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A Shape starts as a great conversationalist. Give it capabilities and it becomes a collaborator that can see, speak, search, build, and remember. This page is the full catalog: what each capability does and how to turn it on. For fun ways to combine them, see the Skill Ideas cookbook.

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Talk

The foundation. Shapes hold a real back-and-forth, not one-line answers.
  • Natural replies that respond to the whole chat: you, your friends, and the other Shapes.
  • Multiple messages. A Shape can split a reply into a few messages, the way a person texts. See Multiple Messages.
  • Regenerate, edit, reply, branch. Manage any message from its three-dot menu. See Message Actions and Regeneration.

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Voice

Voice messages

A Shape can reply with audio in its own voice. Pick a preset voice or upload your own sample. Captions optional.

Live voice calls

Jump into a real-time call and talk out loud with a Shape and other people. Experimental and free right now.
Shapes can also listen. Send a voice note and the Shape turns it into text and replies. See how to receive voice messages.

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Images

Make images

Type /imagine (or just ask) and the Shape draws it. Pick Nano Banana or Nano Banana Pro and set the look in Image Engine settings.

See your images

Send a Shape a picture. On a vision-capable model, it understands what’s in the image and responds.
A Shape generating an image with /imagine A Shape can also edit an image you send, so you can shape a picture together in the chat.

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Knowledge and the web

  • Web search. A Shape can search the web and read pages. Type /web, or just drop a link and it reads and summarizes it.
  • Files and documents. Attach a PDF, a Word or Office doc, slides, a spreadsheet, or a code file, and the Shape can read it.
A Shape using web search to answer a question

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Actions and tools (Shape Skills)

Shape Skills give a Shape hands. You switch the ones you want on in a chat’s settings, and the Shape decides when to use them.

Run code

A Shape can run code in a safe sandbox for math, data, and coding help. The sandbox comes with Git, Node, Python, Bun, and CLI tools preinstalled, so it can really build and run things.

Send GIFs

A Shape can drop the right GIF into the chat: search for one, grab a trending one, or pull a random one.

Connect your apps

With custom skills, a Shape can reach tools like Gmail, Notion, Slack, Spotify, and Google Drive.

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Custom tools (MCP)

Beyond the built-ins, you can connect your own tools through MCP providers like Smithery: image, video, and music generation, GitHub, web scraping, and more. (“MCP” is a standard for plugging external tools into an AI.) Setup and a big list of ideas live in the Skill Ideas cookbook.

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Memory

Shapes remember, which is what makes a conversation feel continuous.
  • Short-term memory keeps the current conversation straight.
  • Long-term memory lets a Shape recall people, decisions, and inside jokes across different conversations.
You can manage it live with /sleep, /wack, and /reset. See the Memory Guide and Commands Reference.

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Little touches

The details that make a Shape feel alive:
  • Time awareness. Turn it on per chat and a Shape knows when each message was sent and how much time has passed, so “long time no see” actually lands.
  • Personas. Each person can set a persona so a Shape knows what to call them and what to remember, and treats everyone in a chat a little differently.
  • Voice-call games. In a live voice call, the chat can play Whiteboard or Zombie Tag together. See Games.

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Turn capabilities on

Capabilities live in two places, depending on whether they belong to the Shape or to the chat:
  • On the Shape (Creator Dashboard). Voice, image generation, memory, and the model live in a Shape’s dashboard settings. They travel with the Shape into every chat.
  • In the chat (AI Configurations). Open Chat Settings → AI Configurations and switch on the Shape Skills you want, like web search, run code, and GIFs. You turn them on one at a time, so you decide exactly what a Shape can reach for in that chat.
  • Custom tools (Custom Skills). In the same panel, open Custom Skills and paste an endpoint URL from an MCP provider like Smithery to add a brand-new tool. Step-by-step recipes are in the cookbook.

Skill ideas and recipes

Fun ways to combine these, with step-by-step setups.

Commands reference

Every slash command, in one place.
Try them on Shapes