Join us for the Nylas AI and Communications Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes!

Publish Date: Aug 7 '24

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We are thrilled to partner with Nylas to bring the community a brand new challenge.

Running through ~~August 18~~ September 1, the Nylas Challenge is an opportunity to build with the only platform that gives developers universal access to email, calendar, and contacts providers (Gmail, Outlook, IMAP, etc.) through a single integration.

There are two prompts for this challenge and a $3,000 prize pool. As always, all participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge for rising to the occasion.

Our Prompts

AI Expedition 🚀

For the AI Expedition Prompt, your job is to build a Nylas app with a RAG or an AI agent implementation. You are free to use any Nylas API and any third-party AI tool.

Your submission will be judged on use of underlying technology, usability/user experience, accessibility, and creativity.

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

AI Expedition Submission Template

Galaxy Brain 💫

For the Galaxy Brain Prompt, your job is to build the most off-the-walls creative app you can imagine with one or more Nylas APIs.

Your submission will be judged on use of underlying technology, accessibility, creativity, and popularity potential. Let’s see how out-of-this-world you can get!

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

Galaxy Brain Submission Template

Prizes

The AI Expedition Winner (1) will receive:

$2,000 USD
Project highlighted in the Nylas Inspiration Gallery
Exclusive DEV Badge
Gift from the DEV Shop

The Galaxy Brain Winner (1) will receive:

$1,000 USD
Project highlighted in the Nylas Inspiration Gallery
Exclusive DEV Badge
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 associated with your prompt. All submissions must have an MIT License to be considered valid.

You do not need a credit card to sign up for Nylas and all submissions will be judged on the featureset offered in the free tier offering.
You may incorporate any third-party AI tool as part of your submission. Here some options that offer robust free tiers:

By participating, you are granting Nylas permission to showcase your submission in their Inspiration Gallery. Whether your project is featured is at their team’s discretion.

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

Additional Resources

Not quite sure what to build? Explore the Nylas Inspiration gallery for ideas!

Not sure where to start? You can get to know the Nylas Platform by utilizing their docs and tutorials:

If you need help troubleshooting, just drop a question into the Nylas Developer Community Forum.

Important Dates

August 07: Nylas Challenge begins!
~~August 18~~ September 1: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
~~August 20~~ September 3: Winners Announced

We hope you enjoy the power of simplicity, and we can’t wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy coding!

Comments 36 total

Jess LeeAug 7, 2024
Good luck to everyone participating!
Noah BrinkerAug 7, 2024
Excited to see what everyone builds!
Ben HalpernAug 7, 2024
Good luck everyone
Ava NicholsAug 7, 2024
Looks like fun
Karim AbdallahAug 7, 2024
Good luck y'all 🙌
DevBenAug 7, 2024
Good lick guys
Abdal MajeedAug 7, 2024
I am happy to be with you . Hello Nyles To deep integration
Somtochukwu Paschal ObiakuAug 8, 2024
So interesting
Sneha Aug 8, 2024
Good luck everyone
kince marandoAug 8, 2024
Let us give a try
MartinSurgeonAug 8, 2024
Good luck may the best participant win
chintanonwebAug 8, 2024
Interesting
RamadanYosiAug 9, 2024
let's cooked
Ash Ryan ArnwineAug 11, 2024
Hi everyone! I'm Ash at Nylas.

Email and Calendar data + AI is super interesting to hack on. I know because I've done it myself for vibebox.app/

If you need a hand getting started, jump into our forums:
forums.nylas.com/

Good luck and have fun!
- Leonard SangorohAug 12, 2024
  Hello @ashryan_io , I hope you are well. I am having a challenge when it comes wrapping my head around the authentication API. Any form of assistance would be much appreciated, thank you in advance.
  - Ash Ryan ArnwineAug 13, 2024
    Hi @leonardsangoroh, for sure!
    
    Have you tried posting in our forums? Our Developer Advocates are there helping on weekdays.
    forums.nylas.com
    
    We also have a ton of sample code repos on GitHub, all of which use auth in some way:
    github.com/nylas-samples
    - Leonard SangorohAug 16, 2024
      Thank you, let me go the forum platform!
- Abdulramon JemilAug 16, 2024
  Hi @ashryan_io , I was looking through the notification Docs and I found that there's no message.deleted event. What is the recommended way to detect message deletion?
  - Ash Ryan ArnwineAug 16, 2024
    Hi @abdulramonjemil, thanks for tackling this Nylas challenge!
    
    Have you tried posting in our forums? This is something our Developer Advocates could help out with there.
    
    forums.nylas.com
    - AliceAug 22, 2024
      Interesting project!
  - Alvaro (Blag) Tejada GalindoAug 16, 2024
    Hello @abdulramonjemil I'm Blag from @nylas
    
    For future questions, please use our Nylas Forums: forums.nylas.com/latest
    
    We don't have any notification for message deletion as you found on the docs. If you move something to the trash you will get a message.update notification, but this can be also fired when you read or reply a message. The best work around would be to check the trash folder in a timely interval. To see the id of the trash folder you can use developer.nylas.com/docs/api/v3/ec... and to read actually read it you can use developer.nylas.com/docs/api/v3/ec... passing the folder name in the in parameter.
- logarithmicspiralsSep 11, 2024
  Hi @ashryan_io, when are the winners going to be announced? The contest ended over a week ago.
  - Jess LeeSep 11, 2024
    Hey @logarithmicspirals, the winners were announced last week:
    
    Congrats to the Nylas Challenge Winners!
    
    Jess Lee for The DEV Team ・ Sep 3
    
    #devchallenge #nylaschallenge #ai #api
FghjAug 12, 2024
This Nylas AI and Communications Challenge sounds like an exciting opportunity! With $3,000 in prizes and prompts that encourage both innovative and practical applications, it's a great way to showcase your skills. If you're considering entering, using Nylas APIs alongside tools like Google Gemini or Hugging Face could really elevate your project. Best of luck to everyone participating—can't wait to see the amazing submissions
RutkatAug 14, 2024
Cool challenge and prizes
Crimson creepAug 14, 2024
I don't know coding but I can try learning something can I still participate I am fresher who is about to start my journey as a cse student
AnnaAug 14, 2024
Nice challenge, I'm in!
AnnaAug 14, 2024
Nice, I'm 100% in!
Amit MondalAug 15, 2024
Good luck every one
Masud MondalAug 16, 2024
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
PROMISE UGOCHUKWU NNENEMEREAug 24, 2024
Interesting.
Shweta KaleAug 25, 2024
I wanted to use Message tracking but docs mention that - tracking is available for Core and Plus plans.

Is there any way I can try building demo app using tracking?
@blag
- Alvaro (Blag) Tejada GalindoAug 25, 2024
  Hi @shweta There's no way to use tracking on the free tier...however...I might be able to help you out 😉 send me an email to alvaro.t at nylas.com with the email you're using for your Nylas account...
  - Shweta KaleAug 25, 2024
    Done!! Thank you for your response🙏
АнонимAug 30, 2024
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Big sizeAug 31, 2024
the master Naruto come back on the day

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