Create your own AI character

Select a visual style while keeping the character adult

Choose Realistic or Anime at the start of creation, then continue through the options displayed for your account. Catalogue categories organize existing profiles and should not be taken as a list of everything you can create.

Use the hair, eye and age-range selections provided to develop the intended appearance. Every character must have an adult portrayal, including anime and fantasy designs; choosing a different style does not change that rule.

Give the personality a clear conversational purpose

Select traits that suggest how you want the companion to interact, together with interests you would enjoy discussing. An occupation or fictional background can establish why your characters meet without requiring an exhaustive biography.

Read the instructions for contradictions before proceeding. A quiet, reflective personality conflicts with a demand for nonstop impulsive drama. Keep the behavior you most want and remove requirements that work against it.

Review creation access and the charge before accepting

The free-access allowance described in our guidance is one custom character, not repeated free creation. Check what your account offers. Further characters and other tools can depend on membership conditions and tokens, so review the creation cost before you confirm.

Revisit the builder's selected appearance, voice and personality before saving the companion. Make sure the choices match your intention and that you have reviewed any token charge attached to this particular creation.

Test the companion without confusing it with your persona

Open with a selected interest or a straightforward fictional scenario. Use that brief exchange to assess the intended personality and tone, then guide subsequent messages with the available controls or instructions in the conversation.

A user persona describes your own part in the exchange, while the custom-character definition describes your companion. Changing the persona is not a way to redesign the character who answers you.

Your questions

Which settings can I choose when building a character?

Follow the appearance, voice, personality and interest choices shown in your account's builder. A category you can browse in the catalogue does not necessarily mean an equivalent custom-creation choice is available.

Does free access allow repeated character creation?

Our free-access guidance specifies one custom character rather than unlimited creation. Before making additional companions, review the membership access and token requirements offered to your account.

Does my persona describe me or the companion?

Your persona supplies your role and background for the conversation. The companion's own definition comes from character creation, not from changes to the role you play.

How can I change a companion I have already made?

Check that character's available editing controls, because not every attribute is necessarily editable afterwards. New chat instructions or a revised persona do not redesign it. When an attribute has no editing option, review the builder and any creation charge before deciding to make a replacement.

Are V1 and V2 chat models or character-builder versions?

V1 and V2 refer to versions of our character builder, not the language model used in conversation. The October 2025 update stopped new V1 creation, retained existing V1 characters and made upgrades to V2 irreversible. Use the creation or upgrade choices your account currently displays, subject to its allowance and any charge.