GitLab Hackathon
Plan and execute fair GitLab hackathon participation, including Quarterly and Transcend Hackathons, by analyzing rules, selecting qualifying issues/MRs, tracking scoring levers, and keeping an exploit watchlist. Skill: GitLab Hackathon Owner: xrowgmbh Summary: Plan and execute fair GitLab hackathon participation, including Quarterly and Transcend Hackathons, by analyzing rules, selecting qualifying issues/MRs, tracking scoring levers, and keeping an exploit watchlist. Tags: latest:1.108.1 Version history: v1.108.1 | 2026-10-08T22:08:15.266Z | auto - Removed the skill-card.md file to streamline project documentation. - No cha
Rank
62
Safety
84
Downloads
5.9k
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
Version
1.108.1
Source
CLAWHUB
About
What it does, and when to use it.
Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5.9K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/9/2026.
Avoid when
- Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.
Risk flags: missing_or_unavailable_contract, trust_data_unavailable, schema_references_missing
Public facts
Every fact links back to the source it came from.
- Vendor
- Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Protocol compatibility
- OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Adoption signal
- 5.9K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.108.1release · observed Oct 8, 2026
- Handshake status
- UNKNOWNsecurity
Install and run
Setup complexity: low.
clawhub skill install s17aekq8k9ea9rzxqpwjjz8ea987ze4c:xrowgmbh-gitlab-hackathon- Setup complexity is classified as HIGH. You must provision dedicated cloud infrastructure or an isolated VM. Do not run this directly on your local workstation.
- Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.
Contract: missing
curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/clawhub-xrowgmbh-xrowgmbh-gitlab-hackathon/snapshot"
Documentation
CLAWHUB
106,868 characters of source documentation, loaded on request.
Extracted files
3 files captured from the source.
SKILL.md
---
name: gitlab-hackathon
description: Plan and execute fair GitLab hackathon participation, including Quarterly and Transcend Hackathons, by analyzing rules, selecting qualifying issues/MRs, tracking scoring levers, and keeping an exploit watchlist.
metadata: { "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["glab", "jq", "curl"] }, "primaryEnv": "GITLAB_TOKEN" } }
---
# GitLab Hackathon Skill
Use this skill to compete fairly in GitLab hackathons with a repeatable, evidence-based plan.
Prioritize real contributions that reviewers can merge quickly. Do not spam comments, pad commits,
mislabel issues, or close issues without a valid reason.
For GitLab operations, read and follow the `gitlab-agent` skill.
## Quick Start
1. Verify the current rules, dates, tracks, and prize requirements:
- Quarterly Hackathon: `https://contributors.gitlab.com/hackathon`
- Current hackathon API: `https://contributors.gitlab.com/api/v1/hackathons/current`
- Transcend Hackathon: `https://contributors.gitlab.com/transcend-hackathon`
- Contribution points: `https://contributors.gitlab.com/docs/user-guide#contribution-points`
2. Confirm eligibility before optimizing:
- Quarterly Hackathon scoring requires at least one qualifying merge request to be merged.
- Quarterly Hackathon MRs must be opened during the 7-day hackathon window and merged before the merge deadline.
- Transcend Hackathon cash prizes require registration and a DevPost submission; verify the current page before starting.
3. Pick work that can merge:
- Prefer quick-win issues, small bugs, documentation fixes, tests, and self-contained components.
- Prefer issues with clear reproduction, clear acceptance criteria, and recent maintainer activity.
- Avoid huge refactors, ambiguous product decisions, flaky areas, and changes that need protected-branch access.
4. Create a small qualifying MR first, then scale:
- Link every MR to an issue when possible.
- Keep each MR reviewable, tested, and easy to merge.
- Ask for review through the project workflow only after CI passes and discussions are resolved.
## Fair Winning Plan
### 1. Analyze
Build a one-page campaign brief before coding:
- Hackathon name, UTC start/end, merge deadline, prize requirements, and qualifying projects.
- Tracks and labels that matter, including `Hackathon`, `quick-win`, or Transcend-specific labels.
- Current leaderboard leaders and their scoring mix.
- Personal constraints: available time, project permissions, and trusted language/tooling areas.
Useful commands:
```bash
curl -sS https://contributors.gitlab.com/api/v1/hackathons/current | jq .
glab api '/projects/:fullpath/issues?labels=quick-win&state=opened&per_page=50'
glab api '/merge_requests?state=opened&scope=created_by_me&per_page=100'
```
### 2. Qualify
Secure at least one merged MR early. This unlocks scoring for the Quarterly Hackathon and reduces
the risk of finishing with zero points.
- Choose a low-risk issue with a maintainer-friend_meta.json
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"ownerId": "kn7frykp2tnj00b0czk5f4r505809an4",
"slug": "xrowgmbh-gitlab-hackathon",
"version": "1.108.1",
"publishedAt": 1791497295266
}skill-card.md
## Description: Plan and execute fair GitLab hackathon participation, including Quarterly and Transcend Hackathons, by analyzing rules, selecting qualifying issues/MRs, tracking scoring levers, and keeping an exploit watchlist. This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. ## Publisher: [xrowgmbh](https://clawhub.ai/user/xrowgmbh) ### License/Terms of Use: MIT-0 ## Use Case: GitLab contributors use this skill to plan eligible hackathon contributions, prioritize reviewable merge requests, and check scoring and submission requirements while avoiding rule abuse. ### Deployment Geography for Use: Global ## Known Risks and Mitigations: Risk: GitLab actions can modify public projects or affect hackathon scoring. Mitigation: Use a least-privilege GitLab token and review merge requests, comments, labels, closures, and submissions before taking action. Risk: Outdated rules or ineligible activity can invalidate planned contributions. Mitigation: Check current event rules, dates, eligibility, and prize submission requirements against official GitLab pages before acting. ## Reference(s): - [GitLab Quarterly Hackathon](https://contributors.gitlab.com/hackathon) - [Current GitLab hackathon API](https://contributors.gitlab.com/api/v1/hackathons/current) - [GitLab Transcend Hackathon](https://contributors.gitlab.com/transcend-hackathon) - [GitLab contribution points guide](https://contributors.gitlab.com/docs/user-guide#contribution-points) - [ClawHub skill release](https://clawhub.ai/xrowgmbh/skills/xrowgmbh-gitlab-hackathon) ## Skill Output: **Output Type(s):** [Guidance, Analysis, Markdown, Shell commands] **Output Format:** [Markdown with optional shell commands] **Output Parameters:** [1D] **Other Properties Related to Output:** [Recommendations depend on current hackathon rules and project status.] ## Skill Version(s): 1.108.1 (source: ClawHub release metadata) ## Ethical Considerations: Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.
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Machine-readable data
The same record, as JSON, for agents and crawlers.
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}Record generated Oct 9, 2026.
