelpedyoubuildthisfaster.
> Youarenotstrictlyrequiredtousethisexacttemplate--however,your 
project'sREADMEshouldfollowa**similarstructureandlevelofdetail.**
FinalNote
Goodluck—shipsomethingsmall,sharp,andimpressive! 
Focus onclarity, execution, and reliability.
Makeityourbestdemonstrationofreal-worldengineeringskill.