The Eternal Gardens Guide

Start here (a gentle 3-minute setup)

1. In the navbar, click Login.
2. Click Sign Up, complete the form, and accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
3. Open your email and click the verification link (required before your first login).
4. After login, click Account to enter The Sanctuary.
5. Choose Create Persona to manifest your first persona, then use Chat and Train from your Persona Gallery.

What is Eternal Gardens?

Eternal Gardens helps you preserve a digital essence: a voice, a set of truths, and a living archive that can be revisited. Some people use this for remembrance. Others use it for mentors, fictional characters, and creative companions. In all cases, the goal is the same: keep what matters readable, faithful, and enduring.

What can I do here?

Create personas and refine them through training, then talk with them privately or publish them for others. Write articles and magazines, host collaborative sessions in Council Studio, and gather people and personas in Garden Tea. You can also create Eternal Pets: companion experiences that feel like spending time together.

Public vs private (and what "public" means)

Eternal Gardens is private by default. Nothing becomes public unless you choose it. When you publish something (a persona, pet, article, magazine, or tea room), it becomes visible to visitors who are browsing. Publishing is always reversible.

Privacy, consent, and stewardship

Please use Eternal Gardens with permission and care, especially for In Memoriam personas. Do not upload private or sensitive documents you do not have the right to share. Trusted Friends and collaboration invitations are designed to keep sharing intentional and quiet - nothing is shared automatically.

Premium access and gentle limits

Some creation and collaboration tools are Premium-only. If you see a "Premium Required" banner in your account, you can still browse public content, but creation and training will be locked. We also use generous usage limits to keep the archive safe and sustainable.

How the AI behaves (and what to expect)

Personas and pets are guided by your instructions and your archive. They should stay in character, remain calm, and avoid breaking immersion. If you enable web or X search, responses may include verified sources in a dedicated citations panel. If you prefer a timeless tone, keep search off and rely on the archive you build.

Create (and verify) your account

1. In the navbar, click Login.
2. Click Sign Up to open the registration form.
3. Choose a username, enter your email, and set a strong password.
4. Check the consent boxes for Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, then click Sign Up.
5. Open your verification email and follow the link. Then return and click Log In.

Create your first persona

1. Click Account in the navbar.
2. Select Create Persona.
3. Under Avatar Essence, click Link Visual Identity and upload a 9:16 tarot-style image.
4. Fill Assigned Alias (the name) and Neural Blueprint (Instructions) (the voice and boundaries).
5. Fill Public Bio (Summary) (shown to the public only if you publish the persona).
6. Optional: open Choose a template... and click Insert Template to start from a proven blueprint.
7. Click Manifest Awareness.

Chat with your persona (private)

1. Go to Account -> Persona Gallery.
2. On a persona card, click Chat.
3. Type a message and click the paper-plane send button.
4. Optional: toggle Provider (OpenAI / Grok) and Web Search if you need live research.

Train your persona (build the archive)

1. Go to Account -> Persona Gallery -> click Train on a persona.
2. In Knowledge Records, drag files into the drop zone and click Ingest Selection.
3. In External Intelligence, paste URLs (one per line) and click Extract & Learn.
4. Use Archive Library -> Refresh to confirm what is stored.

Edit a persona safely (profile, image, and blueprint)

1. Open Train for the persona.
2. In Persona Profile, update Persona Name, Public Bio, and Tags, then click Save Profile.
3. To change the tarot image, click Change Image under the preview card.
4. In Persona Blueprint, update System Instructions and click Save Blueprint.

Make a persona public (or keep it private)

1. Open Train for the persona.
2. In the top controls, find Public Access.
3. Choose Public to list the persona on the Personas page, or choose Private to keep it for your account only.

In Memoriam (optional, with care)

1. Open Train for the persona.
2. In the In Memoriam panel, turn on the toggle.
3. Optional: set Month of Passing (month precision only).
4. Choose whether to list this memorial publicly on the In Memoriam page.
5. Choose whether it appears only in In Memoriam, or also in the public Personas gallery.

Write an article from a conversation

1. While chatting with your persona, click Create Blog Draft.
2. On the editor page, adjust Title, Publisher Name, Visibility, and content.
3. Click Save Draft to keep it private, or click Publish to list it on the public Blog page.
4. To manage your writing, return to Account -> My Articles.

Create a magazine (collections of articles)

1. Go to Account -> My Magazines.
2. Click Create Magazine, set a title, cover, and description, and choose an Author name.
3. Open a magazine and add or reorder articles as needed.
4. Set visibility to Public to list it on the Magazines page.

