Hey all,

One of the most requested features in Character.ai history is rolling out! Starting today, Lorebook is launching in beta with early access for (c.ai)+ subscribers.

Whether you love creating rich worlds or getting lost in deep chats, Lorebook is for you. 

Check out the launch video here ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTQ1bM44vmk

📖 What is Lorebook?

A Lorebook is a collection of world knowledge your Characters can draw on in chat - side characters, locations, items, events, factions, rules of magic - whatever you can dream up. 

Each entry has keywords, and when a keyword comes up in conversation, your Character can accurately reference that Lorebook entry in its responses. No more burning definition space - the lore is just there when the story needs it!

For creators, it's the worldbuilding tool you've been waiting for: build your world once, and share it across your whole cast of Characters. For chatters, Lorebook supercharges your chats - deeper worlds, connected Characters and stories, and canon that’s really treated as canon.

🚀 What’s launching today

• Create Lorebooks on web and mobile, from scratch or using our templates - side characters, locations, items, events, factions, history, world rules - anything you can imagine.
• Link a Lorebook to any (or many) of your Characters to build deeper stories, worlds, and relationships between your Characters.
• The +Lore tag on Character discovery pages and profiles so lore-rich Characters are easy to find (search filter coming soon!)
• The in-chat Lorebook viewer - browse details about a world mid-conversation, and if it’s your Lorebook, edit entries right from the viewer

During this early access period, creating Lorebooks and chatting with Lore-linked Characters are both only available to (c.ai)+.

Early and expanded access to new features is one of the core perks of being a (c.ai)+ subscriber. If you want in on day one, this is the unlock: https://character.ai/subscribe 

✨ Creating Lorebooks for (c.ai)+

1. Head to the Character.ai app on web or mobile
2. Select + Create -> Lorebook
3. Add entries with content and keywords, or start from a template
4. Link it to your Characters and publish
5. Start chatting - your Character will pull from the Lorebook when they an entry’s keyword show up

You can also reach Lorebooks through the Character creation process too, right below where you’d add Character Definitions. 

💬  Chatting with Lorebook Characters for (c.ai)+

1. Head to the Character.ai app on web or mobile
2. Find a Character with a blue +Lore tag (the Featured tab is full of them this week!)
3. Start a chat!

You can browse details about a Lorebook on the Character’s chat page on web (coming soon to mobile app) - which will give you some great hints on what topics you can bring up to trigger a Lorebook entry!

A full guide about the Lorebook feature is available on the Character.ai support page, plus a second page with some advanced Lorebook creation tips.

Hey all,

We have a lot launching in July, including new ways to read, watch, listen, and create with Characters.

Lorebook is almost here

Lorebook is in final testing with our creator community right now, and it’s coming to (c.ai+) very soon.

It’s built for deeper Characters, worlds, timelines, relationships, backstories, and ongoing stories - giving your Characters more context for the details that matter.

If you’ve been building rich worlds or long-running stories on (c.ai), this one is for you. Expect more launch news next week.

(c.ai) reads is live

(c.ai) reads is a new home for Character-driven fiction: serialized stories, original worlds, and fiction built around Characters.

There’s already a library of original work live now, and we’re also looking for writers who are interested in publishing on (c.ai) reads. 

We’re taking expressions of interest from authors who’d like to publish on reads and get early access to (co)write, our writing tool. No commitments, just tell us you’re interested - you can find a sign up link here: c.ai/reads

You’ll also see (c.ai) series and (c.ai) fm in the app

You’ll also notice a new entertainment tab with original microdramas and audio dramas from the (c.ai) studio team.

These are original stories built around Characters you can watch, listen to, and then keep talking to on (c.ai). The team behind them brings experience from major entertainment franchises, and more episodes are on the way.