Build your first form

This walk-through builds a simple event registration form: name, email, a choice of session and a comments box. It takes about five minutes and covers the steps you’ll use for every form.

1. Start a new form

Select Create form in the sidebar, or Create form on the Dashboard or Forms page.
Choose which team will own this form. Teams decide who can edit the form and see its responses. If you’re the only person in the organization, keep the default.

Choose a creation method. Every option opens the same builder when it’s done:

Method	When to use it
Draft with AI	Describe the form and chat with the AI assistant to refine the draft before creating it. See Create and edit forms with AI.
Start from scratch	A clean canvas. Use this for the walk-through.
Use a template	Start from a ready-made system template or one your organization saved.
Import JSON	Bring in a form exported from KyraForm or written by hand. It needs a top-level `fields` array, and Download example shows the format.

Type of form. Pick what the form is for. This changes which settings and reports you get:

Type	Use it for	Adds
Collect answers	Registrations, applications, requests, contact forms	Standard responses table and results
Poll or vote	Elections, quick polls	Vote counting, duplicate-vote prevention, live results
Quiz or assessment	Tests, certifications, training checks	Correct answers, points, pass mark, scorecard, leaderboard
Survey	Feedback, NPS, research	Survey question types, anonymity options, survey report

You can change the type later under Type of form in the builder’s Form setup panel.

Give the form a name (for example Workshop registration) and, if you like, a Description. The name is how you find the form in your workspace, and it becomes the default public title.
Select Create new form. The builder opens.

2. Add your questions

The builder opens on the Canvas, with the form title and description at the top.

Select Add (or Start with your first question on an empty form). The Add a question picker opens.
Type in Search question types… to filter, or browse the groups: Basic, Choice, Date & time, Upload & sign and More (plus Survey on survey forms). Press Enter to add the first match.

Add these four questions:

Question	Type	Settings
Full name	Text Input	Turn on Required
Email address	Email	Turn on Required
Which session will you attend?	Radio Buttons	Options: Morning, Afternoon
Anything we should know?	Long Text	Leave optional

For each question, type the text in Field label. To add options to a choice question, select Add option, or paste a list with Bulk import (CSV).
Select Done to close a question. The card collapses and shows a one-line summary of its rules.

Drag the handle on a card to reorder questions. Use Duplicate to copy one, or Delete to remove it. See Adding and editing questions for every option.

3. Preview it

Select Preview at the top of the builder to fill in the form exactly as respondents will. Conditions, validation and calculations all run in the preview, but nothing is saved as a response. Go back with Canvas.

4. Check the settings

Select Settings to see the Overview of every setting. For a first form the defaults are fine. The ones people most often change:

Availability: open and close dates, and a response limit. See Availability.
After submission: the thank-you page or a redirect. See After submission.
Appearance: theme, logo, header and footer.

5. Publish

Select Publish. KyraForm runs a quick check first and lists anything that would break the form or confuse respondents. See The publish check.
Fix anything marked Blocking. For warnings you can Skip, or select Publish without changing this.
Confirm. You see Form Published! with the link, plus View Form and Embed, QR code and pre-filled links.

You never need to press Save. The builder saves your draft about a second after each change, and the status next to the title says All changes saved. After a form is published, further edits are saved but not live until you select Publish again. The status shows Published · unpublished changes until you do.