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Case studyHackathonSummer 2026

AskScotty: Campus Q&A Agent

A live campus Q&A agent built at a hackathon, orchestrating 24 AI tools through the Claude API.

TL;DR
Role
Owned product + engineering decisions
Team
2 builders + 1 designer
Timeline
Summer 2026
Tools & stack
React Native · Expo · Django · PostgreSQL · Claude API
Outcome
Live; tested with 5–10 users
01 · The problem

[PROBLEM HEADLINE]

[THE PROBLEM: who has it, what they do today, and why it matters.]

[A USER QUOTE OR KEY INSIGHT FROM TESTING]
— [SOURCE]
02 · What I did

Owning product and engineering decisions

Phase AResearch

[HOW YOU UNDERSTOOD THE PROBLEM AND USERS.]

Phase BProduct decisions

I owned the product and engineering decisions for the team. [THE CORE FEATURE CALLS YOU MADE AND WHY.]

Phase CDesign

Our designer [NAME] [WHAT THEY DESIGNED]; I [WHAT YOU BUILT FROM IT].

Phase DBuild

Built with React Native and Expo, a Django and PostgreSQL backend, and the Claude API. The agent orchestrates 24 AI tools. [ARCHITECTURE DETAIL]

[SCREENS / ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM]
[CAPTION]
03 · Key tradeoff

[TRADEOFF HEADLINE]

[THE HARDEST TRADEOFF YOU MADE, THE OPTIONS, AND WHAT YOU CHOSE.]

04 · Outcome

Live and tested with real users

5–10
Users in testing

AskScotty is live. [WHAT TESTING SHOWED: [METRIC]]

05 · Reflection

What I would do differently

[REFLECTION]