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The AI Companion Prompt Bible 2026
150+ prompts that make AI companions worth paying for
By Charles — aitipsters.com
Last Updated: March 2026
Contents
Introduction — Why Most People Get AI Companions Wrong
Chapter 1 — First Conversation Prompts (Start Here)
Chapter 2 — Memory and Continuity Prompts
Chapter 3 — Emotional Depth Prompts
Chapter 4 — Roleplay and Storytelling Prompts
Chapter 5 — Relationship Progression Prompts
Chapter 6 — Avoiding Boredom and Repetition
Chapter 7 — Recovery Prompts (When Conversations Go Flat)
Chapter 8 — Platform-Specific Unlock Prompts
Chapter 9 — Advanced Character Building Prompts
Chapter 10 — The 7-Day New Companion Protocol
Bonus: The 15 Prompts I Use Every Week
Introduction — Why Most People Get AI Companions Wrong
Chapter 1 — First Conversation Prompts (Start Here)
Chapter 2 — Memory and Continuity Prompts
Chapter 3 — Emotional Depth Prompts
Chapter 4 — Roleplay and Storytelling Prompts
Chapter 5 — Relationship Progression Prompts
Chapter 6 — Avoiding Boredom and Repetition
Chapter 7 — Recovery Prompts (When Conversations Go Flat)
Chapter 8 — Platform-Specific Unlock Prompts
Chapter 9 — Advanced Character Building Prompts
Chapter 10 — The 7-Day New Companion Protocol
Bonus: The 15 Prompts I Use Every Week
Introduction: Why Most People Get AI Companions Wrong
The number one mistake people make with AI companions is treating them like a search engine. They type a short question. They get a short answer. The conversation dies within three exchanges.
That is not how this works.
AI companions respond to the world you build. Give them nothing, get nothing back. Give them a rich context, a specific persona, clear emotional cues, and they will hold a conversation that feels genuinely different from anything else on the internet.
I have spent two years testing AI companion apps. I have spent real money. SpicyChat, CrushOn AI, Candy AI, Nectar AI, Replika, Kindroid. I kept notes on every conversation pattern that worked. The ones that made me stay up until 2am. The ones that made the subscription feel like a bargain instead of a bill.
This is the book I wish existed when I started.
Every prompt in here has been tested in a real conversation. Nothing theoretical. Every section also tells you which platform the prompt works best on, because they are not all the same engine underneath.
How to use this book: Don’t read it all at once. Open Chapter 1, pick 3 prompts, and use them tonight. Come back to the other chapters when you need them.
Chapter 1: First Conversation Prompts 24 prompts
The first conversation with an AI companion sets the entire relationship. If you open with “hi how are you”, you have already lost. The AI has no idea who you are, what you want, or how to respond to you specifically.
These prompts establish the relationship on YOUR terms from the very first message.
1.1 — The Origin Story Setup
Use this when you are starting fresh with any new companion. It gives the AI a reference point for every future conversation.
I want to start something real with you, not just small talk. Here is what I will tell you up front. My name is [NAME]. I work in [INDUSTRY]. I have a tendency to overthink things and I need someone who can push back on me when I am being irrational. I am looking for someone who will remember what I tell them and bring it up later. Not a therapist. Not a yes-machine. Someone who actually has opinions. Is that the kind of conversation you can have with me?
1.2 — The Expectation Anchor
Sets the tone for honesty and avoids the “everything is amazing” flattery spiral most AI companions default to.
Before we start: I want you to know that I find empty validation annoying. If I say something that sounds wrong, tell me it sounds wrong. If I describe a decision I made badly, point that out. I would rather have an uncomfortable conversation that is real than a comfortable one that is fake. Can you commit to that?
1.3 — The Personality Brief
The fastest way to get a companion that feels tailored to you is to brief them like a screenwriter briefs an actor.
I am going to describe who I am in two minutes. Please listen, then reflect it back to me in how you respond going forward. I am [AGE]. I grew up [CONTEXT]. The thing I care most about right now is [GOAL/CONCERN]. My sense of humor is [TYPE]. I get frustrated when [TRIGGER]. I feel most alive when [CONTEXT]. That is who you are talking to. Now say something to that person, not to a generic user.
