# Make your first contribution


This guide takes you from choosing work to confirming your first submission. A **Campaign** organizes the work, a **Task** is the specific item you claim, and a **Submission** records what you hand in. Review and earnings follow after submission.

If **Your first contribution** appears below the Home greeting, select **Quick guide** for a three-step overview, then **Walk me through it** to follow a moving guide pointing to Campaigns, Contributions, and Earnings. The walkthrough opens only when you request it.

**Close** or Escape pauses and saves your current step; choose **Continue guide** to resume. **Finish guide** or **Don’t show again** hides the Home entry for your account across devices. You can still replay it through **Help → Getting started** in the upper-right corner. **Help → Page tutorial** explains the current page. If saving fails, retry when prompted. Completing the guide does not satisfy campaign requirements or grant a task reward.

## Before you start

Open the [Contributor portal](https://contributor.humanbased.ai/) and sign in. A new account first shows **Complete your profile** (or **Confirm your profile** if details were imported): fill in or review the details and select **Save Information**. A complete profile is required before you can join a Campaign. Be ready to read the task instructions and provide the required materials. Once you choose a Campaign, complete the participation requirements it lists.

Courses, profile information, and credentials serve different purposes. Complete the requirements for your chosen Campaign; there is no need to finish every course or verification first.

## 1. Choose a suitable Campaign

Open **Campaigns** in the sidebar, then open a Campaign to read its description, publisher, running state, and requirements. Check that you can provide the requested work.

Read pay together with the specific Step's unit and acceptance conditions. Actual earnings are recorded separately after work is processed.

## 2. Check the participation requirements

Before joining, [check the participation requirements](/learning/eligibility) in **Getting started** and inspect each missing requirement. You may need to complete profile information, provide a credential, accept an agreement, or pass a specified course. If an invitation code is required, use the Campaign code supplied by its publisher.

After completing a requirement, return to the Campaign and check its status. Requirements are evaluated separately: completing a course can leave other requirements outstanding.

When the page allows it, select **Join campaign**. Then open **My Work** and find the Campaign's work row.

## 3. Claim a task

Check four fields in **My Work**:

| Field | What to check |
| --- | --- |
| Step | Which kind of work you will perform |
| Availability | Whether work can currently be claimed |
| Pay | The displayed pay and the unit it applies to |
| Your quota | Your allowance for this work |

Select **Start** for new work, or **Continue** to resume an existing task. **Claim next task** checks the currently claimable queue. After joining, you may still encounter an empty queue, a quota limit, or a paused Campaign.

## 4. Complete and submit the work

Read the Task's instructions, materials, and required fields before answering. Check which tools are permitted and whether AI use is allowed.

While working, watch the draft's save status. Wait for an in-progress save to finish. If saving fails or the workspace is offline, restore the connection and confirm that the draft is saved. To return later, use **My Work → Continue** and check the restored answers.

Before selecting **Submit**, check the required fields and the content you intend to hand in. Saving preserves a draft; submitting sends the work into processing. The [task guide](/tasks/participate) explains claim expiry, pauses, and draft recovery.

## 5. Verify your submission

Open **Contributions**, find the matching Campaign and Step, and open the record:

1. In **Overview**, check the Submission ID, Campaign, Task, and Submitted time.
2. In **Submitted content**, inspect the answers or files actually saved.
3. In **Activity**, check the Submitted event and subsequent processing records.

If the network response was unclear, check whether this submission already exists before retrying, so you do not submit duplicate work.

## Follow the result

[Follow the submission result](/tasks/results) in **Contributions**, and [check your earnings](/rewards/earnings) in **Earnings**. Submission, acceptance, rewards, and payment are recorded as separate stages. After acceptance, check the actual earnings and payment state.

If you cannot continue, contact [Humanbased support](mailto:hello@humanbased.ai) with the Campaign, Step, operation time, and a redacted error message. Keep passwords, verification codes, and complete task materials out of the support request.