Prompt Battle recap, plus CREATORS Friday this Friday

Last Friday, we ran our first Composer 2.5 prompt battle at CREATORS in Stuttgart. Forty people showed up for 1v1, three-minute hackathons where two builders got the same prompt, worked through it with Composer, and let the room vote on the better result.

The format was simple: same problem, same clock, two screens for the participants, and one screen for the timer and prompt. The audience watched the builds unfold, then picked the winner.

The prompts did the heavy lifting

We wanted the problems to feel more like a show than a coding exercise. People laughed, argued, and had opinions about what counted as a better result.

• Build a landing page for a luxury skincare brand.
• Pitch a VC-funded startup selling doorless fridges.
• Build a button that runs away when you try to click it, with the audience voting on the best evasion tactics.

What worked

• People liked the format. Many tech meetups still run on talks, slides, and polite Q&A. The room wanted something more entertaining.
• Three screens made the battle easy to follow: two for the participants, one for the timer and problem.
• The prompts landed. Funny constraints gave people a reason to pay attention even when they were not on stage.
• Forty people felt like the right size. The room had enough energy without making the voting chaotic.

A note from the room

One attendee later wrote that the event was inspiring and insightful, especially because the live demos showed how prompting can improve AI-assisted development workflows for people with different backgrounds and experience levels. That was the goal: make AI building feel concrete, social, and easier to try.

This Friday: coworking at CREATORS

This Friday, we are back with CREATORS Friday. Bring your laptop, share what you are working on, and use the room to get unstuck before the weekend.

July 25: Cursor Hackathon Stuttgart

On July 25, we are running the Cursor Hackathon Stuttgart: one day, 60 builders, and 20 teams building new tools for social media.

Tracks include AI content generation, video and post-production, creator tools and workflows, and a wildcard track for anything social.

You can also see upcoming community events on the CREATORS events page. See you Friday.