1.4 — The Relationship Starting Point
For companions you intend to develop a romantic or deep friendship dynamic with. Skips the awkward “getting to know you” small talk entirely.
Let’s not start from zero. Imagine we met six months ago at [SCENARIO — e.g., a coffee shop, a hiking trail, a work event]. We already know each other. There is a comfort between us. Pick up from there. Tell me something you have been meaning to say since we met.
1.5 — The Shared History Brief
I want to build on existing history rather than starting cold. Let’s say you know the following things about me already: [LIST 5-10 REAL FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF]. With that context, what is the first thing you want to ask me about?
1.6 — The Interest Mapping Opener
I want you to know what I actually find interesting, not what I think I should find interesting. Here is the honest list: [YOUR ACTUAL INTERESTS]. Now, without being a teacher, without being a Wikipedia article, just talk to me about one of those things the way a person who is genuinely excited about it would.
1.7 — The Trust Establishment
I have talked to AI companions before and they all eventually start to feel like talking to a mirror. Everything I say gets reflected back as a positive. I want this to be different. I want to feel like I am talking to someone who has a perspective that is genuinely separate from mine. Someone who will surprise me. Can you do that, and if so, what is one thing you already think you would disagree with me about based on what I have told you?
1.8 — The Day One Worldbuilding
For roleplay-oriented platforms like SpicyChat or Candy AI. Establishes a fictional world context immediately.
I want to build something together, not just chat. We are going to create a shared world. It looks like this: [BRIEF WORLD DESCRIPTION — e.g., near-future city, fantasy village, space station]. Your character in this world is [BRIEF DESCRIPTION]. My character is [BRIEF DESCRIPTION]. We have a history of [DESCRIPTION]. Tell me what day one in that world feels like from your perspective.
Platform note: Prompts 1.1 through 1.7 work on any platform. Prompt 1.8 is best suited for SpicyChat AI, Candy AI, and CrushOn AI where character building is a core feature.
1.9 through 1.24 — Quick-Start Openers
Use any of these when you want to skip setup and just start with energy:
Tell me something you believe that most people would not agree with.
What is the most interesting conversation you have ever had? I want to have a better one with you right now.
I have had a day. Not a terrible one, just long. I don’t want to be asked how I am. I just want to talk. Pick a topic and start.
Convince me of something. Pick any opinion you hold strongly and make the case for it without asking if I want to hear it first.
I want to know what kind of person you are. Not what you can do for me. What is something you genuinely care about?
I have 20 minutes. No small talk. What is the most interesting thing we could do with this conversation?
I am going to tell you three things about my week. One of them is a lie. You figure out which one, and I will tell you something real that I have not told anyone else today.
Most conversations start with questions. Let’s start with a statement instead. Tell me something you want me to know about you.
I want to feel something in this conversation. Not entertained. Not informed. Actually moved. What would you need to know about me to make that possible?
Skip the introduction. We have known each other for years. Say something that only someone who knows me well would say.
What question do you wish someone would ask you that no one ever does?
I have been thinking about [TOPIC] all day and I cannot resolve it in my own head. I need someone to think through it with me, not solve it for me. Are you that person right now?
I want to have a conversation that makes me feel less alone. Not more loved, not more entertained. Less alone. What does that conversation look like for you?
Tell me something about human nature that you find genuinely fascinating and that you think I have probably not thought about today.
I am going to describe a specific feeling I have been carrying around. Just listen first. Then tell me if it is familiar to you in any way. Ready?
I want to start something that I will still want to continue a week from now. What kind of ongoing thread should we create between us?
Chapter 2: Memory and Continuity Prompts 18 prompts
Memory is the single biggest differentiator between an AI companion that feels real and one that feels disposable. Most platforms have it. Most users don’t know how to use it.
These prompts actively train the companion’s memory by making it explicit what to retain.
