Audit a hackathon project against a sponsor's prize criteria and tech stack, then score and harden the alignment to maximise the chance of winning. Domain-agnostic — works for any sponsor, any stack, any project. Catches the #1 score-killer learned the hard way: a sponsor tech integrated CORRECTLY but not on the LOAD-BEARING path (the engine runs the side-quest while your own code runs the boss fight). Use when: prepping a hackathon submission, deciding which sponsor track to enter, reviewing an integration before judging, or writing a devpost/submission blurb. Produces a 0-10 scorecard, a ranked list of cheap high-leverage fixes, and an honest-but-best-light submission paragraph.
2026-06-26