> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kleros.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Curate Tutorial

> Step-by-step guide to Kleros Curate: deploy a decentralized list, configure deposits and courts, register in the List of Lists, and submit or challenge items.

# Curate Tutorial

This tutorial walks through creating a decentralized list on Kleros Curate, registering it in the List of Lists, and submitting or challenging items.

Curate lists are deployed as smart contracts. The platform uses a hierarchical structure where top-level lists can contain sublists.

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## Create a List

Access the list creation page via the **Create a List** header button.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set the basic parameters">
    * **Title**: the name of your list (for example, "Hip Hop Legends")
    * **Description**: a brief overview of the list's purpose
    * **Acceptance criteria**: a critical piece of information specifying what submissions are accepted or rejected
    * **Item name**: the label for individual submissions (for example, "Hip Hop Legend")
    * **Deposit settings**: a slider-based configuration balancing submission cost against quality control
    * **Court selection**: choose the arbitration court based on the list's complexity and value
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure advanced parameters (optional)">
    Power users can set each deposit individually:

    * Submission deposit
    * Removal deposit
    * Challenge submission deposit
    * Challenge removal deposit
  </Step>

  <Step title="Define the list fields">
    Add custom fields for submissions (text, images, and other types). Enable **Index** on a field to make it searchable.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Badge list parameters (optional)">
    An optional tiered system allows submissions to earn additional badges based on specific criteria.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Deploy">
    Pay the contract deployment fees via your wallet to launch the list.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Register in the List of Lists

Submit your deployed list to the main Registry by clicking **Submit List** and paying a confirmation deposit. This makes it visible on the Curate homepage.

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## Submit & Challenge Items

* **Submissions**: users deposit funds to add items to a list. The deposit is returned if the item is accepted.
* **Challenges**: anyone can dispute a submission by describing how it violates the list's policy. Kleros jurors arbitrate the dispute, and the winner receives the loser's deposit (minus arbitration fees).

<Tip>
  Write your acceptance criteria carefully before deploying. Jurors rule on challenges based on your list's policy, so ambiguous criteria lead to unpredictable outcomes.
</Tip>

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## What's Next?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Curate Product Page" icon="list-check" href="/products/curate">
    How Curate works and its variants
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build with Curate" icon="code" href="/developers/products/curate">
    Curate smart contracts and integrator standards
  </Card>
</CardGroup>