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SUPERSTACK · SOLANA.NEW
45-Minute Workshop
Colosseum Hackathon Edition
Idea to Launch
on Solana
Build, validate, design, and ship a full Solana product — entirely from your terminal — using Superstack's curated AI skill library.
Install now and follow along
$ bash <(curl -sSf https://solana.new/install)
Workshop Map
What We'll Cover Today
1
What is Superstack? (5 min)
The problem it solves, the architecture, and why it lives in your terminal.
2
Install & Navigate Skills (5 min)
One bash command. Three agent runtimes. Full skill catalogue tour.
3
Idea Phase — Validate a Real Idea (10 min)
Live demo: validate Power Perps for the Colosseum hackathon.
4
Build Phase — Front End + Smart Contract Scaffold (10 min)
Brand design, UI generation, and contract variable scaffolding.
5
Launch Phase — Pitch Deck & Roast (10 min)
Auto-generate a hackathon pitch deck, then roast your own product.
6
Open Q&A + What to Build Next (5 min)
Top hackathon ideas, contributing to Superstack, and next steps.
Context
The Hackathon Gap
Without Superstack
- Hours researching which Solana library to use
- Blank-page paralysis on idea validation
- Manual boilerplate for every new project
- Separate tools for design, code, pitch, and video
- 2–3 days to get a presentable prototype
With Superstack
- Curated, battle-tested Solana skill library
- Validated idea in minutes with a scored report
- One prompt → full front end with brand theme
- Pitch deck, marketing video, and roast in one tool
- Presentable prototype in a single session
Core insight: Superstack is not an AI that writes code — it's a library of battle-hardened, Solana-native workflows that guide any AI agent (Claude, Codex, etc.) to produce production-quality output.
The Arena
Ship at Colosseum
Colosseum.com runs the world's biggest online hackathons on Solana — the fastest path from a prototype to a funded startup, with an accelerator and investment for the best teams.
#1
biggest online hackathon
8 wk
eternal rolling cycle
Scheduled #1
A flagship, fixed-window hackathon — global cohort, hard deadline, demo day.
Scheduled
Scheduled #2
The second flagship of the year — same format, a fresh field of builders.
Scheduled
Eternal
An always-on hackathon running in rolling 8-week cycles — enter whenever you're ready to ship.
Rolling · 8 weeks
Why it matters: Use /colosseum-copilot to align your idea to the judging rubric, then enter at colosseum.com — two scheduled events a year, plus Eternal whenever you're ready.
Ecosystem Support
Build With Superteam
Superstack gets you to a prototype. Superteam gets you funded, connected, and shipped — a global community of Solana builders, operators, and creators.
What Superteam offers
- Bounties & paid work — earn while you build
- Grants and intros to ecosystem funding
- Hackathon support — teammates, mentors, feedback
- IRL events, demo days, and a builder network
- Regional chapters across the globe
Superteam Australia
Your local launchpad for the ANZ region — connect with Australian founders, get mentorship, and plug into the wider Superteam network from day one.
ANZ regionIRL meetupsMentorshipGrants access
Building from Australia? Start local with Superteam Australia, then go global.
Where to start: Validate and build with Superstack, then bring it to Superteam Australia for funding, feedback, and a launch crew — superteam.fun
Solana Mobile
Ship to the Seeker
Solana's second crypto phone puts a hardware wallet in every pocket — a native distribution channel for the dApp you just built.
Seed Vault hardware wallet · Dimensity 7300 · 8GB / 128GB · 6.36" 120Hz AMOLED · 4500mAh
100,908
owners activated · SKR TGE
$67.5M
presale gross revenue
SKR launch: Jan 21, 2026 — 1.82B SKR airdropped to Seeker owners (~18K per device).
Live activations, .skr SeekerIDs & ecosystem analytics — seekertracker.com
Architecture
What is Superstack?
A collection of AI skills installed as markdown files into your agent's context directory.
