Hacking Guidelines:

• You must not work on your hack before CxC begins.

  • You may fix minor issues until the judging period, but you must not implement new features or make significant changes.
• All hacks must be submitted exclusively to CxC 2025. Cross-submitting is not permitted.

• You must not steal code, hardware or any other materials from other teams at CxC. You may use any publicly available libraries or packages.

• You must submit your code in a public location (e.g. GitHub). Remember to remove API keys.

• You are allowed to use AI assistance for research and learning purposes. However, if you used AI assistance to write code, you must indicate so wherever it was used in your source code.

• The verdicts of the judges regarding prizes are final.

General Rules:

• Please comply with the directives issued by any and all CxC organizers.

• Harassment of any kind is completely intolerable. Discrimination and disrespect against people of specific races, schools, sexual orientations, beliefs or political views will result in disqualification and dismissal from the event.

• Keep your working area clean.

The final interpretation of these rules and guidelines is at the sole discretion of the organizers. Failure to comply with the guidelines and rules above will result in disqualification and dismissal from CxC 2025 and exclusion from future events.