# AuthPlane × Skybridge Speedrun Challenge

> Build a real MCP App with Skybridge, secure it with AuthPlane in about ten minutes, record it, and win $500. Runs August 17–31, 2026.

- Canonical HTML: https://authplane.ai/challenge/
- Entry period: August 17, 2026 – August 31, 2026
- Prize: $500 USD, one winner, funded by AuthPlane
- Presented with Skybridge (by Alpic), the framework for building MCP Apps

## What we're asking you to do

Skybridge is the fastest way to build an MCP App with a real UI that runs inside Claude and ChatGPT. AuthPlane is the fastest way to put production-grade OAuth 2.1 in front of it. We want to see the two working together.

1. **Scaffold an MCP App with Skybridge** — `npm create skybridge@latest`, or migrate an existing MCP server into the framework.
2. **Build at least one working tool and view.** A single functioning view is enough.
3. **Protect it with AuthPlane.** Stand up AuthServer and wire in the AuthPlane SDK instead of one of Skybridge's existing auth examples (Clerk, WorkOS, Stytch, Auth0).
4. **Connect it in Claude or ChatGPT** and show a real, authenticated tool call rendering the UI.
5. **Record it.** A single take from a clean environment is the strongest submission; light editing is fine.

Starting from zero? The [AuthPlane Quickstart](https://docs.authplane.ai/quickstart) is the exact path this challenge is built around, and the [Skybridge Quickstart](https://docs.skybridge.tech/quickstart/create-new-app) covers scaffolding your first MCP App.

## How to submit

- **Video** — 5 minutes max. Unlisted YouTube or Loom link, or a direct file upload. Must be viewable without a login request.
- **Recap** — a few sentences: what you built, which AuthPlane SDK/language, and one honest note on how the combined setup felt.
- **Code** (optional but preferred) — a link to a public repo. It strengthens your entry on technical correctness and makes the examples-gallery bonus possible.
- **Rights confirmation** — a checkbox confirming you agree to the terms below.

Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOizZ6YgtSly4Indp6JOBHEVGopxULtD0UDWfnoc16C9OIOA/viewform

## Key dates

| Milestone | When |
| --- | --- |
| Opens | Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| Office hours | Monday, August 24, 2026 — live Q&A for anyone stuck on setup. Joining details reach entrants by email, and go out on our social channels, the week before. |
| Submissions close | Monday, August 31, 2026, 11:59pm (your local time) |
| Winner announced | Monday, September 7, 2026 |

## How we judge

| Criterion | Weight |
| --- | --- |
| AuthPlane setup speed & ease | 25% |
| Technical correctness (both frameworks, actually working) | 25% |
| Skybridge app quality | 20% |
| Video shareability | 20% |
| Story & originality | 10% |

One winner takes the full $500 prize, funded by AuthPlane. We may also spotlight a few runner-up submissions on our social channels, and Skybridge's.

## Official rules

**Eligibility.** Open to developers worldwide, 18 years or older, except where prohibited by law. AuthPlane and Alpic employees, contractors, and their immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, and siblings) or household members are not eligible to enter. Void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and any other country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. trade sanctions. Limit one entry per person or team.

**Entry period.** Submissions are accepted from 12:00am on August 17, 2026 through 11:59pm on August 31, 2026, entrant's local time. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

**What you're submitting.** Your entry must be your own original work, created during the entry period, and must accurately depict a real, working MCP App built with Skybridge and protected with AuthPlane/AuthServer. Staged or fabricated results may be disqualified.

**License to your video.** By submitting, you grant AuthPlane a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to use, reproduce, edit, and distribute your submitted video (and any excerpts) across AuthPlane's marketing, social media, website, and promotional channels, with attribution to you where practical. If you appear on camera or your voice is included in the video, this license also covers your name, likeness, and voice as captured in it. You retain ownership of your original content and may continue to use it yourself.

**Code and examples-gallery consideration.** If you share a public repo, you agree AuthPlane and Alpic/Skybridge may review it for possible inclusion, credited to you, in Skybridge's official examples gallery. Inclusion is at Alpic's sole discretion and is not guaranteed by entering.

**Prize.** One winner will receive $500 USD, funded by AuthPlane. Winner is responsible for any taxes owed on the prize in their jurisdiction. AuthPlane reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value if necessary.

**Judging.** Entries are reviewed by a joint panel including AuthPlane and, where available, Skybridge/Alpic judges, against the criteria above. All decisions are final.

**Partner role.** This challenge is co-promoted by Skybridge/Alpic, who may share it across their own community and channels and may provide a judge for the panel described above. Skybridge/Alpic is not a co-sponsor of the cash prize and bears no financial obligation under these rules. Submissions may be considered by Alpic for inclusion in Skybridge's official examples gallery, credited to the entrant, at Alpic's sole discretion.

**General conditions.** AuthPlane reserves the right to disqualify any entry that violates these rules, and to cancel, suspend, or modify this challenge if circumstances require. Void where prohibited.

## Learn more

- Home: https://authplane.ai/
- Docs: https://docs.authplane.ai/
- GitHub: https://github.com/authplane/authserver