Smart suggestions
The chips above your input box that complete your thoughts when you want them to and stay out of the way when you don't.
Smart suggestions are the small text chips that appear above the chat input. They have two modes — one for empty input, one for typed input — and the trick of the feature is that they switch based on what you're doing without you ever picking a mode.
Why we built this: the hardest part of any conversation is the first thirty seconds. Suggestions take the cold-start problem off the table. Read the design notes →
Mode 1 — scenario starters (empty input)
When the input box is empty, the suggestion chips offer scene-setting openers the character can naturally respond to. Things like:
- "Let's start a mystery adventure in Victorian London..."
- "I've had a rough day at work."
- "Tell me what you've been up to today."
- "We meet again after five years apart."
Tap a chip to drop it into the input. You can then edit or send as-is.
Suggestions are character-aware. A noir detective gets very different openers than a Regency-era librarian.
Mode 2 — completions (typing)
The moment you start typing, the chips switch. Now each chip is a possible continuation of your half-formed sentence.
You type: I'm feeling nervous about...
Chips appear:
...the job interview tomorrow...meeting your parents...this important decision
Tap to accept; keep typing to ignore. The suggestions update as you write — they're not locked in.
When suggestions appear (and when they don't)
| Situation | Suggestions show? |
|---|---|
| Empty input, beginning of conversation | Yes (scenario mode) |
| Empty input, mid-conversation | Yes (contextual continuations) |
| Typing your first message | Yes (completion mode) |
| Typing your fifth message | No — at that point you don't need help |
| Voice call active | No — you're not typing |
| Editing an existing message | No — you already know what you wanted to say |
We deliberately step back the longer the conversation goes. Suggestions are for the start, not for replacing you.
Turning them off
If you find them noisy, Settings → Preferences → Chat → Show smart suggestions toggles them off globally.
Tips
- Use them as a brainstorm, not a script. Hit a chip, then rewrite half of it. The chip is a thought-starter, not a finished message.
- They reflect the character's profile, not your history. If the suggestions feel wrong for who you've made the character become, write your own line — the suggestion engine reads the public profile, not your private branch of the story.
- They're free. Tapping a chip doesn't cost extra credits.