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title: "Personas"
description: "Who you are in the story — save reusable personas with traits, background, and an avatar."
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> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.taverncozy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Personas

A persona is *your* character — the role you play in a chat. Instead of retyping who you are every time, save personas and switch between them per conversation.

## Where to manage personas

- **Profile → Personas** — create, edit, and delete them.
- **In a chat** — pick a persona from the chat settings before or during a conversation.

## Every field explained

- **Name** — what your persona is called (shown as "You" in chat).
- **Description** — who your persona is, in plain language. This is the main context the model uses.
- **What do you do** — your persona's occupation or role.
- **Chat traits** — a list of personality traits, e.g. `cautious`, `witty`, `stubborn`.
- **Additional context** — anything else the model should always know about this persona (background, quirks, possessions, relationships).
- **Avatar** — optional image shown for "You" in chat.
- **Set as default** — mark one persona as your default so new chats use it automatically.

## Using personas in chat

When you start a chat, the model plays the *character* and treats your persona as the *user side* of the conversation. Personas and characters are separate on purpose: the same persona can chat with any character, and switching personas changes only your side of the story.

> **Tip**
>
> Keep each persona focused — a tight description plus a few traits gives the model more to work with than a wall of text.

Source: https://docs.taverncozy.com/personas/index.mdx