--- title: Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 + AI & MCP Hackathon (Symfony Blog) description: Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 is out, the first pre-release ahead of the 1.0 final version. Alongside it, Symfony launches a four-week AI & MCP Hackathon running from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/symfony-ai-1-0-0-beta1-ai-mcp-hackathon-symfony-blog--ol1ahvb6e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 + AI & MCP Hackathon (Symfony Blog) | daily.dev og:description: Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 is out, the first pre-release ahead of the 1.0 final version. 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Participants build with Symfony AI and the official PHP MCP SDK, then submit a public repo and a 90-second demo video before the deadline. Hugging Face is sponsoring $20 of Inference Providers credits per developer. The feature set for 1.0 is settled, and the work from here is fixing rather than redesigning, with the backward compatibility promise starting at 1.0.0 final. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I install the Symfony AI bundle beta release? Run 'composer require symfony/ai-bundle:^1.0@beta' to install Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1. This is the first pre-release on the road to the stable 1.0 version, with the feature set already settled, meaning remaining work focuses on fixing bugs rather than redesigning APIs before the backward compatibility promise begins at 1.0.0 final. _Developers tracking the Symfony AI beta can follow fixes and changes on daily.dev before 1.0 locks in._ ### Where do I report bugs found in the Symfony AI 1.0 beta or the PHP MCP SDK? Report Symfony AI issues at github.com/symfony/ai/issues and PHP MCP SDK issues at github.com/modelcontextprotocol/php-sdk/issues. Both libraries are heading toward their 1.0 releases together, and feedback gathered during the beta period determines what ships, or doesn't ship broken, in the final 1.0.0 versions. _Teams adopting the PHP MCP SDK can watch for breaking-change reports on daily.dev before committing to it._ ### What are the rules and deadline for the Symfony AI and MCP Hackathon? The hackathon runs from October 26 to November 22, 2026, ending at 18:00 CET, and is free, online, and open to solo participants or teams. Entrants build anything using Symfony AI and the PHP MCP SDK, then submit a public, clonable repository plus a 90-second demo video; Hugging Face sponsors $20 of Inference Providers credits per developer. _Developers weighing hackathon ideas with Symfony AI can track updates and entries on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Announcing the Symfony AI Core Team \(Symfony Blog\)](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-symfony-ai-core-team-symfony-blog--buu3zt5xc) · Symfony · 8 upvotes · 0 comments - [SymfonyOnline June 2026: Symfony Mate: Real Runtime Context for AI Coding Assistants \(Symfony Blog\)](https://daily.dev/posts/symfonyonline-june-2026-symfony-mate-real-runtime-context-for-ai-coding-assistants-symfony-blog--8lte7be51) · Symfony · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Symfony AI in Practice: Building a Writing Assistant for Dyslexic Adults](https://daily.dev/posts/symfony-ai-in-practice-building-a-writing-assistant-for-dyslexic-adults-kkudu0e2t) · marmelab · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#symfony](https://daily.dev/tags/symfony), [#hackathon](https://daily.dev/tags/hackathon) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/symfony-ai-1-0-0-beta1-ai-mcp-hackathon-symfony-blog--ol1ahvb6e) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 + AI \u0026 MCP Hackathon (Symfony Blog)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/symfony-ai-1-0-0-beta1-ai-mcp-hackathon-symfony-blog--ol1ahvb6e","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/symfony-ai-1-0-0-beta1-ai-mcp-hackathon-symfony-blog--ol1ahvb6e"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T14:31:39.610Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T14:32:08.453Z","description":"Symfony AI 1.0.0-BETA1 is out, the first pre-release ahead of the 1.0 final version. 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