Team lead · 24 hours
AI-Powered Checkout Assistant
A checkout assistant built with Node.js, MCP, and an LLM during a 24-hour global hackathon.
Problem
Checkout actions lived behind separate controls and APIs, making a natural-language shopping flow hard to coordinate safely.
Outcome
Led a three-person team to third place globally with a working assistant in 24 hours.
Project notes
I led the team that built this assistant in 24 hours. It used MCP to give an LLM the checkout context and tools needed to answer questions and guide a customer through the flow.
The project placed third in the global hackathon.