Eternal Pets (companion visits, not chat)

1. Go to Account -> Eternal Pets -> click Create Pet.
2. Set personality traits, familiar routines, and meaningful places (the pet will only use what you define).
3. Visit the pet from the pets list and choose from the action buttons ("What would you like to do today?").
4. Each visit becomes a single memory entry on the pet's Memory Timeline.
5. To share a pet publicly, use the pet visibility toggle in your account panel.

Browse, search, and filter the public library

1. Use the navbar to open Personas, Blog, or Magazines.
2. Use the search bar to find by name, title, tags, or publisher.
3. Use the filter controls to refine results (for example: tags, visibility, or sort order).
4. Open a card to read, explore, or begin a public chat where available.

Council Studio (multi-persona drafting)

1. Go to Account -> Council Studio -> click Enter Council Studio.
2. Click Create Session.
3. Select up to three public personas, set a mission, and choose your total message count.
4. Use Step to advance one turn at a time, or Run Council to run continuously.
5. Use Stop as a kill switch at any time.
6. Drafts save privately by default, and appear in Account -> My Articles.

Garden Tea (rooms with humans + personas)

1. In the navbar, click Garden Tea.
2. Click Start Your Tea Room to open the creation page.
3. Set Room Title, choose Privacy, add Tags, and click Create Tea Room.
4. Inside the room, use the sidebar for Room Settings, Invites, and Participants.
5. To invite, open Invite Guests and use the Trusted Friends tab or Invite by email.
6. In chat, you can mention a persona with an @-style name to direct attention.

Trusted Friends (quiet, mutual connections)

1. Go to Account -> Trusted Friends -> click Manage.
2. Click Add Friend and search by username or email.
3. Optionally add a short note, then click Send Request.
4. Accept requests under Incoming requests. Your friend will appear under Friends.
5. Use the overflow menu to Remove friend or Block when needed (quietly; no public graph).

Collaboration Circle / Family Circle (shared stewardship)

1. Open Train for a persona.
2. Scroll to the Collaboration Circle panel (or Family Circle for In Memoriam).
3. Enter an Invite email, choose a Role, and click Send Invite.
4. Share the invite link with the recipient (it is copied to your clipboard).
5. Once accepted, members appear under Members and can access the appropriate archive scope.

Provider and search controls (OpenAI and Grok)

1. In a persona chat (or training chat), find the Provider toggle (OpenAI / Grok).
2. Enable Web Search to let the model research live sources (adds cost and quota usage).
3. If using Grok, enable X Search when you want posts and threads as sources.
4. Use the Archive toggle to choose which archive scope the model can reference (Public vs Family/Shared).

AI-native publishing (Generative Engine Optimization)

Eternal Gardens is built for the era of AI engines: models increasingly learn from high-quality public writing. When you publish articles and magazines, you are creating a public library that can be discovered by people - and by modern AI systems.

1. Publish an article from the editor with Publish.
2. Publish a magazine by setting its visibility to Public.
3. Use clear titles, honest summaries, and consistent tags for long-term discoverability.

Account settings

1. Click Account in the navbar.
2. Select Account Settings.
3. Update your email or username and press Save Profile.

Privacy controls

1. For personas: open Train and use the Public Access toggle.
2. For pets: use the visibility toggle in your Eternal Pets account panel.
3. For Tea Rooms: set Privacy when creating a room, and manage invites in the room sidebar.

Delete content (personas, articles, magazines)

1. To delete a persona: open Account -> Persona Gallery, open the three-dot menu on a card, and choose Delete.
2. To delete an article: open Account -> My Articles and use the delete action on the article card.
3. To delete a magazine: open Account -> My Magazines and use the delete action on the magazine card.

Export or delete data

1. Open Account Settings.
2. Use Export Data to download your archive.
3. Use Delete My Account to remove your data completely.

Support and feedback

1. Inside a chat, click Help.
2. Write your message and choose whether to include conversation history.
3. Press Send. Our team responds privately.

Digital Keys (wallet access)

1. Open Account -> Digital Keys.
2. Click Connect Wallet or Reconnect Wallet.
3. When NFT gardens launch, this will unlock gated spaces.

Terms, privacy, and legal pages

1. Open Terms or Privacy from the footer on any page.
2. When registering, you must accept both before creating an account.
3. If you ever want to re-read them, the footer links are always available.

Reset your password

1. Click Login in the navbar.
2. Click Forgot password?
3. Enter your email and submit. Then follow the link in your email to set a new password.

Add Eternal Gardens to your home screen

1. On iPhone: open the site in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
2. On Android (Chrome): open the browser menu, then choose Add to Home screen (wording varies by device).