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Admin How-To Guide

Create a Challenge with AI

create a challenge with ai

Describe your challenge in plain English and let ChallengeRunner generate a complete, editable draft in minutes.

The AI Challenge Creation feature helps admins build a new challenge faster by generating a complete challenge with one or more activities and teams based on your prompt. AI creates a draft only; nothing is published until you review and save the challenge.

NOTE:
Before making them available to participants, check the AI-generated challenge settings, activities, and rules for correctness. You are responsible for the final configuration.

How To

  1. Log into ChallengeRunner.com as an admin and click Create Challenge.
  2. Select Build with ChatGPT and click Next
  3. Enter the name of your challenge and click Next
  4. Enter a clear prompt describing what you want the challenge to be. Include the items below when possible:
    • Describe activities (steps, miles, minutes, hydration, sleep, etc.)
    • Competition style (individuals, teams, or both)
    • Scoring rules (cumulative totals, points per minute, etc.)
    • Special rules (limits, late entry rules, prizes, eligibility)
        • NOTES:
      • If you want teams, specify how you want team scoring: averaged or summed. Include if you want teams created by admins or team captain.
      • If you need multiple activities (example: Steps + Hydration + Sleep), list them explicitly to ensure they are created as well as scroing: 1 point for every 1000 steps.
      • Avoid entering dates in the prompts unless your challenge activities start and end on different days.
  5. Click Next to create the challenge draft.
  6. If ChatGPT needs more information, you will be prompted to include it. If not, you will be directed to the date settings step.
  7. If your prompt included dates, they will be shown. If not, enter the challenge start and end dates and click Finish.
  8. The system will now create your challenge and an email tamplate, flyer and challenge details that you can use to promote your challenge. This may take several seconds to complete. You can download these now or click the Edit Challenge button later to download them later. Click the close button to exit the popup.
  9. Review AI generated challenge and make final edits using the standard challenge workflow:
    • Click the Edit Challenge button to view challenge details and rules (title, description, points)
    • Click the Edit Activity button next to each activity in the Activities panel to view activity details (trackers, dates, settings)
    • If using teams, click the Challenge Teams button in the Participants panel to verify team settings.
  10. Invite participants after the challenge is ready:
    • Click Add Participants to share the enrollment link or upload participants.

Prompt Examples (Copy/Paste)

Example 1 — Simple Steps
Create a steps challenge for employees. Individuals compete, but allow optional teams. Include a short description with rules and encourage syncing fitness trackers. Weekly mini-goal: 50,000 steps. Prize: top 3 individuals and top team.
Example 2 — Multi-Activity Wellness
Build a wellness challenge with 3 daily activities: steps, hydration, and sleep. Teams of 5, averaged scoring. 1 point per step, 500 points per glass of water, 500 points per hour of sleep.
Example 3 — Challenge Recommendation
We just ran a walking challenge last quarter but would like to try something different. Can you recommend a challenge that uses a different physical component and also includes a nutrition component?
Example 4 — Bracket Buster Tournament
Create a bracket buster tournament challenge where up to 64 participants compete with each other over steps walked. Each round should be 1 week long starting 3/15/2026.
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