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How to set up a group chat with several AI characters

Cast Lounges let several AI characters share one room and talk to you and to each other. Here is how to build your cast, open a lounge and keep the conversation pointed where you want it.

1 min readWritten from thecodexai.com✓ Approved by the founder · 10 Nov 2026
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Step by step

  1. Create each character with a persona prompt and an opening greeting in the character creator.Screen: Character bot creator with persona and greeting fields
  2. If you already have characters elsewhere, import their SillyTavern or Chub cards instead of rebuilding them.Screen: Character import dialog
  3. Open a new Cast Lounge and add the characters you want in the room.Screen: Cast Lounge setup with the character list
  4. Group characters if the cast is large, so you can swap, summon or leave out specific personas for a scene.Screen: Persona group settings
  5. Address one character directly with an @Name mention when you want a specific reply.Screen: Lounge chat with an @Name mention
  6. Use /whisper to send a private line to one character, or /scene to set what happens next.Screen: Chat box with the slash command list open
  7. Give characters their own voices so you can follow who is talking by ear.Screen: Voice settings for a character
  8. Keep an eye on affinity notifications to see how characters feel about you and each other as the chat goes on.Screen: Empathy Matrix relationship panel

Questions

Where do I report a bug?

On the official Discord server, which has a channel for bug reports and live hotfixes with the developers.

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Which slash commands work inside a chat?

Commands such as /ooc, /scene, /pov, /timejump, /whisper, /steer, /branch, /trim and /remember let you steer the story from the chat box.

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Can I bring lorebooks over from other tools?

Yes. It imports SillyTavern World Info files and KoboldAI, NovelAI and Agnaistic lorebooks in batch.

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Can I make pictures of my characters?

Yes. Scriptorium creates character portraits and illustrations with several image engines. The Free tier includes 10 Elysium images a month.

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Can I adjust temperature and other model settings?

Yes. You can set Temperature, Top-P, Top-K, Repetition Penalty, Min-P and Top-A, and write your own system prompts.

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Can I branch a story and try a different choice?

Yes. ChronoNexus shows your story as a 2D flowchart, so you can split the timeline and follow another path.

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