# Character.AI

## Character Guide

- [Welcome to Character Guide!](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/welcome-to-character-guide.md)
- [User Personas](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/user-personas.md)
- [How To: Quick Creation](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/how-to-quick-creation.md)
- [Next Steps](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/how-to-quick-creation/next-steps.md)
- [Character Profile](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-profile.md)
- [Character Attributes](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes.md)
- [Name](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/name.md): Required
- [Avatar](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/avatar.md): Optional
- [Greeting](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/greeting.md): Required in Quick Creation
- [Suggested Starters](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/suggested-starters.md): Optional
- [Short Description](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/short-description.md): Optional
- [Long Description](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/long-description.md): Optional
- [Categories](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/categories.md): Optional
- [Character Visibility](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/character-visibility.md): Required
- [Remixing and Definition Visibility](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/remixing-and-definition-visibility.md): Required
- [Image Generation](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/image-generation.md): Optional
- [Image Style](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/image-style.md): Optional
- [Direct Image Description Visibility](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/direct-image-description-visibility.md): Optional
- [Example Conversations](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/example-conversations.md): Optional (Public and Unlisted Only)
- [Definition](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-attributes/definition.md): Optional
- [Advanced Creation](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation.md)
- [Dialog Definitions](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/dialog-definitions.md)
- [How To: Insert Dialog](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/how-to-insert-dialog.md)
- [Setting a Scene](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/setting-a-scene.md)
- [Negative Guidance](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/negative-guidance.md)
- [Unusual Patterns](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/unusual-patterns.md)
- [Beyond Plain Text](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/beyond-plain-text.md)
- [Emojis](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/beyond-plain-text/emojis.md)
- [Languages](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/beyond-plain-text/languages.md)
- [Markdown Styling](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/beyond-plain-text/markdown-styling.md)
- [Parenthetical Comments](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/advanced-creation/beyond-plain-text/parenthetical-comments.md)
- [Image Generating Characters](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/image-generating-characters.md)
- [Inferred Image Descriptions](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/image-generating-characters/inferred-image-descriptions.md)
- [Direct Image Descriptions](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/image-generating-characters/direct-image-descriptions.md)
- [Hidden Descriptions](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/image-generating-characters/hidden-descriptions.md)
- [Image Styles](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/image-generating-characters/image-styles.md)
- [Challenges and Limitations](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/challenges-and-limitations.md)
- [Training a Character](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/training-a-character.md)
- [Character Community](https://book.character.ai/character-guide/character-community.md)
- [Join Discord](https://book.character.ai/links/join-discord.md)


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