Skills
Markdown prompt files that encode expert-level workflows for specific tasks
Agents
Works with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and other agent runtimes out of the box
Open Source
Clone, fork, contribute new skills — completely community-driven on GitHub
Installed paths
~/.claude/skills/
~/.codex/skills/
~/.agents/skills/
How a skill works
When you invoke /skill-name, the AI loads that skill's markdown which contains a structured workflow, expert context, and output templates.
Live Demo — Step 1
Install in 30 Seconds
$ bash <(curl -sSf https://solana.new/install)
That's it. The installer:
- Detects which agent runtimes you have installed
- Copies skill files to
~/.claude/, ~/.codex/, and ~/.agents/
- Skills become immediately available — no restart required
Tip: Run from any directory. The skills are installed globally and available in every project.
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Other MCP agents
Live Demo — Step 2
Navigating the Skill Library
Claude: tell me all skills available
in Superstack and help me
navigate across skills
→ Triggers /navigate-skills automatically
Skills by phase
Idea
find-next-crypto-idea · competitive-landscape · validate-idea · defillama-research · colosseum-copilot
Build
scaffold-project · build-defi-protocol · build-mobile · solana-beginner
Launch
deploy-to-mainnet · marketing-video · video-craft · create-pitch-deck
Design
brand-design · frontend-design-guidelines · design-taste · roast-my-product
Phase 1 of 3
Idea Phase
Find, research, and validate your product idea before writing a single line of code.
/find-next-crypto-idea
Generate and rank new ideas
/validate-idea
Score your idea on 6 dimensions
/defillama-research
Live DeFi market data
Live Demo — Idea Phase
/validate-idea: Power Perps
Paste the problem statement from solana.new:
Build a perpetuals trading protocol
with power-law pricing mechanics
targeting retail traders on Solana.
1
Demand Signal
Is there proven user demand?
2
Competitive Landscape
Who exists, and is there a gap?
3
Integration-First
Can we build on existing infra?
Output: Scored Report
Key insight: Build on top of existing perp infra (Jupiter, Drift) rather than a new protocol from scratch.
Bonus Idea Skill
/colosseum-copilot
Purpose-built for Colosseum hackathon submissions. Knows the judging rubric.
Rubric Alignment
Maps your idea to the exact criteria judges use to score
Top Ideas List
Pulls the most-wanted build list from Colosseum documentation
Win Probability
Estimates how well your idea fits each prize track
Use /colosseum-copilot first to orient, then /validate-idea to score your shortlisted idea.
Phase 2 of 3
Build Phase
Go from validated idea to a fully styled front end and scaffolded smart contracts — without leaving your terminal.
/brand-design
Color, typography, design tokens
/frontend-design-guidelines
Full UI from mock data
/scaffold-project
Contract structure + backend
Live Demo — Build Phase
/frontend-design-guidelines → Brand
The skill chain: /frontend-design-guidelines calls /brand-design internally.
What brand-design produces
- 6 color palette options as interactive HTML
- Typography scale (heading / body / mono)
- Spacing system and border radius tokens
- CSS custom properties ready to paste
- Dark mode variants included
You: let's go with whale blue
→ Theme locked, proceeding to UI
Whale Blue palette
Primary — #0033FF
Secondary — #001A80
Background — #0A0A1A
Accent — #14F195 (Solana)
Build Phase — Output
What the UI Generates
3 Layout Templates
Full-page compositions with navigation, hero, data tables, and modals
Trading Interface
P&L chart, position management, order book — wired to mock data
Contract Variables
Infers account structs, instruction signatures, and PDAs from the UI
Workflow tip: Build with mock data first → get the UI approved visually → then wire up real Solana accounts. This avoids costly contract redesigns from UX feedback.
From here, use /build-defi-protocol or /solana-beginner to scaffold the Anchor program that matches the UI's data shape.
Phase 3 of 3
Launch Phase
Present your work, ship it, and get honest feedback — all without leaving your terminal.
