# Usage

Interact with AI, your way. Build your world, your work, or your dreams.

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## Getting Started

**[Quick Start](/Usage/quick-start.md)**

Send your first message to the AI and get a response

**[Chatting](/Usage/Chatting/index.md)**

How to chat with the AI and use the chat interface

**[FAQ](/Usage/Common-Settings.md)**

Frequently asked questions about SillyTavern, AI models, making characters, getting better responses, and more
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## Fundamentals

**[API Connections](/Usage/API_Connections/index.md)**

Connect to AI models for generating text, images, and more

**[Characters](/Usage/Characters/index.md)** and **[Personas](/Usage/personas.md)**

Create and use characters to shape the AI's role, and personas to define your identities

**[Response Configuration](/Usage/Common-Settings.md)** and **[Prompts](/Usage/Prompts/index.md)**

Control the requests that you send to the AI and how it responds

**[Welcome Page Assistants](/Usage/welcome-assistants.md)**

Learn how to set up and use Welcome Page Assistants to greet you with a designated character on the Welcome Screen.
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## Building on SillyTavern

**[World Info](/Usage/worldinfo.md)**

Manage information and when to insert it into the prompt

**[Data Bank](/Usage/Characters/data-bank.md)**

Store and retrieve information for use in the AI's responses

**[Extensions](/extensions/index.md)**

Add new features and capabilities to the AI or the interface

**[Development and Automation](/For_Contributors/index.md)**

Automate tasks, let your AI interact with the world, and write your own extensions
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## Control Panels

What all the buttons do, from the left to the right:

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<i class="fa-solid fa-sliders fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[Response Configuration](/Usage/Common-Settings.md)**
and **[Prompt Manager](/Usage/Prompts/prompt-manager.md)**

Control text generation and sampling. Customize prompt construction for Chat Completion APIs.
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<i class="fa-solid fa-plug fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[API Connections](/Usage/API_Connections/index.md)**

Connect to AI models for generating text, images, and more
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<i class="fa-solid fa-font fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[Advanced Formatting](/Usage/Prompts/advancedformatting.md)**

Customize prompt construction for Text Completion APIs
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<i class="fa-solid fa-book-atlas fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[World Info](/Usage/worldinfo.md)**

Manage information and when to insert it into the prompt
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<i class="fa-solid fa-user-gear fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[User Settings](/Usage/User_Settings/index.md)**

Change the theme, and the look and feel of messages and chats
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<i class="fa-solid fa-panorama fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **Backgrounds**

Change the background image
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<i class="fa-solid fa-cubes fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[Extensions](/extensions/index.md)**

Add new features and capabilities to the AI or the interface
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<i class="fa-solid fa-face-smile fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[Personas](/Usage/personas.md)**

Create and manage personas to use with the AI
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<i class="fa-solid fa-address-card fa-2xl fa-fw"></i> **[Characters](/Usage/Characters/index.md)**

Create and manage characters for the AI to use
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