Your first conversation
Pick a character, send a first message, and learn the controls you'll use in every chat that follows.
This guide is for the moment right after you sign up. We'll get you into a real conversation in under three minutes, then point out the chat controls you'll use every day from there on.
Pick a character
Open the discover feed
Click Characters in the top navigation. You'll see a grid of public characters with their portrait, name, and a short bio.
If you're not sure where to start, use the filters at the top:
- Popular this week is a safe first stop — these are heavily-played characters with established personalities.
- For you appears after a few interactions and surfaces characters similar to ones you've chatted with.
- Categories (Fantasy, Romance, Mentor, Sci-fi, Historical, etc.) narrow the firehose.
Each card shows the creator's name underneath. Tapping it goes to their profile — a fast way to find more characters in the same style.
Read the character profile
Tap any character card to open their profile. You'll see:
- Tagline and bio — what the character is about in one screen
- Greeting message — the first message they'll send you
- Sample dialogue — how their voice actually sounds
- Hashtags — themes and genres
- Stats — chats started, average rating, popularity rank
- Creator — link to their other characters
If the greeting and sample dialogue both sound like a person you'd want to talk to, hit Chat.
Send your first message
The character will speak first with their greeting. You reply in the box at the bottom.
If the input is empty, you'll see scenario suggestions above it — pre-built openers like "Let's start a mystery adventure" or "I've had a hard day." Tap one to insert it.
If you start typing, the suggestions switch to completion mode and try to finish your thought. They're optional — just keep typing if you don't want them.
You don't need to write anything fancy. "Hi" works fine.
The controls you'll use every day
The chat interface is intentionally minimal, but a few controls do most of the work:
| Control | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Model picker | Top of the chat | Swap LLMs mid-conversation. See Choosing a model. |
| Fork | Long-press any message | Branch the conversation from that point without losing the original. See Forking. |
| Regenerate | Below any AI reply | Roll for a different response. Doesn't consume the previous one. |
| Edit | On your own messages | Change what you sent — the next AI reply rebuilds from there. |
| Reasoning toggle | Model picker | Show or hide the AI's thinking process. See Reasoning mode. |
| Persona | Above the input | Switch which persona is speaking. See Personas. |
| Voice call | Phone icon, top right | Talk out loud instead of typing. See Voice calls. |
| Plugins | Puzzle-piece icon | Activate tools and panels mid-conversation. See Plugins. |
First-response enhancement
After the character sends their very first reply, you'll see a row of buttons under the message: More dialogue, More description, More action, More emotion, More sensory detail, More intimate.
These rewrite that one reply to lean harder in the chosen direction. They only appear on the first exchange — the moment that sets the tone for everything that follows. Tap as many as you like; each is a single regeneration.
What to do if a reply falls flat
- Regenerate rolls again with no changes.
- Edit your message to add more context — vague prompts get vague replies.
- Swap models at the top of the chat. Different LLMs have different voices; Gemini 3 Pro and Claude lean literary, DeepSeek is fast and grounded.
- Fork if you want to keep the current reply but try a totally different direction.