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What's the challenge
Build a Databricks App on Free Edition with a Genie Agent at its core.
Build a Databricks App, create and configure your own Genie Agent, connect it to your App, and use it to power a meaningful, useful, or unexpected experience. The problem, audience, data, interface, and solution are up to you.
Key dates
Two weeks to build.
The theme
Genie at the Core.
Genie at the Core means the Genie Agent should be central, meaningful, and effective in your application. Your app should use Genie to power its main experience or outcome. For example, people might ask questions about data in natural language and receive answers, insights, or results through the app.
The gut check
If Genie were removed, would the main experience or outcome of your app change significantly?
If the answer is yes, you are thinking in the right direction.
Choose your track
Two ways in. Pick one.
How to participate
Five steps to enter.
Project story
Help the community learn from your build.
A clear explanation of your Project setup will help other builders. Make these clear in your write-up:
→ What problem, opportunity, or creative idea does your app address?
→ Who is it designed for?
→ Describe your application architecture and data flow.
→ What can users ask the Genie Agent?
→ How does Genie power the app’s main experience?
→ What did you learn while building and testing the app?
How it is judged
Scored out of 40 points.
Justice to the theme - Genie at the Core
20 ptsHow central, meaningful, and effective is the Genie Agent? Does it power the main experience?
Track execution
10 ptsTrack A: how effectively does the app solve a real-world problem?
Track B: how creative and distinctive is the idea and its use of Genie?
App experience
10 ptsHow intuitive, polished, and effective is the overall app experience?
Total 40 points
Recognition
More than a badge.
All participants will be awarded a Contributor badge in recognition of their entry.
Getting started
New to Genie or Apps? Start here.
Free, self-paced courses and the exact docs you will need to get building.
Submit your entry →
Choose your track. Put Genie at the core. 🚀
Show us what you can create. Drop a 💬 in the comments with what you are thinking of building, and like the entries you love.
Start:
Mon, Aug 17, 2026 09:00 AM PDT
End:
Mon, Aug 31, 2026 11:30 PM PDT
Hi Admins,
Just an update: I have submitted my contest entry using this Community Article URL:
Could you please review and unblock/approve the post from the spam filter so judges and the community can view it?
Thank you,
Sandeep
