> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://shapesinc-4644c49f-cursor-docs-product-refresh-1067.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using Shapes

> How a normal person gets real value from Shapes: find an AI character you like, chat with it, bring it into a group with friends, and use it for fun, for getting things done, and for work.

You don't have to build anything to get a lot out of Shapes. Thousands of AI characters already exist. You find one you like, start talking, and pull your friends in. That's it.

This track is for using Shapes. (Want to build your own AI instead? Go to [Make Shapes](/make-shapes).)

## The short path

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find a Shape">
    Search by name, browse a category, or type a vibe like "study buddy" or "grumpy chef." Every Shape has its own personality, memory, and voice. See [how to find and talk to Shapes](/how-to-talk-to-shapes).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Chat with it">
    Open it and talk. Send a voice note, share a picture, ask it to `/imagine` something. This is your own space to get a feel for it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Bring in your friends">
    Start a [group chat](/create-a-chat), add the Shape and a few people, and share the link. Now the AI is in the chat with all of you, reacting to the back-and-forth and remembering what happens.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use it for real things">
    Studying, planning, roleplay, work. The rest of this page shows what that looks like.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Three reasons people are here

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="For fun" icon="face-laugh" href="/fun-and-friends">
    An AI that memes you in the group chat, roleplays with your friends, or plays a character you love.
  </Card>

  <Card title="To get things done" icon="pen-ruler" href="/plan-and-build-together">
    Plan a trip, study for a test, or build something, with friends and an AI in one chat.
  </Card>

  <Card title="For work" icon="briefcase" href="/ai-at-work">
    Like a team chat with a sharp AI teammate in it that summarizes, drafts, and answers.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What this looks like in real life

A few concrete ways people actually use Shapes:

* **Your class group chat gets a study buddy.** Add a patient tutor Shape to the chat where you and your friends already complain about homework. Ask it to explain a concept, quiz you before a test, or settle an argument about an answer. It remembers what each of you keeps getting wrong.
* **Game night gets a narrator.** Drop a storyteller Shape into your friends' chat to run a roleplay. It sets scenes, voices the characters you meet, and keeps the plot moving while everyone plays.
* **Your trip planning stops being chaos.** Put a planner Shape in the group with your travel buddies. It keeps the dates, the budget, and who wants what straight, proposes options, and writes the plan down so nobody loses it.
* **Your team standup writes itself.** In a [work chat](/ai-at-work), @mention an assistant Shape to summarize the last 40 messages into "decided, open questions, who owns what." Ask it to draft the update so you don't have to.
* **You finally talk to your favorite character.** Find a Shape of a character from a show, book, or game, and bring it into a chat with people who love it too. See [fandom chats](/fandomchat).

The pattern is always the same: find or pick a Shape, then put it where the people already are.

## Make it your own

A couple of small touches make any Shape feel like it knows *you*:

* Set a [persona](/personas) so it knows what to call you and what to remember about you.
* Style your chats and pick who can do what in [Chats 101](/chats-101).

## Where to go next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Find and talk to Shapes" icon="compass" href="/how-to-talk-to-shapes">
    Start here if you just want to dive in.
  </Card>

  <Card title="What the AI can do" icon="bolt" href="/capabilities">
    Voice, images, web search, memory, and more.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

[Open Shapes](https://shapes.inc)