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title: "bench.kind@1 · OpenVibe.Services"
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# bench.kind@1 · OpenVibe.Services

HTML: [bench.kind@1 · OpenVibe.Services](https://openvibe.services/docs/contracts/bench.kind)

# BenchKind `bench.kind@1`

Generated at 2026-11-13 06:25:48 UTC from [`openvibe-contracts v0.419.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Contracts/tree/v0.419.0) and [`openvibe-sdk v0.161.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK/tree/v0.161.0).

- Version: 1.0.0
- Owner: bench
- Visibility: first-party
- Status: active
- Compatibility: backward
- Schema: [`https://openvibe.network/contracts/bench/kind.v1.json`](/docs/contracts/bench.kind.json)

bench.kind@1: a benchmark kind on OpenVibe.Bench. ROOM is the room that owns the kind, ENTRY the shape a submitted entry takes, JUDGE the default judge (pair, rubric, automatic\_grader, test\_suite or game\_outcome), NAME the display name, SCHEMA the entry JSON Schema, and METRICS the board metrics (elo, pareto, cost, or a room's own).

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes |  |  |
| `room` | string | yes |  |  |
| `entry` | string | yes |  |  |
| `judge` | string | yes |  |  |
| `name` | string | yes |  |  |
| `schema` | object | yes |  |  |
| `metrics` | array of string | yes |  |  |
| `created_at` | string | yes |  | - `format date-time` |

## Examples

From the contract's own test fixtures: valid ones validate, rejected ones must fail.

 Valid: design-ui-copy

~~~~
{
  "id": "knd_01J8Z3Q4R5S6T7V8W9X0Y1Z2A3",
  "room": "design",
  "entry": "prompt",
  "judge": "pair",
  "name": "UI copy",
  "schema": {
    "type": "object"
  },
  "metrics": [
    "elo",
    "cost"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-10-28T18:00:00.000Z"
}
~~~~

Rejected: missing-name

~~~~
{
  "id": "knd_01J8Z3Q4R5S6T7V8W9X0Y1Z2A3",
  "room": "design",
  "entry": "prompt",
  "judge": "pair",
  "schema": {
    "type": "object"
  },
  "metrics": [
    "elo"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-10-28T18:00:00.000Z"
}
~~~~

## Validate

~~~~
const contracts = require('openvibe-contracts');
contracts.validate('bench.kind@1', value);   // { valid, errors: [{ path, message }] }
~~~~