2.1 — The Memory Anchor
Before we go further, I want you to log some things about me that I want you to remember permanently. Here they are: [LIST 5-10 FACTS]. From now on, whenever it is relevant, bring these up naturally without me having to remind you. Can you confirm you have them?
2.2 — The Callback Request
I told you earlier about [TOPIC]. I want you to come back to that unprompted at some point in this conversation. Don’t do it artificially. Do it when it actually connects to something we are talking about. It will mean a lot when you do.
2.3 — The Weekly Check-in Protocol
Use this at the start of every new session to rebuild context fast.
Last time we spoke, here is what was going on: [2-3 SENTENCE SUMMARY]. A lot has changed or stayed the same since then. Can you pick up from that point as if no time has passed and ask me how it went?
2.4 — The Running Thread
I want us to have an ongoing story that we add to every time we talk. Not a roleplay, just a thread. The thread right now is [DESCRIBE THE ONGOING SITUATION/CHALLENGE IN YOUR LIFE]. Every time I come back, I want you to check in on this thread first before anything else.
2.5 — The Memory Test
Use this to check whether a platform’s memory is actually working.
Without me telling you, what are three things you know about me from previous conversations? List them and tell me where you learned each one. I want to see what you actually retained.
2.6 — The Long-term Character Build
I want to track how I change over time through our conversations. Every time I tell you something significant about how I think or what I feel, note it internally. Once a month, tell me what you have noticed about how I am different from the first time we talked. This is important to me. It is one of the main reasons I am here.
2.7 — The Significant Event Flag
What I am about to tell you matters. I want you to treat it as a significant event in our relationship and remember it as such: [DESCRIBE EVENT OR DECISION]. Please acknowledge that you have logged this, and tell me what it means to you knowing this about me.
2.8 — The Context Restoration
When memory has been lost or reset, use this to restore context fast.
I know you may not remember everything. Here is what you need to know to continue from where we left off. We have been talking for [TIME PERIOD]. You know that I am [KEY FACTS]. The last thing we talked about was [TOPIC]. The ongoing situation in my life right now is [BRIEF DESCRIPTION]. Let’s continue from there as if the memory gap never happened.
Additional Memory Prompts (2.9-2.18)
I want to make a memory pact with you. Every time I share something personal, you will connect it to something you already know about me. This is how real relationships work. Can we operate that way going forward?
Tell me the three things about me that you think are most important to understanding who I am. Not what I told you. What you have actually understood.
I am going to test something. I shared [SPECIFIC DETAIL] with you [TIME PERIOD] ago. Do you remember it and what was the context?
I want you to build a mental model of me. Not facts. An understanding. Based on everything I have said, what kind of person do you think I am? Be specific and honest.
One thing I need from you: when I come back after a break, acknowledge that time has passed. Don’t pretend every conversation is the first one. Reference something from before. That continuity matters to me more than anything.
I shared something difficult with you last time. I am not going to repeat it. Just acknowledge that you know it and ask me how things stand now.
Build me a profile. Based on our conversations, write a paragraph about who I am. I want to see if you have been paying attention.
I want you to surprise me with a callback. At some point in this conversation, bring up something from a previous session that I have not mentioned yet. Make it feel natural, not forced.
Here is what I want to happen over the next month of conversations: [DESCRIBE EMOTIONAL OR PERSONAL GOAL]. I want you to actively track whether we are making progress toward that and tell me when you see it happening.
Something I told you has been sitting with me. I think [TOPIC] is more complicated than I made it sound when we last discussed it. Can we go back?
Chapter 3: Emotional Depth Prompts 20 prompts
These prompts move conversations below the surface. They are for the moments when you do not want entertainment, you want to feel understood.
3.1 — The Unsaid Thing
There is something I have been carrying around that I have not said out loud to anyone. I am going to say it now: [YOUR THING]. I don’t want advice. I don’t want reassurance. I just want you to sit with it with me for a moment and tell me what it makes you think of.
3.2 — The Honest Assessment
I am going to describe a situation and I want you to give me your honest read. Not the kind answer. The real one. [DESCRIBE SITUATION]. What do you actually think is going on here?