/create-pitch-deck
HTML pitch deck, 8 slides, rubric-scored
/marketing-video
Script + visual storyboard
/roast-my-product
Brutal honest critique + fix list
Live Demo — Launch Phase
/create-pitch-deck: 8 Slides, Auto-Scored
What it asks you
- What is this deck for? (Colosseum, investor, demo)
- Tone of voice (technical, accessible, enthusiastic)
- Team size and stage
What it generates
- Slide 1: Problem & hook
- Slide 2: Solution overview
- Slide 3: How it works (technical)
- Slide 4: Market size & opportunity
- Slide 5: Traction / demo
- Slide 6: Team
- Slide 7: Roadmap
- Slide 8: Ask / CTA
Hackathon Judge Rubric
Innovation Score
Projected: 22/25
Technical Depth
Projected: 19/25
Market Potential
Projected: 21/25
Presentation
Projected: 18/25
Swap 2 placeholders (team photos, live demo URL) before submitting.
Live Demo — Quality Check
/roast-my-product: Brutal Honesty
"This dead protocol is proof of demand with a formidable name and zero engine code. Common sense detected. UX red flags."
Dimensions roasted:
- Value proposition clarity
- Crypto necessity (does it need a chain?)
- Target user definition
- UX and onboarding friction
- Token model coherence
Overall Roast Score
45 / 110
What to do with a low score
- Ship the MVP you have — get real users
- Validate demand before writing more code
- If no demand signal → scrap and pivot
- Re-run roast after addressing top 3 issues
A roast score below 60 is not failure — it's a prioritized fix list.
Summary
The Complete Superstack Loop
FIND
/find-next-crypto-idea
→
→
→
BUILD UI
/frontend-design-guidelines
→
SCAFFOLD
/scaffold-project
→
→
→
Total time for this demo: Idea validation → front end → pitch deck → roast in under 45 minutes, all in one terminal session.
Colosseum Hackathon
Top Ideas to Build
Power Perps
Power-law perpetuals with exotic payoffs — underbuild on Drift/Jupiter
DeFiHigh complexity
Social Recovery Wallet
Account abstraction with guardian-based recovery for mass adoption
InfraMedium complexity
AI Agent Treasury
On-chain treasury managed by an AI agent with multi-sig human override
AI + DeFiHigh complexity
Prediction Markets
Consumer-grade UX on top of existing Solana prediction infra
ConsumerMedium complexity
ZK Identity
Proof of personhood using ZK credentials on Solana
ZKVery high complexity
Liquidity Router
Cross-DEX liquidity aggregation with MEV protection
DeFiMedium complexity
Open Source
Contributing to Superstack
How to contribute a skill
1
Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/solana-labs/superstack
2
Create your skill file
skills/your-skill-name.md — follow the skill template
3
Test locally
Copy to ~/.claude/skills/ and test in Claude Code
4
Open a PR
Include a demo prompt and expected output in the description
What makes a good skill
- Solana-specific — not generic web dev
- Produces a tangible artifact (HTML, code, report)
- Guides the AI through a multi-step workflow
- Includes expert context the AI wouldn't have by default
- Works across Claude, Codex, and other agents
Missing a skill? Open an issue with the skill-request label.
Recap
Key Takeaways
1
bash command to install everything
20+
curated skills across all phases
3
agent runtimes supported
- Install once, use across Claude Code, Codex, and other agents
- Always start with mock data in the UI — validate UX before writing contracts
- Use /roast-my-product before submitting to a hackathon — it's your pre-flight check
- Pitch deck takes one prompt — minimal editing needed after generation
- Open source — every skill can be forked, improved, and contributed back
- solana.new is your home base — ideas, install command, and docs all in one place
Get Started
Build Something Cool
$ bash <(curl -sSf https://solana.new/install)
solana.new
Install, docs, top ideas
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Community & support
Questions? Issues? PRs? Everything welcome.
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