Beacon
When someone you love is diagnosed with a rare disease, you're handed a name you can't pronounce and told there's no cure.
Core trick
Nine Opus agents run in a pipeline from mechanism mapping to drug-repurposing screens, safety checks, and FDA pathway mapping, merged into one treatment roadmap.
Description
When someone you love is diagnosed with a rare disease, you're handed a name you can't pronounce and told there's no cure. Beacon replaces that lonely fight with a full AI team that activates instantly. Nine Opus 4.6-powered agents span the entire pipeline from basic science to clinical action: mapping disease mechanisms, screening compounds for drug repurposing, evaluating safety, drafting researcher outreach, mapping FDA pathways, identifying funding, and synthesizing it all into a treatment roadmap. The family member stays in control, but thousands of hours of research are handled. No family should have to fight alone.
Judges can access hosted app with provisioned API key from: http://beacondemo.vercel.app/?token=beacon2026
Everyone else can access from https://beacondemo.vercel.app/ (have to provide Anthropic API key)
Demo mode (fast) can be seen at https://beacondemo.vercel.app/?demo
README excerpt
# 🔆 Beacon **An AI team that works around the clock for rare disease families.** Beacon isn't a chatbot — it's a team of AI agents that continuously research treatments, connect with scientists, navigate regulatory pathways, identify funding, and coordinate everything into an actionable plan. Built almost entirely with Claude Code and Opus 4.6. **Live demo:** [beacondemo.vercel.app](https://beacondemo.vercel.app) ## The Problem When a family receives a rare disease diagnosis, they face an impossible task: understanding complex science, finding the right researchers, navigating FDA pathways, securing funding — all while dealing with the emotional weight of the situation. This expertise is locked behind years of specialized knowledge that no single person can acquire fast enough. ## What Beacon Does Beacon assembles a team of AI agents, each specialized in a critical domain: | Agent | Role | What They Do | |-------|------|-------------| | 🔬 **Scout** | Research Scientist | Searches PubMed, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials.gov. Identifies promising therapies and drug repurposing opportunities. Extracts and synthesizes case reports. | | 🤝 **Connector** | Medical Liaison | Finds researchers and clinicians, verifies credentials via NPI Registry, drafts personalized outreach. | | 🧭 **Navigator** | Regulatory Strategist | Maps FDA pathways — orphan drug designation, expedited review, IND filing. Queries CMS Coverage database. | | 💰 **Mobilizer** | Fundraising Coordinator | Identifies