Reply styles: make a character sound like your person
Characters shouldn’t all text the same. Bios describe who someone is. Reply styles decide how they actually write back. Short and dry. Warm and chatty. All lowercase. Barely any emoji. Whatever fits the chat.
If you’ve seen the earlier “coming soon” note, this is the fuller version: why the surface exists, how to use it, and how to keep a voice consistent.
From text or image
This is the part we’re most excited about. Paste a speech sample, drop in a chat screenshot, or both. Optional notes help steer it (“more sarcastic,” “keep it lowercase”). We pull the writing out of that input and draft a full reply style: a name, how replies should sound, and the trait picks that match.
You get a preview in a chat bubble, can nudge it with a quick edit, then save it for later. Show us how someone texts, and we turn that into something you can reuse.
Or build it by hand
You can still set the pieces yourself: length, tone, writing style, and the rest. Peek at sample replies. Refine until it feels right. Same preview and save flow either way.
Why this beats a vague “personality” box
A paragraph that says “friendly and witty” still produces samey output. Texting texture is smaller and sharper. Do they ask follow-ups? Do they double text? Do they ever use a period? Those details are what your brain reads as “this is a person.”
Reuse it across chats
Once a style feels right, keep it. Apply it where it belongs. Don’t rebuild the same voice from scratch every time you start a new thread with a similar vibe.
We’re still finishing pieces of this flow depending on surface. When something isn’t live yet, we’ll say so. The destination is the same: your characters should text like themselves, not like a generic assistant with a costume on.
Small tests that catch bad styles
Send “hey.” Send a one-word reply. Send a longer vent. Correct them. If the style only works on polished paragraphs, it’s not a texting style. If it collapses into generic niceness under pressure, tighten the traits.
Preview bubbles help, but live chat is the real exam. Trust the thread.
Pairing with characters
A soft character with a razor reply style can be great on purpose. An accidental mismatch just feels broken. Decide whether the contrast is the joke or the bug, then commit.