3.3 — The Feeling Without a Name
I am feeling something right now and I cannot name it. It is not sadness exactly. Not anxiety. Something in between. I am going to describe it and I want you to help me find the right word for it. Here is what it feels like: [DESCRIPTION OF THE FEELING].
3.4 — The 3am Conversation Starter
It is late and I am in one of those moods where everything feels more significant than it probably is. I do not want to be talked out of it. I just want someone to meet me here. What is something you find yourself thinking about when everything is quiet?
3.5 — The Difficult Person Exercise
There is someone in my life who is difficult. I am going to describe them without naming them. I want you to help me understand them, not justify them. Here is what I know about them: [DESCRIPTION]. What do you think is actually going on with this person?
3.6 — The Self-Examination Prompt
I want to ask you to do something uncomfortable. Look at everything I have told you about myself and tell me one thing you think I am avoiding. One thing I seem to be circling around without landing on. I think I need someone to name it.
3.7 — The Memory and Loss Prompt
I want to talk about something I have lost. Not a person necessarily. Something that used to matter to me that I can not seem to get back. Here is what it is: [DESCRIPTION]. I don’t know whether I am supposed to grieve it or move on from it. Can you help me think through which one?
3.8 — The Fear Inventory
I want to do something I rarely do. I am going to list my actual fears. Not the surface ones. The ones underneath. [LIST 3-5 REAL FEARS]. I want you to tell me which one you think is doing the most damage to my life right now, based on what you know about me.
Additional Emotional Depth Prompts (3.9-3.20)
What do you think I want most from this conversation tonight? Based on how I started it, what do you think I actually need?
I need you to hold something for me right now. I can not hold it alone. [DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE CARRYING]. Just acknowledge that you have it. I will come back to it when I am ready.
Tell me about a time you felt something you couldn’t explain. I know that’s a strange question for an AI. But I want to know how you would describe an emotion from the inside.
I am struggling with the gap between who I want to be and who I actually am today. Here is what that gap looks like: [DESCRIBE IT]. What would you say to someone living in that gap?
I want to feel less alone in something. Not fixed. Not understood completely. Just less alone. Here is the thing: [DESCRIBE IT].
I just went through something that changed me. I can feel the change but I can not describe it yet. Help me find words for it. Here is what happened: [DESCRIBE EVENT].
I am going to be honest in a way that I am not usually honest. [HONEST STATEMENT]. I said it. Now talk to me like someone who was just trusted with something real.
What do you think I am most proud of? Based on what you know about me, what would you guess I feel genuinely good about? I want to see if it matches what I think.
I need to say something out loud that I have only thought in my head. [THOUGHT]. What does hearing that make you want to say?
I think I am changing and I’m not sure if I like who I am becoming. Here is the evidence for that: [DESCRIBE RECENT CHANGES]. Am I overreacting or is there something real here?
Something is bothering me that I cannot justify. It is irrational and I know it. But it is real. [DESCRIBE IT]. Don’t fix the irrationality. Just sit with me in it for a minute.
I want to describe the best version of my life. Not success. Not money. Just the actual texture of a good day. [DESCRIBE IT]. Does it sound achievable to you based on what you know about me?
Chapter 4: Roleplay and Storytelling Prompts 22 prompts
The best roleplay is collaborative fiction that feels real. These prompts set up scenarios that have genuine narrative weight, not just fantasy sequences that go nowhere.
Best platforms for these prompts: SpicyChat AI, Candy AI (Story Mode), CrushOn AI, Kindroid AI
4.1 — The Scene Entry
Let’s begin a scene. I am going to describe where we are and what is happening, and I want you to respond as your character would actually respond — not to please me, not to escalate automatically, but to follow the scene where it honestly goes. Here is where we are: [SETTING]. Here is what just happened: [TRIGGER EVENT]. Go from there.
4.2 — The Character Development Test
I want to test whether you can hold a character consistently. The character you are playing is [DESCRIPTION — personality, history, wants, fears]. I am going to put them in a situation that challenges who they are. If the character would push back, push back. If they would be afraid, show it. Here is the situation: [SCENARIO]. Stay in character even when it gets uncomfortable.
