🚀 DevCon 2025 Hackathon

Welcome to the DevCon 2025 Hackathon! This repository contains setup instructions and resources for participants.

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🔑 Access to Portkey

Portkey is an AI gateway that provides unified access to multiple AI models and enhanced observability.

Setup Steps:

1. You must be included in ws-devcon-2025-hackathon-role-member group in Azure AD (contact our support team)

2. Access Portkey via app.portkey.ai and sign in via SSO

3. Switch to Syngenta PROD org (if you see Syngeta UAT on first login on bottom left of the screen).

4. On top left, select devcon_2025-hackathon workspace.

5. Go to API KEYS tab and create your team's API key of type service.

6. Start exploring portkey playground, n8n integration and model selection.

📚 Portkey Resources:

• 📖 What is Portkey?
• 🛠️ Prompt Engineering Studio
• 🎥 Getting Started Video

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🔧 Access to n8n

n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets you connect different services and automate processes.

Setup Steps:

1. Login to n8n.syngenta.com
2. Any team member or spoc starts creating a project in their personal workspace and click save.
3. Share the saved workflow with your team members and start building together.

📚 n8n Resources:

• 📖 Official Documentation
• 🔄 Flow Logic Guide
• 🤖 AI Integration
• 🎥 YouTube Channel
• 🎬 Tutorial Video

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🏆 Hackathon Guidelines

📝 Submission Requirements:

• Make a 8-10 video recording showing up your solution
• The solution must use approved tools (Portkey, n8n)
• Must follow data security guidelines strictly (e.g. protect PII)

⏰ Important Dates:

• Competition Period: September 1-19
• Submission Deadline: September 19
• Demo Presentations: September 24

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🆘 Support Team

Need help? Reach out to our support team:

👨‍💻 Support Contacts:
@Rahul Miragi | @Jacques Sa | @Akshay Dharerao | @Lalitkumar | @Rahul Sachdeva

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📊 Data Sources & Connection Guidelines

⚠️ CRITICAL: Data Security Policy

🔒 MANDATORY: Only use MOCK DATA for this hackathon. Using real or production data, without proper masking or concealment of any personally identifiable information, is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and may result in disqualification.

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🎯 Recommended Data Sources

1. Mock Data (Primary Recommendation)

• ✅ Best practice for hackathons
• ✅ Safe and compliant
• ✅ No privacy concerns
• ✅ Can be shared publicly

2. Excel Data Sources

• ✅ Easy to create and modify
• ✅ Can be uploaded directly to n8n
• ✅ Perfect for structured data scenarios
• 🔗 Use n8n's Excel connector

3. JSON Datasets

• ✅ Lightweight and flexible
• ✅ Easy to generate programmatically
• ✅ Perfect for API-like data structures
• 🔗 Use n8n's JSON parser

4. Temporary RDS Instances

• ✅ For complex database scenarios
• ⚠️ Must contain ONLY mock data
• ⚠️ Teams responsible for cleanup after hackathon
• 🔗 Connect via bastion host if needed

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🔧 Connection Methods

RDS Connection (If Required)

1. Create bastion host for secure connection
2. Use mock data only - never production data
3. Clean up resources after hackathon completion
4. Delete bastion hosts and keys post-event

Direct File Upload

1. Excel files: Use n8n's Excel node
2. CSV files: Use n8n's CSV parser
3. JSON files: Use n8n's JSON node

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🚫 What NOT to Use

• ❌ Production databases
• ❌ Real customer information
• ❌ Sensitive business data
• ❌ Personal identifiable information (PII)
• ❌ Financial records
• ❌ Any data marked as confidential

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💡 Mock Data Resources

Sample Data Generators:

• Mockaroo - Generate realistic test data
• JSONPlaceholder - Fake REST API
• Random Data API - Generate random datasets

Sample Datasets:

• E-commerce: Product catalogs, orders, customers
• HR: Employee records, departments, salaries
• Finance: Transactions, accounts, budgets
• IoT: Sensor readings, device data, telemetry

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📞 Support

Need help with data connections? Contact the support team: 👨‍💻 @Rahul Miragi | @Jacques Sa | @Akshay Dharerao | @Lalitkumar | @Rahul Sachdeva

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Remember: When in doubt, use mock data! 🛡️

Good luck with the hackathon! 🎉

Happy coding and building amazing solutions!