Yeah, yeah, yeah the guy who swept the concrete with my face could have asked for anything... but he asked for a bot-making tutorial. Well, I’m not the first person to do this, so besides the general information, I’ll also include my own tips and thoughts.

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If you’re an experienced bot creator, feel free to correct me or add something in the comments.

Basics:

Every bot has three main parts:

- Bio (yeah, I’m including this because it’s pretty important)

- Personality

- Initial Message

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The bio is what you’re reading right now. While it doesn’t directly affect the bot’s behavior, it’s still a crucial part. If you have a great personality and initial message but a boring bio, don’t expect a lot of interactions. Sadly, J.AI users do judge a book by its cover.

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Besides filling out the main information, it’s helpful to add tags, since J.AI’s search works through keywords in the bio. After that, you can fill out the main tags.

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Personality. This is the heart and brain of every bot. Here, you write down information about the character(s), world, or whatever else you need. Basically, it’s an instruction set that gets sent to the AI. You can put almost anything there. That’s how I made an achievement system - just by writing strict instructions for the AI to follow.

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An important personal tip: behavior over looks. No one and I repeat, no one gives a about the exact number of stripes on thigh-highs or some golden trim on a sleeve. That doesn’t mean you should skip appearance entirely. Just don’t spend all your resources on it. The key part is how the bot behaves, and you REALLY want it to stay in character. Spend more time describing the character’s personality than their looks.

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More tokens ≠ a better bot (most of the time). “The more, the better” doesn’t always work, because more text means more work for the AI, and not every model handles huge prompts well.

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The golden standard is around 1k–2.5k tokens for Personality + Initial Message. If you’re making a multi-character bot or a full RPG scenario, don’t worry too much about the count. Honestly, I’d say not to obsess over it at all.

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Initial Message. This is where you need to give 120% of your effort. It’s read by both people and the AI. With the bio, you’re writing mainly for people; with the personality, mainly for the AI. With the initial message, you’re writing for both.

So, here are a few tips:

- Use formatting (** for italics, **** for bold, ****** for bold italics).

- Don’t make it too short or too long. Long intros are good—the AI will usually mirror your style—but they also assume that every user can handle that amount of text, and trust me, not everyone can.

- Multiple initial messages are GOOOOOD. Yeah, I know, I personally don’t do that, but for some reason bots with multiple starting scenarios tend to get more attention.

- For God’s sake, use pronoun macros. It’s fine to make separate scenarios when something truly depends on gender, but if it’s just pronouns, use macros: {{sub}} for he/she, {{obj}} for him/her, and {{poss}} for his/her.

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Now, let’s compile the recipe for a good bot:

- A juicy main picture.

- A colorful, informative, and unique bio with proper tags.

- A personality that includes the setting, character's overall information, appearance, and character behaviour traits and personality.

- A formatted, easy-to-read initial message.

-AND TURN ON GODDAMN PROXY

Voilà.

You’ve got yourself a decent bot.

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So here’s some homework for all of you: try creating your first bot, then post it in the comments so I can check it out.

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As an example, I’ll make the personality for Femboy Speedwagon public.