A 2-week AI developer challenge running between February 16 - 27, 2026 with live coding battles, community building, and competition.
Build innovative AI agents using GitHub Copilot, Copilot CLI or Copilot CLI SDK for Microsoft Foundry, or M365 Agents Toolkit. Compete for recognition, network with developers globally, and get feedback from Microsoft product teams.
A 2-week developer competition combining:
- 📽️ Live coding battles - Watch experts compete in real-time on Microsoft Reactor
- 💻 Asynchronous challenges - Build at your own pace over 2 weeks
- 💬 Community engagement - Discord AMAs, Show & Tell sessions, community voting
- 🏆 Recognition - Winners earn amazing prizes
Open to everyone - all skill levels welcome! Watch the battles for inspiration, then build one project or compete in all three tracks.
Use AI assisted development with tools like GitHub Copilot in VS Code, the GitHub Copilot CLI, or the GitHub Copilot CLI SDK.
Pick one or compete in all three!
| Track | Tool | Challenge | Starter Kit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🎨 Creative Apps | GitHub Copilot | Build innovative creative applications using AI-assisted development | View → |
| 🧠 Reasoning Agents | Microsoft Foundry | Create intelligent agents that solve complex problems through multi-step reasoning | View → |
| 💼 Enterprise Agents | M365 Agents Toolkit | Build business-ready knowledge agents integrated with Microsoft 365 | View → |
Register 👉 aka.ms/agentsleague/register
Registration gives you:
- ✅ Official participant status
- ✅ Eligibility for prizes and recognition
- ✅ Digital badge when you submit your project
- Creative Apps - Build with GitHub Copilot
- Reasoning Agents - Build with Microsoft Foundry
- Enterprise Agents - Build with M365 Agents Toolkit
Browse starter-kits/ for setup guides and examples
Week 1: Live Battles - Watch experts build in real-time on Microsoft Reactor
- Tue Feb 17, 9 AM PT - 🎨 Creative Apps Watch Live →
- Wed Feb 18, 9 AM PT - 🧠 Reasoning Agents Watch Live →
- Thu Feb 19, 9 AM PT - 💼 Enterprise Agents Watch Live →
Week 2: AMAs & Show & Tell - Ask questions, get help, see community progress on Discord
- Tue Feb 24, 9 AM PT - 🎨 Creative Apps Join on Discord →
- Wed Feb 25, 9 AM PT - 🧠 Reasoning Agents Join on Discord →
- Thu Feb 26, 9 AM PT - 💼 Enterprise Agents Join on Discord →
- Follow your starter kit instructions
- Create something unique and functional
- Make a demo video
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2026 (11:59 PM PT)
Open a new issue in this repo using the project submission template
- Read the Disclaimer - No confidential information allowed
- Review the Code of Conduct
- Ensure your repository is public and includes a README
Get help, share progress, vote for favorites
Community and Guidance
If you have product feedback or errors while building visit:
- Digital Badge - Everyone who registers and submits a project receives a digital badge
- $500 for the winner of each track:
- 🎨 Creative Apps
- 🧠 Reasoning Agents
- 💼 Enterprise Agents
- GitHub Copilot Pro - Awarded to:
- Community Favorite (voted by community)
- Product Team Picks (selected by Microsoft product teams)
Projects are evaluated by experts and product teams using this rubric:
- Accuracy & Relevance (20%) — Meets challenge requirements
- Reasoning & Multi-step Thinking (20%) — Clear problem-solving approach
- Creativity & Originality (15%) — Novel ideas or unexpected execution
- User Experience & Presentation (15%) — Clear, polished, demoable
- Reliability & Safety (20%) — Solid patterns, avoids obvious pitfalls
- Community vote (10%) via the Discord poll available at https://aka.ms/agentsleague/discord
- Creative Apps - GitHub Copilot
- Reasoning Agents - Microsoft Foundry
- Enterprise Agents - M365 Toolkit
- Discord: Join Agents League Arena - Get help, share progress, vote
- YouTube: Microsoft Reactor - Watch live battles and replays
- Issues: Report bugs - Found a problem? Let us know
- Disclaimer - Security and confidential information protection
- Code of Conduct - Community standards and expectations
- Contributing Guidelines - How to contribute to the project
- Security Policy - How to report security issues
