# The meta list of various bot making guides

->==(Updated 2024-03-27)==<-

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| | Published | Last edited | Words | Reading time |
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| https://rentry.org/botmaking_tips -> -> A very short guide explaining the basics of card fields for people who have no idea where to start. Valid for any OAI/Claude model. | [10 Apr 2023 No.92685910](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/92685495/#92685910) | 31 May 2023 10:33 UTC | 510 | 3 min. |
| https://rentry.org/MothsBotMakingStuff -> -> *"In-depth botmaking guide focused on optimizing and pushing the limits of Turbo, much of the info is applicable to other platforms."* | [21 Apr 2023 No.92943746](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/92943507/#92943746) | 22 Apr 2023 11:04 UTC | 9844 | 54 min. |
| https://rentry.org/oaicards -> -> *"A little explanation with an example on how Silly reads a card, and some general tips on prompting AI."* | [23 Apr 2023 No.92969512](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/92968243/#92969512) | 03 Oct 2023 19:07 UTC | 7892 | 42 min. |
| https://rentry.org/TGCsCreativityGuide -> -> *"A short guide detailing the different kinds of creativity present in a bot and how to implement and improve them"* | [30 May 2023 No.93773423](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/93773321/#q93773423) | - | 1683 | 9 min. |
| https://rentry.org/letsmakeabot -> -> *"A step-by-step process for beginners on how you could start making bots."* | [31 May 2023 No.93782077](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/93781919/#93782077) | 27 Jun 2023 11:23 UTC | 2792 | 16 min. |
| https://rentry.org/SillyT_Lorebook -> -> *"A how-to on Lorebooks. What they are, how to use them, with examples."* | [12 Jun 2023 No.94033910](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/94031350/#94033910) | 22 Jan 2024 01:31 UTC | 2101 | 12 min. |
| https://rentry.org/NG_CharCard -> -> *"Pointers for Creating Character Cards for Silly Tavern and other frontends"* | [12 Jul 2023 No.94641345](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/94640653/#94641345) | 22 Jan 2024 01:31 UTC | 3904 | 22 min. |
| https://rentry.org/AdvancedCardWritingTricks -> -> *"Can be considered an up-to-date guide on nearly every modern technique."* | [21 Oct 2023 No.96826991](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/96826807/#96826991) | 26 Jan 2024 18:35 UTC | 6416 | 37 min. |
| https://rentry.org/yabg -> -> *"possible connections between prompt engineering and botmaking"* | [05 Apr 2024 No.99855975](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/99853763/#99855975) | 06 Apr 2024 10:21 UTC | 8519 | 45 min. |

[](##OnWritingCards https://rentry.org/OnWritingCards Pub: [11 Jul 2023 No.94619531](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/94618843/#94619531) Edit: 11 Jul 2023 17:37 UTC - 3131 words, 17 minutes read *"Personal method of writing bots, focused on list and plaintext formats."*)

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#### Supplementary reading materials

| | Published |
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| https://justpaste.it/9ofj1 -> -> *"List of Author's Note Phrases"* | [18 Dec 2020 No.317723268](https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/317689662/#317723404) |
| https://rentry.org/myclaudecantbethiscute -> -> *"how to make claude work for CGDCT style moeblob characters"* | [18 May 2023 No.93515988](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/93515903/#93515988) |
| https://rentry.org/TURBOSHIT -> -> *"some quick shitty rentry about some turbo stuff I learned"* | [27 May 2023 No.93700208](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/93698139/#93700208) |
| https://rentry.org/turbo_ft -> -> *"a small write-up guide on fine-tuning Turbo with some scripts to make the process easier and example cringe 'dataset'"* | [25 Aug 2023 No.95604296](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/95602397#95604296) |
| https://rentry.org/lobstersgpt -> -> *"a few tips and tricks I gathered from my experience with GPT4"* | [27 Aug 2023 No.95637004](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/95636430/#95637004) |
| https://rentry.org/ClaudeWorldbooks -> -> *"Method for quickly creating world books via Claude\.ai or the API"* | [07 Sep 2023 No.95850671](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/95849071/#95850671) |
| https://rentry.org/tomoyocard -> -> *"Visual novel in a card."* | [29 Nov 2023 No.97598390](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/97590684/#97598390) |
| https://rentry.org/MakingA4chanSimCard -> -> *"Make your own 4chan sim"* | [28 Dec 2023 No.98137431](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/98136612/#98137431) |
| https://rentry.org/vcewo -> -> CoT guide, apparently stolen from /chag/ | [08 Jan 2024 No.98319263](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/98317745/#98319263) |
| https://rentry.org/MistralMedium -> -> *"Random, unsorted notes about Mistral-Medium"* | [12 Jan 2024 No.98414454](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/98413416/#98414454)|
| https://rentry.org/stscript -> -> *"dummy friendly guide on everything STscript"* | [23 Jan 2024 No.98612868](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/98610737#98612868) |
| https://rentry.org/slopmaking-advice -> -> *"Slopmaking advice"* | [14 Apr 2024 No.473580983](https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/473490516#473580983) |
| https://rentry.org/large-qr -> -> Mistral Large 2 recommendations | [01 Aug 2024 No.488528831](https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/488424169/#488528831) |
| https://rentry.org/gemini-qr -> -> Gemini recommendations | [02 Aug 2024 No.488750142](https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/488686927/#488750142) |

[](3. HochiTurboTips https://rentry.org/HochiTurboTips [31 May 2023 No.93783480](https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/93781919/#93783480) *"Tips on OAI settings, plus a few prompt sets for old and new Turbo models"*)

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Sister rentries:
- https://rentry.org/aicgOP - /aicg/ OP templates for ease of baking (managed by other anons)
- https://rentry.org/aicg_extra_information - /aicg/ OP overflow, additional info missing from the OP
- https://rentry.org/meta_bot_list - meta list of various bot lists from different boards
- https://rentry.org/meta_golocal_list - /aicg/ (and stolen /lmg/) guides on setting up current gen of local models


Email for feedback and suggestions:
- aicg2023@proton.me

[](#' METHODOLOGY: time to read uses Firefox Reader View. It gives a range; take the lower bound. Word count is made by doing CTRL-A on the page. Doesn't matter if it's in Reader View or not. ')