Agent Challenge
🇱🇰 For Sri Lankan developers
Build Sri Lanka's most innovative AI shopping agent.
We opened up the Kapruka MCP — the same tools that power search, delivery and checkout across Sri Lanka's largest e-commerce platform. Your mission: turn it into a beautiful, full-screen chat shopping experience that real customers would love to use. The best one wins an Apple M4 Mac Mini.
Why this matters
Real infrastructure. Real customers. Real stakes.
This isn't a toy hackathon dataset. The Kapruka MCP connects to live products, live delivery quotes and live guest checkout. Whatever you build is something you can ship, demo to anyone, and put on your résumé — agentic commerce is one of the most in-demand skills in the world right now, and almost nobody has done it on Sri Lankan retail. Be first.
Production e-commerce
Search a real catalog, browse categories, quote delivery to any Sri Lankan address, and create real guest-checkout orders with pay links.
Zero setup friction
The MCP is free and public. No sign-up, no API key, no rate-limit paperwork. Point your agent at one URL and start building today.
Seen by Kapruka
Our engineering team judges every entry. The standout could shape how Kapruka itself does conversational shopping.
The brief
What you're building
A hosted, public demo that just works — a link anyone (including the judges) can open and immediately start shopping. We care less about how it's built and more about how it feels. Surprise us.
Full-screen chat UI
A polished, immersive conversation as the main surface — not a tiny widget in a corner. Make it feel like the future of shopping.
Very visual
Show products beautifully — images, cards, carousels, rich results. The agent should feel alive, not like a wall of text.
Personality
Give your agent a voice and a point of view. Helpful, witty, warm — whatever makes people want to keep chatting.
Genuinely helpful
Help customers discover the right gift or product and guide them confidently from "I'm not sure" to "add to cart".
All the way to checkout
Take the customer through selecting goods, delivery details and a working checkout. Close the loop end to end.
Live on a public URL
Deploy it on a domain or subdomain that stays up. If the judges can't open it, it can't win — so make it reliable.
Getting started
How to enter
Register
Fill in the short entry form below to register your spot. It takes about a minute.
Connect the MCP
Point your agent at mcp.kapruka.com/mcp and explore the tools — see Resources below.
Build & host
Create your shopping agent and deploy it to a public URL that stays up.
Submit your demo
Send us your live link before 30 June 2026. The Kapruka tech team takes it from there.
The prize
Apple M4 Mac Mini
The build machine every developer wants — silent, tiny, and seriously fast. Yours if you build the best shopping agent in the country.
- Apple M4 chip — 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine — built for on-device AI
- 16GB unified memory
- 512GB SSD storage
- Gigabit Ethernet + Apple Intelligence
Resources
Everything you need to start
The MCP is free, public and read-to-write capable (search, categories, delivery, create order, track order). Full docs live at mcp.kapruka.com.
// Claude Desktop — claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kapruka": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.kapruka.com/mcp"]
}
}
}The fine print
Eligibility & rules
- Open to Sri Lankans based in Sri Lanka. (This round is local — not for the diaspora.)
- Solo builders only — one person, one entry, one prize.
- Your submission must be a live, public URL that works when judged.
- Build on the Kapruka MCP. Use any model, framework or hosting you like.
- Keep it respectful of customers and the catalog — no spam, no abuse of the live order tools.
- Entries close 30 June 2026.
How we score
The rubric — out of 100
No mystery, no vibes-only judging. Here's exactly how the Kapruka tech team scores every entry, and what's worth the most.
⭐ Bonus points — go where others won't
Nail the hard stuff and you'll pull ahead of the pack. These are the things that separate a demo from a product:
Sinhala especially — it fits Kapruka's market perfectly and almost no one will attempt it. Pull it off and you'll stand out instantly.
Timeline
Key dates
Questions
FAQ
Do I need a Kapruka API key?
No. The MCP at mcp.kapruka.com/mcp is free and public — no key, no sign-up. Just connect and build.
What can the MCP actually do?
Search products, browse categories, quote delivery to Sri Lankan addresses, create guest-checkout orders with pay links, and track existing orders. See the full tool list at mcp.kapruka.com.
Which AI model or framework should I use?
Whatever you like — Claude, GPT, open models, any agent framework, any hosting. We judge the experience, not your stack.
Can I enter as a team?
This round is for solo builders — one person, one entry, one prize. It's your moment to shine on your own.
Does the demo really need to be hosted?
Yes — that's the whole point. Submit a public URL the judges can open in a browser and use immediately. If it isn't live when we judge, it can't be scored.
What if there are two amazing entries?
We're aiming for one clear winner of the Mac Mini. If it's genuinely too close to call, the judges may add a 2nd and 3rd prize.
Ready to build?
Register now and start shaping the future of shopping in Sri Lanka.
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