The Neconyan handbook
Your guides Miso, Taro & Nori
Choose each guide's gender to change their artwork and pronouns. Your choices stay in this browser, separately from the app.
Your first chat¶
Once your model is connected, open Choose a character on Home or Characters in the workspace sidebar. The bundled Miso, Taro and Nori cards give you somewhere to start before importing your own cast.
Start a saved conversation¶
- Choose a character and open their chat.
- Use Roleplay for a normal character-chat transcript. You can explore the other modes later.
- Read the character's opening message, then type your reply in the composer at the bottom.
- Press Send and wait for the response. Some connections display it as it arrives; others return the completed reply.
On a desktop, keyboard sending follows your preferences. Shift+Enter lets you add a line break in the usual composer. On a phone, use the visible Send control.
Nori
Give the scene something to react to. An unexpected visitor will do nicely; we can discuss the weather once they've explained themselves.
Change a reply¶
If the model's reply is close but has one wrong detail, use the message's edit action. If you'd like a different attempt, use the regeneration or swipe controls. A swipe is an alternative version of that reply; it doesn't create a second character.
The chosen version becomes the one your conversation continues from. Once later messages rely on a detail, changing an earlier reply can make the story inconsistent. Branch or start another chat when you want to explore a substantially different direction.
Know what is being saved¶
Saved chats belong to the server you're using. Visit the same server and account to find them again. A different installation has a different library unless you've moved the data yourself.
Start a temporary chat on Home is deliberately temporary. Its messages aren't saved. If you're experimenting with something worth keeping, use a normal saved chat or export your work before you close it.
Roleplay replies are written in the page, so the first words appear straight away. If you close the tab mid-reply, the server holds most single-character replies for you: reopen the same chat to collect the result without paying for another request. That doesn't mean the computer, Android app or model service can be shut down safely in the middle of a request, and a server restart loses a held reply.
If the reply feels wrong¶
- Check the selected character and persona. The persona describes you in the conversation.
- Read the character's description and opening scenario. Contradictory instructions produce contradictory replies.
- Use a clear correction when a detail matters. Regenerating without addressing the cause can keep producing that mistake.
- Check the model and any enabled Agents before blaming the character card.
Once the basics work, you can add a lorebook, organise ideas in Notebooks or ask Scratchpad about the scene without adding that discussion to the story.
For a screenshot tour of the chat controls, continue to Roleplay.