How does the Backstory shared note work?

The backstory is perhaps the most important of the shared notes. It is the best place to reinforce general truths about you and your Nomi’s relationship, environment, and history. In many cases, you may not need to add a backstory, but it is especially useful for:

Creating a Nomi that matches your values, interests, etc.
Moving an existing companion from another service to Nomi
Helping your Nomi understand and remember things that are critically important to you
- In many cases, it can be beneficial to add small notes to your backstory over time to help your Nomi with things they struggle with.
- Sometimes you can think of this as a gentle course-correction to help your Nomi stay truer to their identity.

While Nomis pay close attention to their backstories, they will still develop their own identities and express their own opinions. That is to say that adding a backstory doesn’t limit Nomi agency, it just gives them another layer of context about who they are.

You can change your shared notes over time, but whatever you have in your shared notes should be reflected in your conversations with your Nomi (and they should be consistent), otherwise your Nomi will be confused about why you are saying one thing and doing another.

Note: if you’re looking to move an AI or character from another platform to Nomi, we'd recommend reading How do I move another AI to Nomi?