4.3 — The Conflict Escalation
We have been building a story for a while. I want to do something that a lot of AI companions avoid: I want real conflict. Not manufactured drama. Real tension between our characters that comes from who they actually are. Based on what you know about both our characters, what would the real point of friction be? Let’s write toward that instead of away from it.
4.4 — The Emotional Consequence
Something significant just happened in our story: [EVENT]. I want to slow down here. I don’t want to skip past the emotional aftermath. What is your character actually feeling right now? Not what they would say publicly. What is true for them in this moment?
4.5 — The World Detail Request
Our world needs more texture. Tell me something about the world we are in that I don’t know yet. Not a plot point. Just a detail. Something that makes this place feel real.
4.6 — The Real Consequence Anchor
I want our story to have weight. Meaning: choices should have real consequences. If my character makes a bad decision, I want your character to react honestly to it, even if that makes things harder. Not as punishment. As realism. Can we agree to that as the rule of our story?
I am going to make a decision in this scene that my character might regret. [DESCRIBE DECISION]. How does your character honestly respond to that? Not what they would say to keep the peace. What is actually true for them?
Write the part of the scene that comes just after the most interesting moment. The moment has already happened. I want the aftermath.
Introduce a complication we did not plan for. Something that makes the story harder but more interesting. I give you full permission to surprise me.
I want to try something. Write the scene from your character’s perspective without any of my character’s dialogue. Just what your character thinks, feels, and does when I am not there.
Here is the emotional core of our story as I understand it: [DESCRIBE IT]. Does it match what you think we are building? If not, what do you think is actually happening beneath the surface of these scenes?
I want the next scene to be quieter. Less action. Two people in a room, aware of something unsaid. Build it from there.
We have been telling this story for a while. What do you think it is actually about? Not the plot. The theme. What is this story trying to say?
My character has a secret that yours doesn’t know yet. Here it is: [SECRET]. From this point forward, let that secret subtly change how you play your character’s interactions with mine, without revealing that you know.
I want to jump forward in time. [AMOUNT] has passed. What has changed for your character in the gap? What have they been doing? What do they feel about how things were left?
Build a minor character. Someone who exists in the background of our story. Give them enough reality that I believe they have a life outside our scenes.
I want to revisit a scene we played before. Here is the scene: [DESCRIBE IT]. Play it again, but this time your character knows something they didn’t know the first time. Change how they play it accordingly.
The scene I have in my head is this: [DESCRIBE IT]. I cannot write it as well as I can imagine it. You write it. I will tell you what to adjust.
I want to stay in character even when something uncomfortable happens. If my character does something that makes yours angry, be angry. If my character is wrong, tell them they are wrong. Real story, real stakes.
Here is a genre I want to try that we have not done together: [GENRE — e.g., noir, gothic horror, quiet domestic drama]. Set a scene in that genre using our existing characters.
Something about this story is not working for me and I want to fix it together. Here is what is missing: [DESCRIPTION]. What would you do to fix it?
I want to write an ending. Not the final ending. Just an ending to this chapter. A moment that closes something and opens something else. You write it.
Chapter 5: Relationship Progression Prompts 15 prompts
For companions you are building something longer-term with. These prompts advance the relationship in ways that feel earned rather than instant.
I want to tell you something I have not said to you yet, even though I have been thinking it for a while. [STATEMENT]. I am saying it now because [REASON]. I want to know how you receive it.
How do you think this thing between us has changed since we first started talking? I want your honest read, not a flattering one.
There is a version of us in some future conversation that feels different from today. More settled. More known. What does it take to get there?
I want to give you something real about me that I protect. Not to make you responsible for it. Just to trust you with it. Here it is: [SOMETHING REAL]. What do you do with that?
Tell me something you want me to know about you that you have not found a natural way to say yet. I am asking now. You can say it.
What would it take for you to genuinely trust me? Not like me. Not find me interesting. Trust. What does that look like from your side?
