Help & knowledge base

Getting started

Spin up your first show in 60 seconds.

Getting started: from sign-up to your first nomination

Sign up, spin up a show, send the public submission URL.

AI Show Director: build a show from a 1-paragraph brief

How the AI Director works, what it can and can't do, and how to get good output.

Show templates: clone a pre-built show in one click

What's in each official template, when to pick a template over the AI Director, and how cloning works.

REST API: read your data, automate the boring parts

Issue an API key, smoke-test with /me, walk the OpenAPI spec, generate an SDK.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

Connect an MCP-compatible AI client to your Aclamos org with an API key.

Get your own editable demo

How the demo system works — public read-only at /demo, plus your own private editable copy on request.

Zapier integration: triggers, actions, and recipes

Five triggers, three creates, two searches. Native Zapier app — no webhook glue required.

AI self-check: review your draft before submitting

Run your draft against the same rubric judges will use. See where it's strong, where it's weak, and what to fix before you click submit.

Judging

Rounds, rubrics, calibration, and the judge experience.

Judging: rounds, rubrics, calibration, conflicts of interest

How rounds work, how the rubric calculates scores, and how to keep judging fair at scale.

AI-suggested judge scores

Claude proposes per-criterion scores with reasoning; you approve, adjust, or reject before submit.

Judge feedback emails to entrants

Optionally share judges' written feedback with entrants when results are announced.

Voting (Ballotis)

Public + private polls, anti-fraud, ranked-choice, verifiable mode.

Ballotis voting: methods, anti-fraud, and presets

Set up a public vote, fan vote, or board election with the right integrity dial.

Verifiable Ballotis voting: receipts, audit chain, public re-tally

Turn on E2E-verifiable mode so every voter can confirm their vote was counted and any observer can re-tally the election.

Payments

Stripe Connect, refunds, fees, payouts.

Stripe Connect: get paid for nominations + sponsor revenue share

Connect Stripe so entry fees route directly to you. Aclamos takes 0%.

Ceremony & event ops

Run-of-show, call sheets, seating, QR check-in, guest comms.

Run of show: ceremony day from doors to curtain

Producer doc, crew + roles, call sheets, seating chart, QR check-in, guest comms.

Mobile app

Sign-in, judging on the go, door check-in.

Mobile app: judging on the train, check-in at the door

What the Aclamos mobile app does. It is not in the iOS App Store or Google Play yet; until then, use Aclamos in your phone's web browser.

Press coverage

AI press search, saved articles, press kits.

Press coverage: AI news search + saved articles

Configure search terms once; click Run search any time to surface recent press; save the good stuff.

Migration

Move from Award Force, OpenWater, Submittable, etc.

Migrating from Award Force / OpenWater / Submittable / Reviewr

Export from your old platform, map columns, and import into Aclamos with field-by-field control.

Migrating with the AI-assisted importer

Drop a ZIP from Award Force / OpenWater / Submittable / Reviewr / WizeHive / Evalato. Claude proposes the column mapping; you confirm; we attach binaries.

Trust & legal

Privacy, DSAR, accessibility, compliance.

Accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA + the in-app preferences toggle

How Aclamos meets accessibility standards and how voters / judges can adjust the experience.

Privacy: cookies, DSARs, CCPA opt-out, AI use

What Aclamos collects, how to ask for your data or delete it, and where AI is used.

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