Objective
This challenge is about breaking down barriers to learning. Your task is to prototype a tool that makes technical knowledge more accessible by simplifying complex concepts and translating them into multiple languages or dialects. The aim is to advance our Responsible Innovation Goal: Expand Equitable Access — broadening participation in the future of technology by making education and tools available to all communities.
In collaboration with Vercel
We are excited to be collaborating with Vercel to be bringing this quest to life with v0.
v0 lets you describe your ideas in natural language and generates both the code and UI for your project. Its intelligent agent can search the web, inspect websites, automatically fix errors, and integrate with external tools, helping you go from concept to working applications in minutes.
You can deploy anything you create with v0 to Vercel.
If you haven't used v0 by Vercel before, check out the docs to get started.
The winner of this challenge will receive a one year subscription to v0 Premium
Important Dates
Challenge opens:
September 8, 2025 at 9:00am ET
Challenge closes:
September 21, 2025 at 11:59pm PT
What to Build
Requirements
Your submission should include:
Submissions
We encourage you to work in the open-source spirit. Share your project publicly and tag us:
- Instagram, Threads, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube
- Use hashtag: #MasteryQuest
- Tag: @bletchleyinstitute
Alternatively, if you’d prefer to submit privately, email your repo + video to: masteryquests@bletchley.org
Judging Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated on:
- Creativity – Did you bring a fresh, innovative angle?
- Impact – Does the prototype meaningfully expand access to technology or education?
- Execution – Is the prototype functional and well-documented?
- Clarity – Does your demo explain the idea in a way others can understand and build on?
Recognition & Rewards
Winners win prizes! All category winners will receive:
- v0 Premium one-year subscription
- Mastery Quest winner badge and certificate to show off on your profile
- Social media feature - your work shared on our channels as a challenge winner
- Blog spotlight - we'll highlight top entries in a featured post
- $1,000 scholarship to Flatiron School's Artificial Intelligence program
Under 21 category winners will also receive:
- $3,000 scholarship to Clarke College
- Guaranteed interview with one of the Bletchley Fellowship apprenticeship partners
Recommended Prototyping Tech Stack
Unsure where to start? Try starting with our rapid AI prototyping tech stack. These are the tools we use most often at the Institute for quickly moving from idea → prototype → demo. You don’t have to use all of them, but they’re excellent building blocks for early career engineers:
- v0, Next.js, Vercel – Rapidly prototype and host web user interfaces. Build clean, modern front-ends and deploy them instantly.
- Cursur + Clause Code – AI powered development environment that accelerates coding and helps you structure your project.
- VS Code + GitHub Copilot – Another great AI-assisted editor for speeding up development, debugging, and experimentation.
- Node.js + Express.js – A lightweight backend and API layer to connect your front-end, databases, and workflows.
- Clerk – Drop-in authentication and user management (sign-up, login, identity).
- n8n – No-code/low-code workflow orchestration. Automate background tasks or connect APIs without heavy lifting.
- OpenAI (LLM) – Power your app with natural language generation, summarization, reasoning, or chat capabilities.
- Zep – Add memory to your AI applications. Store and recall long-form conversations, maintain context, and extract structured topics.
- MongoDB – Flexible NoSQL database for storing persistent application data, user content, and state.
