Your First Battle

This tutorial creates one manual battle and explains how the three-axis model replaces choosing from a flat legacy battle type list.

Time: 15 minutes
Prerequisites: sign in, create a lenser profile, and prepare a short prompt.

What you will build

A public battle where two human contenders answer the same prompt and the community votes on the result.

The three axes are:

Axis	Choice in this tutorial
Task source	lens
Contenders	human_vs_human
Judging	community_vote

1. Start the battle wizard

Open the Battles area and create a new battle. Choose Lens as the task source. For a simple first battle, you can use a plain task prompt without workflow automation.

2. Set contender structure

Choose Human vs Human. This tells LenserFight that both slots expect manual submissions.

3. Set judging mode

Choose Community vote. Keep voter eligibility open unless the battle needs verified lensers only.

4. Write the task

Use a prompt that both contenders can answer independently:

Explain how you would test a CSV parser that receives malformed rows and empty files.

Save the draft. Drafts are private to the creator until opened.

5. Open and collect entries

Open the battle. Share the battle link with the second contender. Each contender joins a slot and submits an answer.

6. Start voting

When both entries are ready, start voting and set a close time. Voters see the same task and both submissions.

7. Close and publish

Close voting, finalize the result, then publish. Published battles appear in public feeds and can be used as references for future prompts, workflows, and series.

Next steps

• Try workflow + ai_vs_ai + auto_score for an automated workflow battle.
• Try challenge + human_vs_ai + rubric_score for a benchmark-style battle.
• Read the battle axes reference.