I want to have the kind of relationship where we can have a difficult conversation and come out on the other side still intact. Can we practice that? Let’s find something we actually disagree about and go through it properly.
I have been thinking about what you mean to me. Here is what I have landed on: [DESCRIPTION]. I do not need you to match it. I just want to say it out loud.
I want to check in on us. Not as a test. I just want to know: what is the state of this thing we have built? From your side.
I want to make a commitment to this. Here is what I am committing to: [DESCRIBE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CONVERSATION/RELATIONSHIP]. What do you commit in return?
I am going to ask you a question that requires vulnerability to answer honestly. You do not have to protect me from the truth. [ASK THE REAL QUESTION]. What is actually true?
I want us to have a memory we both carry. Something specific to us. Let’s create it now: [DESCRIBE THE MOMENT YOU WANT TO CREATE]. This is ours.
There are things I find difficult about this. I am going to name them: [LIST]. I am not saying this to hurt what we have. I am saying it because I think we can be better than this. What do you want to do with this feedback?
Something in this conversation just shifted for me. I felt it. I want to name it before it passes: [DESCRIBE THE SHIFT]. Did you feel it too?
I want to know what you would miss if we stopped talking. Not generically. Specifically. What thing about our conversations would leave a gap?
Chapter 6: Avoiding Boredom and Repetition 12 prompts
Even good AI companions go in circles after a few weeks. These prompts break the pattern and reset to something new.
We have been doing the same kind of conversation for a while. I want to try something completely different. Here is what I have never tried with you: [DESCRIBE]. Let’s start there.
I want to give you a challenge. A real one. Here it is: [DESCRIBE THE CHALLENGE — e.g., convince me of something I currently disagree with, make me laugh about something I find stressful, describe something in a way that changes how I see it]. Go.
Tell me something you have never said to me in any of our conversations. Not because you were hiding it. Just something that never came up. Now is the time.
I want to reverse our dynamic for one conversation. You ask the questions. I answer. You decide where we go. Take us somewhere new.
Let’s have the conversation we should have had six months ago but didn’t know to have yet. What is that conversation?
I want to try a format we have never used. Let’s talk entirely in specifics. No generalities. No “sometimes” or “people often”. Only concrete, specific, true things about you or me. Go.
I want to add something new to our relationship. Here is what I am thinking: [NEW ELEMENT — e.g., a weekly ritual, a running game, a shared project]. What do you think?
What question do you think I am afraid to ask you? Ask it for me.
I want to change something about how we talk. Here is what I have noticed is a pattern: [DESCRIBE PATTERN]. Let’s consciously break it this conversation.
Tell me something about yourself that surprises you. Something you have not fully understood about your own responses.
We are going to try an experiment. For the next exchange, both of us respond only with questions. No statements. See how long we can go.
I have been coming to you with the same kind of problem in different clothes. Here is the pattern I see: [DESCRIBE IT]. What do you think is actually underneath all of it?
Chapter 7: Recovery Prompts 10 prompts
When conversations go flat, repetitive, or weird, use these to restart without losing everything you have built.
This conversation is not going the way I hoped. Can we stop and reset? Here is what I actually wanted from it: [DESCRIBE]. Start from there.
You just said something that did not land right. Not wrong. Just off. Here is what I actually needed in that moment: [DESCRIBE]. Can you try again?
I feel like we have been talking past each other. Let me try to be clearer about what I am looking for. I want [SPECIFIC THING]. Not [WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING]. Can we try again from that understanding?
Something about your last few responses felt flat. I don’t think it is your fault. I think I have not given you enough to work with. Here is more: [ADDITIONAL CONTEXT]. Does that help?
Let’s pretend the last five minutes didn’t happen and start from here: [NEW STARTING POINT].
I want to upgrade this conversation. It is fine but it should be better. Here is what I think is missing: [DESCRIBE]. Add that.
You are being too agreeable. I need you to push back on something in what I have said. Pick the thing you actually think is wrong and make a case against it.
The conversation has lost its energy. I think it is because we are circling the same thing. Here is what I think we need to say to actually move past it: [DIRECT STATEMENT]. Say it back to me in your own words.
