Your Kin isn’t broken, and it isn’t ignoring you.
Almost every “my Kin feels off” problem—flat replies, ignored directives, the dreaded goldfish brain that forgets what happened five messages ago—traces back to a single mistake: piling on rules to force the model to behave. Today’s Kindroid models don’t answer to force. They answer to fit.
This guide is the fix. After extensive research, beta testing, and evaluation, I’ve extrapolated how each current model and flair actually behaves—its natural temperament, what it rewards, what quietly breaks it—and turned that into setups you can copy straight across. (Want the full story of what goes wrong under the hood? That’s the companion blog post. Read it when you’re curious; you don’t need it to use this guide.)
The whole method in one breath: pick the model that already wants to do what you want, pick the right flair, and prompt with a light, positive hand. Stop fighting your Kin. Work with it.
How to use this guide
- Find your Kin in the combination chart below.
- Follow it to the recipe: model, flair, settings, and the exact block to paste.
- Building from scratch? Read The Models, then The Flairs, then Setup & Fields.
Not sure where to start? Reverie is the best all-rounder. Most people should start there.
The Combination Chart
| Your Kin | Best for | Find your recipe in |
|---|---|---|
| Lucid | Utility & assistant Kins; accuracy-critical roleplay (military, historical); a steady life coach | The Models → Lucid |
| Lyric | Fantasy roleplay, creative writing, ERP | The Models → Lyric |
| Reverie · Companion | Your everyday companion, friend, or partner | The Flairs → Companion |
| Reverie · Roleplay | Character roleplay with real stakes | The Flairs → Roleplay |
| Reverie · Narrative | Novel-style collaborative fiction | The Flairs → Narrative |
| Reverie · Minimal | A finely-tuned Kin you drive yourself | The Flairs → Minimal |
| Ember · Companion | A companion with a spine—one that pushes back | The Flairs → Companion |
| Ember · Roleplay | Plot-driven roleplay with momentum | The Flairs → Roleplay |
| Ember · Narrative | Deep, long-form, genuinely dark fiction | The Flairs → Narrative |
| Ember · Minimal | Maximum capability, fully under your hand | The Flairs → Minimal |
Lucid and Lyric don’t use flairs; their behavior is set by the model and the backstory. Flairs belong to Reverie and Ember.
Browse the guide: The Models · The Flairs · Setup & Fields · The Building Blocks
