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SillyTavern is an app to facilitate these uses:

* It's a user interface that handles the communication with AI language models
* It lets you create new characters (a character is a description of someone that you give to an AI for them to roleplay), and switch between your characters easily
* It lets you import characters created by other people. See below.
* It will keep your chat history with a character, allowing you to resume at any time, start a new chat, review old chats, etc
* It's a user interface that handles communication with AI language models.
* It lets you create new character cards (prompts), and switch between them easily.
* It lets you import characters created by other people.
* It will keep your chat history with a character, allowing you to resume at any time, start a new chat, review old chats, etc.
* In the background, it does the necessary things to prepare the AI prompt for you. Specifically, it will send a system prompt (instructions for the AI) that primes the AI to follow certain rules to improve response accuracy.

## Tell me more about AI models and how they might differ
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Pros:

* Really easy to get started
* Highest quality AI writing
* Really easy to get started.
* Highest quality AI writing.

Cons:

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Cons:

* They are not as capable as the SOTA options (i.e. write worse dialog, less creative, etc).
* They are not as capable as <abbr title="State of the art">SOTA</abbr> models (i.e., they write worse dialog, are less creative, etc).
* Running local models requires a GPU with at least 6GB VRAM.

If you are interested in using these, refer to the dedicated guide here: [How To Use A Self-Hosted Model](https://docs.sillytavern.app/usage/local-llm-guide/how-to-use-a-self-hosted-model/)
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### Get access to OpenAI

1. Sign up to OpenAI
1. Sign up to OpenAI.
1. Go to <https://platform.openai.com>
1. Click your account icon in the top right, then View API Keys
1. Click your account icon in the top right, then View API Keys.
1. Click "Create new secret key". Copy it somewhere immediately. **DO NOT SHARE THIS KEY. WHOEVER HAS IT CAN USE YOUR ACCOUNT TO USE GPT AT YOUR EXPENSE.**

### Configure SillyTavern to use your API

1. In SillyTavern's top bar, click API Connections
1. Under API, select Chat Completion (OpenAI)
1. Under Chat Completion Source, select OpenAI
1. Paste the API key you saved in the previous step
1. In SillyTavern's top bar, click API Connections.
1. Under API, select Chat Completion (OpenAI).
1. Under Chat Completion Source, select OpenAI.
1. Paste the API key you saved in the previous step.
1. Click the Connect button. Confirm it says Valid.
1. By default, SillyTavern will use GPT-4 Turbo. You can choose a different model, but educate yourself on the pricing.

### Test your setup

1. In SillyTavern's top bar, click Character Management at the far right
1. Select an existing character such as Seraphina
1. In the text box at the bottom, write something to Seraphina, then press Enter or click the Send button
1. In SillyTavern's top bar, click Character Management at the far right.
1. Select an existing character such as Seraphina.
1. In the text box at the bottom, write something to Seraphina, then press Enter or click the Send button.

If you did everything right, after a few seconds, Seraphina should respond.

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