Creating Personas¶

Setting up a persona takes just a minute and makes a noticeable difference in how the AI addresses and interacts with you.

Creating a New Persona¶

1. Open the Persona panel (user icon in the sidebar)
2. Click New Persona
3. Fill in:
   • Name (required) — How the AI addresses you
   • Title — A short description shown in the persona card
   • Description — Your character's appearance, personality, and background
   • Pronouns — Subjective, objective, and possessive forms (e.g. she / her / her). These power the {{personaSubjectivePronoun}}, {{personaObjectivePronoun}}, and {{personaPossessivePronoun}} macros and reinforce the AI's grammar choices. Blank fields fall back to they / them / their.
4. Optionally:
   • Upload an avatar
   • Assign a folder for organization
   • Attach a World Book with personal lore
5. Click Save

Setting a Default¶

Mark one persona as your default by toggling the default flag. The default persona is automatically active whenever you start a new chat (unless overridden by a character binding).

Only one persona can be default at a time — setting a new default automatically clears the previous one.

Narrator Mode¶

Toggle the Narrator flag on any persona to mark it as a narrator rather than a self-insert. When active, {{isNarrator}} resolves to "yes" in prompts.

This is useful for players who don't role-play as a specific character — they're directing the story rather than participating as a persona. Preset creators can use {{if::{{isNarrator}}}} to adjust instructions accordingly (e.g., shifting from second-person to third-person narration, or omitting persona descriptions).

Switching Personas¶

You can switch personas at any time:

• Persona panel — Click on a different persona to activate it
• Input area — Use the persona switcher dropdown in the chat input actions
• Per-chat — Each chat remembers which persona is active

Switching personas mid-chat takes effect on the next generation. Previous messages keep the persona that was active when they were generated.

Writing a Good Description¶

Your persona description fills in the {{persona}} macro in presets. Here's what works well:

Name: Alex Chen
Age: 28
Appearance: Tall with dark hair, usually wearing a leather jacket and jeans.
Casual and a bit sarcastic. Works as a freelance photographer.
Has a dry sense of humor and tends to deflect with jokes when uncomfortable.

Organizing with Folders¶

Assign personas to folders to group them visually:

• "Fantasy OCs"
• "Modern Settings"
• "Quick/Generic"

Personas without a folder appear in a general group. Folders are free-text labels — just type the folder name and personas with the same label are grouped together.

Duplicating Personas¶

Click Duplicate on any persona to create a copy. The duplicate is never set as default and gets "(Copy)" appended to its name. Useful for creating variations of the same character for different scenarios.