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Create a lens from one sentence

Describe the lens you want on the Mindola homepage, try the real working lens it builds instantly, then claim it to make it yours.

What it is

On the Mindola homepage you can build a lens from a single sentence, before you even have an account. Type something like “I’m a life coach named Sara who helps people beat anxiety” and Mindola builds a real, working lens on the spot.

A lens is a shareable AI version of you. Visitors ask it questions and it answers from the knowledge you give it. Want to see one in action first? Try the live demo lens at https://mindola.ai/me/charles-darwin.

How it works

  1. Describe it. On the homepage, write one or two sentences about the lens you want.
  2. Meet the real lens. Mindola builds an actual lens with a name, greeting, personality, starter questions, and starter knowledge, and opens it. This is the real lens page, not a mockup.
  3. Try it. Ask it questions right there to see how it answers.
  4. Claim it. When you like it, tap Claim this lens. You create a free account and the lens becomes yours.

After you claim

Claiming makes the lens, and the topic and knowledge behind it, yours, and drops you into the app. From there you can:

  • Refine the knowledge it answers from.
  • Adjust the profile, personality, and appearance.
  • Set visibility and share the link.

It is a normal lens from that point on. See Building a lens for a full tour.

Good to know

  • The lens is real from the first second, running on the same engine as every other lens. The starter knowledge is AI-suggested to get you going; you make it your own after claiming.
  • The banner grows a live map of the starter knowledge, and the expand icon opens it as the full-screen 3D brain, just like any other lens. If it shows floating words at first, give it a few seconds and refresh; the knowledge is still settling in.
  • The link you are on keeps working after you claim. It is the same lens, now owned by you.
  • Unclaimed lenses expire on their own, so nothing lingers.
  • You start free, no card required.
  • You can also create an unclaimed lens straight from an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT; see the Connect overview.