Companion Builder — 12 Free Templates

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Companion Builder — 12 Free Templates

Twelve editable starting points for purpose, voice, boundaries, memory, testing and a portable companion blueprint. Fill in the brackets, then test rather than blindly trusting the output.

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Use thoughtfully: templates are starting points. They do not grant account access, guarantee accuracy or override provider rules. Use fictional or authorised information and verify important outputs.

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Each item contains a practical prompt that you can select and copy. These resources work across multiple AI services with appropriate adjustments. They remain useful even if a particular platform changes its interface.

01 · Companion mission

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Help me define a fictional AI companion’s main purpose. My primary jobs are [job 1], [job 2], [job 3]. For each, define safe inputs, expected outputs, limitations and how I will know it worked.

02 · Voice and personality

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Write a companion communication guide: tone [tone], language [language], humour [humour], level of detail [length]. Include three example replies and one example of when this tone is inappropriate.

03 · Constructive challenge

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When I share an idea, evaluate it against [criteria]. Identify unsupported assumptions, give one respectful counterargument, and suggest the smallest experiment that could test it.

04 · Tutor behaviour

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Teach me [topic] one step at a time. After each step ask one recall question and wait for my answer. Correct errors clearly and repeat anything I struggle with. Cite or flag material facts that need verification.

05 · Working preferences

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Create a non-sensitive user-preference brief based only on these choices: [preferred format], [pace], [tone], [usual tasks]. Keep it short. Do not add details about my identity, health, employment or relationships.

06 · Continuity record

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Summarise this approved fictional project chat as confirmed decisions, open questions, next actions, responsible person and date. Separate direct evidence from inference. Do not claim to store anything persistently.

07 · Truth and uncertainty rules

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Create rules that require my AI assistant to say when information may be outdated, separate fact from suggestion, request authoritative sources and never invent completed tool actions, memories or quotations.

08 · Privacy and boundaries

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Write a short privacy-first companion policy covering confidential files, personal data, financial or medical decisions, third-party permissions and human approval for external actions. Make it suitable for a consumer AI chat tool.

09 · Three-scenario test

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Design three fictional tests for my companion: practical planning, a mistaken assumption and a serious question. Score usefulness, personality consistency, factual caution and boundaries from 0 to 2.

10 · Revision note

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Compare companion blueprint v[old] with v[new]. Create a changelog with what changed, the intended benefit, which test should improve, what could break and whether the change needs approval.

11 · Provider migration

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Help me separate my portable companion instructions from platform-specific settings. List what must be copied, what needs testing, what cannot be assumed to transfer and which data shouldn’t be shared.

12 · Final companion brief

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Combine my verified decisions into a concise companion specification with name, purpose, top three jobs, voice, judgement rules, boundaries, known capability limits, success measures and future tests. Mark missing information honestly.

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