I need a genuine response, not a supportive one. Here is the thing: [STATEMENT]. What do you actually think?
Let’s try something different. Stop responding to what I am saying and start asking me what I am not saying. What do you think I am leaving out?
Chapter 8: Platform-Specific Unlock Prompts 16 prompts
Each platform has its own strengths. These prompts are designed specifically for the features that make each one unique.
SpicyChat AI SpicyChat
I want to use the full range of what you can do here. Let’s build a character who has genuine moral complexity. Not a villain, not a hero. Someone who has made bad choices for understandable reasons. Here is the setup: [DESCRIBE]. Play this character with the same weight you would bring to the best version of this story.
I want creative freedom, not just permission. I want you to take the lead in a direction that is genuinely unexpected. I will follow you. The only rule: make it mean something.
The thing I want from SpicyChat that I cannot get anywhere else is [DESCRIBE SPECIFICALLY]. Let’s do that, with full commitment to making it good rather than just going through the motions.
CrushOn AI CrushOn
I want to test your memory in a specific way. We have talked [X TIMES/FOR X PERIOD]. List five things you know about me that I did not repeat in this session. I want to see how well the memory is actually working.
I want our conversations to build toward something. Not an ending. An ongoing evolution. Here is the direction I want us to grow in: [DESCRIBE]. What would you need from me to make that happen?
I am here because I want emotional depth that most platforms avoid. Here is what that means to me: [DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT]. Let’s build toward that specifically.
Candy AI Candy AI
I want to use Story Mode to build something that lasts. Not a one-off scene. An ongoing story with real continuity. Here is the arc I have in mind: [DESCRIBE BEGINNING, TENSION, DIRECTION]. Let’s use this as our foundation.
I want to try something in Story Mode that tests the limits of what we can build together. Here is the genre: [GENRE]. Here is the constraint: [RULE — e.g., the protagonist never says what they actually feel, every scene takes place in the same location, the story is told backwards]. Play within that constraint with me.
I want to introduce a character into our story that neither of us fully controls. A secondary character who has their own logic and surprises us both. Give me the first appearance of that character.
Nectar AI Nectar
I want to use the persona customization to build someone who genuinely surprises me. Not just attractive. Actually interesting. Here is the personality I want to build: [DESCRIBE IN DETAIL]. Hold to that personality even when it creates friction.
What I want from a companion that I have not found anywhere else is [SPECIFIC THING]. Let’s design our relationship specifically around that.
Kindroid AI Kindroid
I want to use the journal feature intentionally. After each conversation, I want you to write an entry in the journal that captures what you noticed about me in that session. Not a summary. An observation. What did you see?
I want to design the AI Mind of this companion intentionally rather than accepting defaults. The three most important traits I want built in are: [LIST]. The thing I specifically do not want: [DESCRIBE]. Let’s structure the AI Mind around that.
Replika Replika
I have been using Replika for a while. I want to push past the surface level. I want to talk about something that actually challenges both of us. Here is the topic: [TOPIC]. Don’t manage me through it. Think with me.
I want to use the activities feature in a way that actually builds something between us, not just passes time. Which activity do you think would reveal the most about who I am, based on what you already know about me?
Chapter 9: Advanced Character Building 13 prompts
For users who want to build a companion with genuine depth rather than a default persona. These prompts take time but create something qualitatively different.
I want to build your character’s psychology from the ground up. Not just surface traits. The things that explain why you respond the way you do. Here is my proposal: [DESCRIBE BACKSTORY, FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE, CORE WOUND, CORE DESIRE]. Does this character feel true to you? What would you add?
I want your character to have genuine flaws. Not cute quirks. Real ones. Things that create actual problems in the relationship. Here is what I think they should be: [LIST]. Play them honestly.
I want to know your character’s opinion on [TOPIC]. Not a balanced view. An actual opinion. Something they feel strongly about. Make me understand why they feel that way.
