🚀 JS AI Build-a-thon

🤖 AI June Jams with JavaScript

9 Unique Hands-On Quests for JS/ TS Developers to Build AI Apps on Azure AI Foundry, and gain a deeper understanding of AI Technologies, Tools and Frameworks.

✨ Check the Study Guide for the latest resources & schedule ✨

• 👩‍💻 Who this is for: Developers → AI Engineers
• 🧠 What you'll learn: To Seamlessly Integrate AI Capabilities into Web Applications. The build-a-thon is designed to get you from Not having worked with AI → building local AI prototypes → deploying and extending AI applications on Azure
• 🛠️ What you'll do:
  • 💻 Build Local AI Prototypes with GitHub Models & AI Toolkit Extension (NO AZURE ACCOUNT NEEDED)
  • 🔄 Migrate Prototype to Azure (GitHub Models → Azure AI Foundry)
  • ☁️ Deploy Models and Use in Code with the Azure AI Foundry Extension
  • 📊 Connect to external data with RAG, add conversation history with LangChain.js
  • 🤖 Build an AI Agent with Azure AI Foundry Extension
  • 🧰 Extend Agent with MCP Tools using the AI Toolkit Extension
  • ⚡ Automate your dev workflows with GitHub Models and GenAIScript (NO AZURE ACCOUNT NEEDED)

🏁 How to get started

1️⃣ Right Click on the Start Course ↓ button below and open in a new tab.

• Owner: Your personal account

• Repository name: (e.g. JSAI-Build-a-thon)

• We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will use Actions minutes.

• Optionally give your repository a description, such as JS-AI-Build-a-thon

• Privacy: Public

  ⚠️ Ensure you select Public. If you select Private, GitHub Actions will not work.

• Scroll down and click the Create repository button at the bottom of the form.

2️⃣ After you click the Create repository button, ⏳ WAIT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN REFRESH THE PAGE.

GitHub Actions will AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE YOUR README WITH THE NEXT STEP

---

🗳️ Community Voting – JS AI Build-a-thon Projects

Welcome to the final stage of the JS AI Build-a-thon – where real-world ideas turn into production-ready AI apps, and the community gets to decide what stands out!

📣 How Voting Works

Explore the projects below (or GitHub Issues), check out what each participant built, and upvote your favorite ones using the 👍 reaction on their GitHub Issue submission.

The project with the highest community love earns the People’s Choice Spotlight at the finale! 🚀

Participating Projects

Project	Description	Submission
You okay? Meet Vish AI, your mental health companion	An AI companion chatbot that leverages RAG and LangChain for empathetic, always-available mental health and emotional support.	View project
vmware-tools-broadcom	A Python script that automatically syncs, archives, and manages VMware Tools versions from Broadcom’s official site for easy access and historical reference.	View project
Onboarding Software	A customizable recruitment and access management tool using azd templates that streamlines candidate screening and promotes healthy organizational culture.	View project
Deepmine-Sentinel	An AI safety assistant for mining operations that delivers real-time guidance and monitoring to prevent accidents and save lives underground.	View project

---

🤝 Get help

To connect with other developers, join us in the Azure AI Community Discord (#js-ai-build-a-thon).

© 2025 JavaScript at Microsoft • Code of Conduct • MIT License