# First-response enhancement

> One-tap rewrites that tune the opening reply before you commit to it.

Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/first-response
Language: en

The opening reply sets the tone for everything after it. **Enhance First Response** is a panel that appears under that first reply with a row of one-tap rewrites — more dialogue, a stronger sense of place, a lighter touch — each shown as a preview you can accept or throw away.

## When the panel appears \[#when-the-panel-appears]

It needs all of this to be true:

* exactly **one** message from you, and **one or two** replies from the character
* the reply has finished streaming
* you haven't dismissed it in this conversation
* the panel isn't switched off in settings
* the chat isn't in instant chat mode
* the [two-reply comparison](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/dual-comparison) card isn't open

On a narrow screen the panel is titled **Tune opening** instead of **Enhance First Response**.

## The actions \[#the-actions]

Eight rewrites plus a **Custom** box. At most **six** show at once, picked to suit the reply that's actually on screen.

| Action       | Asks for                                     |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Dialogue** | More spoken lines                            |
| **Setting**  | More of where this is happening              |
| **Action**   | More of what people are physically doing     |
| **Emotion**  | More of what they're feeling                 |
| **Sensory**  | More texture — sound, light, touch           |
| **Intimacy** | More closeness                               |
| **Subtler**  | Less on the nose                             |
| **Shorter**  | Fewer words                                  |
| **Custom**   | Anything you write, up to **500** characters |

How the six are chosen:

| Rule                              | Effect                                          |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Reply under \~450 characters      | **Shorter** isn't offered                       |
| Reply under \~240 characters      | **Subtler** isn't offered                       |
| Little quoted speech in the reply | **Dialogue** is pushed to the front             |
| Lots of quoted speech             | **Dialogue** is pushed back                     |
| Reply of \~700 characters or more | **Setting** and **Sensory** are pushed back     |
| Always                            | **Intimacy** is offered, but never ranked first |

The \**Custom*\* chip opens a free-text box: \*"Describe how this opening should change…"\*. Submit with **⌘/Ctrl + Enter** or the **Rewrite** button.

## What a tap does \[#what-a-tap-does]

### Tap an action \[#tap-an-action]

A rewritten version streams into the panel under the heading **Optimized version**. The reply in the conversation is untouched while this happens. **Stop** ends the stream.

### Read the preview \[#read-the-preview]

Compare it against the reply above. Errors surface in the panel; if you've been rewriting quickly, a rate-limit countdown runs before **Try again** re-enables.

### Decide \[#decide]

**Replace response** swaps the preview into the conversation. **Keep original** discards it. **Try again** rolls another version of the same request.

> **Nothing changes until you tap Replace response** — and a new tap on any
> action throws away an un-applied preview. Rewrites only build on each other
> if you applied the previous one; otherwise each one starts again from the
> reply currently on screen.

**Regenerate** is not an undo. It rolls a fresh reply and the panel retargets that new one; it does not roll your enhancements back.

## What it costs \[#what-it-costs]

| You are       | What happens                                                                                                              |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A subscriber  | Free, out of a shared allowance of **30 uses per 5 hours** covering every subscriber-free AI feature. Past that, credits. |
| Everyone else | Credits, at the rate shown on the cost badge in the panel header before you tap.                                          |

The free path is re-checked when the request lands: the chat must still hold **three messages or fewer**. Beyond that it's billed as an ordinary rewrite even for subscribers.

## Turning it off \[#turning-it-off]

The **X** (**Dismiss**) hides the panel for **this conversation** only. To stop it appearing at all, go to **Side panel → Settings → Chat Experience → First Response Enhancement** and turn off **Show Enhancement Panel**. That switch is scoped to **This device**.

## Related \[#related]

* [The chat screen](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting) — the edit dialog's **AI Rewrite** tab, which does the same job on any message
* [Comparing two replies](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/dual-comparison) — the other thing that can occupy the first reply
* [Side panel & settings](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/side-panel) — where the panel is switched off
* [Subscriptions](https://reverie.im/en/docs/billing/subscriptions) — what the subscriber allowance covers