Projects / Hackathon for MCP & AI Agents 2026
Runner-upMCP & AI Agents Starter — runner-upConfidence: low
kagent-dotnet
Brings Microsoft Agent Framework agents into the kagent ecosystem via A2A.
Project facts
- Track / challenge
- MCP & AI Agents Starter
- Team
- 1 person · IT
- Build
- software only
- AI
- agent
Problem
.NET developers using Microsoft Agent Framework cannot plug their agents into kagent.
Solution
An A2A-based integration between kagent and Microsoft Agent Framework.
Demo moment
Not described in the sources.
Why it stood out
- organizer statedComplete package: blog, project video and repository all cited by the organizer.Source ↗
- curator inferenceBridges an ecosystem the organizer's project did not reach — expands the sponsor's user base.
Lessons for your next hackathon
- An integration that opens the sponsor's project to a new developer community is a reliable sponsor-lane play.
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Sources
- https://www.solo.io/blog/celebrating-the-winners-of-the-2026-hackathon-for-mcp-ai-agents · official results · retrieved 2026-09-14