My agents told me to enter: an independent builder at OpenSearchCon 2026

Independent builder Ciki Zeng describes her experience at the OpenSearch Agent Skills Hackathon, where her award-winning entry, "unclosed," focuses on verifying that AI investigation conclusions are supported by sufficient evidence. Her participation in OpenSearchCon reinforced a central theme shared by many speakers: the importance of treating AI outputs as claims to be validated rather than results to be blindly accepted.