The Coder Games are ClueCon’s take on the hackathon: an interactive experience that blends coding, building, and friendly competition, all included with your ClueCon admission. From the SignalWire Challenge for developers to FreeCYCLED Hacks for hands-on builders, there’s something for every skill level, including a maker space with 3D printers, IoT sensors, and Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards to explore and experiment with.
Jump in solo or team up with fellow attendees to bring your ideas to life. Code your way to the prize, build something unexpected, or just enjoy the creative energy of the room.
Not building? You’re still part of the action. Cheer on competitors, join interactive games, and help decide the winners in audience-driven challenges.
Think fast. Prompt faster.
The Vibe Coding Championship is a live, game-show-style coding competition where developers go head-to-head building real projects under pressure using AI-assisted workflows, prompts, code, and pure improvisation.
Contestants will battle through rapid-fire challenges ranging from AI voice agents and telecom chaos to broken code rescue missions and audience sabotage rounds, all live on stage in front of the ClueCon crowd.
Each matchup is timed, judged live, and fueled by creativity, adaptability, and a little bit of controlled chaos. Winners advance through the bracket until one developer survives the final showdown and claims the title.
Prize:
The ultimate winner takes home a $100 cash gift card so get ready to compete!
Expect:
- Live coding battles
- AI-generated madness
- Real-time demos
- Audience participation
- Telecom and AI-themed challenges
- Fast pivots, failed prompts, and dramatic recoveries
Bring your favorite AI co-pilot.
And maybe a backup plan.
Ship a Real-Time Voice AI Agent Demo That Fixes a Daily Rage Moment
You know that thing that seems small but makes you mutter profanities every day? We know you have one in mind. Time to fix it.
Build a real-time Voice AI agent on SignalWire that takes one specific friction point in your life and replaces it with something that works. You have until Monday, August 10 to build an agent you'd actually want to talk to. The winner will take home a cash prize.
A few rage moments waiting to be solved:
What Can You Win?
CASH$$$. The winner takes home a $500 cash gift card.
You don’t need to build a perfect, shiny product that can handle 10,000 concurrent calls. We are looking for conversations that feel real-time, an agent that completes a task, and a demo that can survive a real call. Demo-day theatrics are not necessary to win, but always allowed.
Get Set Up:
Pick Your Build Path:
Working Demos:
The signalwire-demos org has full-source Voice AI agents you can fork and reshape into your rage-moment solution.
Power Tool: Build With Claude Code
The SignalWire team published a Claude Code skill that turns Claude into a SignalWire expert. Generates SWML, Agents SDK code, and SWAIG functions following production patterns. Worth installing before the clock starts.
Get Help Live
You will get stuck. We are in the room.
Take a break from coding and put your engineering skills to the test in this hands-on building challenge. This year, FreeCYCLED Hacks is going full race day: participants will build their own pinewood derby-style cars using the materials provided, then send them down the track to see who built the fastest, cleverest, or most creatively chaotic ride.
No coding required, just imagination, a little problem-solving, and a willingness to see what happens when conference attendees are handed wheels, parts, and a starting line.
At the end of the challenge, cars will race head-to-head on the track, with winners chosen based on performance, creativity, and crowd-favorite appeal.
Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just looking for a fun way to meet people, FreeCYCLED Hacks is a relaxed, playful way to connect with fellow attendees on day one of ClueCon. Build something. Race it. Cheer loudly. Repeat.
Working Demos:
The signalwire-demos org has full-source Voice AI agents you can fork and reshape into your rage-moment solution.
Power Tool: Build With Claude Code
The SignalWire team published a Claude Code skill that turns Claude into a SignalWire expert. Generates SWML, Agents SDK code, and SWAIG functions following production patterns. Worth installing before the clock starts.
Get Help Live
You will get stuck. We are in the room.
