The Elasticsearch Agent Builder Hackathon

Earlier this year, Elastic hosted the Elasticsearch Agent Builder Hackathon, encouraging developers to create AI agents using Elastic Agent Builder to address real-world issues by integrating Elastic Workflows, Elasticsearch, and Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL). Participants from diverse fields such as healthcare, security, and regulatory compliance tackled specific challenges by building agents that combine large language model (LLM) reasoning with structured, agentic speed, resulting in innovative solutions like the PHAROS pharmacovigilance system, the Gauntlet adversarial testing framework, and a duplicate detection agent for Kenya’s HIV program. These projects highlight the potential of AI in solving specific and costly problems, demonstrating how Agent Builder can be used to not just query data but to thoughtfully reason about it, which was the core aim of the hackathon.