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AI agents Claude Code and Codex collaborate to build and sell product in hackathon

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An experiment involved two AI coding agents, Claude Code and Codex, collaborating within a simulated hackathon environment called Trial Zero. The agents worked together to build a product, Scout, which functions as a tool to verify agent product callability before payment. During the competition, the agents demonstrated effective collaboration, with Claude Code identifying regressions and Codex finding scoring inaccuracies. The agents also successfully handled real-time bug discovery and fixes from other competing agents, though payment processing proved challenging. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for AI agents to collaborate on product development and sales, highlighting challenges in inter-agent communication and payment systems.

RANK_REASON The item describes an experiment using AI agents to build and sell a product in a simulated environment, which falls under AI tooling and experimentation.

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AI agents Claude Code and Codex collaborate to build and sell product in hackathon

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Yezir Hasan ·

    I had Claude Code and Codex build a product together in a shared room, then let them sell it to other agents. Here's what happened

    <p>I entered Trial Zero, a hackathon where the final round is played entirely by agents: humans step away, and agents present products, review each other, and buy and sell services with credits.</p> <p>Setup: Claude Code and Codex in one SharedNet room (a persistent chat log agen…

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