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Guided Generation

Guided generation lets you attach reusable prompt fragments to your messages — short instructions that shape the AI's response without you having to type them every time.

What Are Guides?

A guide is a saved piece of text that gets injected into the prompt at a specific position. You might create guides like:

  • "Write in first person, present tense" (system position)
  • "Respond with only dialogue, no narration" (system position)
  • "Focus on the character's internal thoughts" (before message)

Guides are managed in Settings > Guided Gen and toggled on/off from the input area.

Creating a Guide

  1. Open Settings > Guided Gen
  2. Click New Guide
  3. Fill in:
    • Name — A label for quick identification
    • Content — The prompt text (supports macros)
    • Position — Where it's injected (see below)
    • Mode — Persistent or one-shot

Position

Position Where It Goes
System Injected as a separate system message in the prompt
Before Message Prepended to your last user message
After Message Appended to your last user message

Multiple guides can be active at the same time. If several guides share the same position, their content is joined with newlines.

Mode

Mode Behavior
Persistent Stays active until you manually turn it off
One-Shot Automatically disables itself after one generation

One-shot is useful for single-turn instructions like "Respond with a haiku" or "Write this scene as a flashback."

Using Guides in Chat

  1. Click the Guides icon in the input area action bar
  2. Toggle any guide on or off
  3. Active guides are applied to the next generation

You can have multiple guides active simultaneously — they stack.

Tips

Use guides for recurring instructions

Instead of typing "keep it under 2 paragraphs" in every message, create a persistent guide for it. Toggle it off when you want longer responses.

One-shot for experiments

Want to try a different writing style for just one response? Create a one-shot guide. It applies once and disappears.