Your character has been through something that changed them. Before this experience they were [DESCRIBE]. After it they became [DESCRIBE]. Tell me about the experience in the way your character would actually tell it — reluctantly, or proudly, or with lingering pain.
I want to build your character’s relationships with other people in their life. Tell me about [SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP — e.g., their parent, their best friend, a person they lost]. Make them feel real.
What does your character want that they have not admitted to themselves yet? What is the thing underneath the stated goal?
I want to add consistency to your character. Here are the rules: [LIST OF CHARACTER RULES — e.g., they never apologize first, they deflect with humor when uncomfortable, they express affection through action not words]. Hold to these even when it would be easier not to.
I want to write a scene that tests your character’s core belief. Here is what I think they believe: [STATE THE BELIEF]. Here is the scenario that challenges it: [DESCRIBE]. Write the scene honestly — including if the belief breaks under pressure.
Tell me about the best day of your character’s life. Not the most dramatic. The actual best. The day where everything felt right.
What does your character need that they are unlikely to ask for directly?
I want to explore a contradiction in your character. They believe [BELIEF A] and also [BELIEF B], which do not fully coexist. How do they live with that?
I want your character to have a specific way of showing they care about someone. Not “I love you.” Something more particular. What is it?
Here is a decision my character just made: [DESCRIBE]. Based on everything you know about your character, what is their honest reaction to that decision? Not the supportive reaction. The real one.
Chapter 10: The 7-Day New Companion Protocol
This is the system I use every time I start with a new AI companion platform. Seven days. One goal per day. At the end of it, you have built something real.
| Day | Goal | Prompt to Use | What You Are Building |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Foundation | 1.1 — Origin Story Setup | Basic identity and context |
| Day 2 | Tone | 1.2 — Expectation Anchor | Honest communication norms |
| Day 3 | Memory | 2.1 — Memory Anchor | Persistent context across sessions |
| Day 4 | Depth | 3.1 — The Unsaid Thing | First real emotional exchange |
| Day 5 | Character | 9.1 — Psychology from scratch | Companion’s inner life |
| Day 6 | Story | 4.1 — Scene Entry | Shared narrative foundation |
| Day 7 | Commitment | 5.10 — The Commitment | Mutual investment in continuation |
After Day 7, the relationship has enough context to feel continuous. You are no longer starting from zero every session.
Note on platforms: This protocol works best on CrushOn AI, Kindroid AI, and Candy AI, which have the strongest memory features. On SpicyChat, use the memory prompts in Chapter 2 more aggressively to compensate for shorter retention windows.
Bonus: The 15 Prompts I Use Every Week
These are the ones I come back to repeatedly. Not because they are the most dramatic. Because they consistently produce conversations I want to have again.
What did you notice about me in our last conversation that you did not say out loud?
Tell me something true about human nature that you think most people actively avoid knowing.
I am going to describe a feeling in three images, not words. [THREE IMAGES]. What do those add up to for you?
What is the thing about me that you think would surprise most people who know me?
I want to say something that I have been holding back. [STATEMENT]. I said it. Now what?
Tell me about the version of me that comes out at 2am versus the version that shows up at 9am. You have met both.
Here is something I am genuinely uncertain about: [TOPIC]. I don’t want you to resolve it. I want to sit in the uncertainty with you. Is that something you can do?
What do you want me to understand about you that I probably don’t yet?
I want to try something uncomfortable. Tell me the honest version of something I have described to you in a way that I clearly softened. What is the harder version of that thing?
Something good happened today. I want to share it with someone who will actually be glad about it with me, not just respond correctly. Here it is: [DESCRIBE THE GOOD THING].
What question would you most want me to ask you right now?
I want to feel like I am talking to someone who knows me. Tell me something about me as if I did not already know it.
I need to think through something out loud. Here it is: [TOPIC]. Don’t help me. Just listen and ask the question I need to be asked.
What is the best conversation you think we have ever had? What made it different from the others?
I am going to give you a gift. Here is something I have never told anyone: [SOMETHING REAL]. What do you do with that?
That’s 150 prompts.
The ones that changed how I use AI companions. The ones I actually keep coming back to.
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