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Import a character card

If you already have a character card, you can bring it in. RPDive reads a SillyTavern or Janitor card, as a PNG or a JSON file.

What you can import

A SillyTavern or Janitor card, PNG or JSON. A PNG card's picture becomes the character's avatar. A JSON card has no picture, so the character starts without an avatar.

The example in this guide is Wren Hollis, the lighthouse keeper from Make a character, written as a SillyTavern card in a JSON file.

Open Import a card

Open Characters and press Import a card at the top. Studio's My worlds page has the same button and opens the same dialog.

The Characters page header with the Import a card button outlined

As a character or as a world

The dialog is called Import a character card. Under Import as you pick one of two choices:

  • As a character: Into your characters, word for word. Ready in seconds.
  • As a world: A world draft in Studio, with places and an opening. Takes a few minutes.

The Import a character card dialog with the Import as choices outlined: As a character and As a world

As a character is picked when the dialog opens. Under Card file, choose your card, then press Import.

The dialog with wren-hollis.json chosen under Card file, outlined, and the Import button ready

An import as a world runs on its own. You can close the dialog while it works, and the world appears in My worlds when it is ready. If you leave the dialog open, you land on the new world when it is done. The steps below follow the As a character choice.

After the import

The dialog reads and checks the card, then says Wren Hollis is in your characters. If part of the card has no place in a character, the dialog lists what did not come over as it was. Wren's card had a second greeting, and a character has one greeting, so that is the note you see.

The import dialog saying Wren Hollis is in your characters, with the note about the greeting that was not carried outlined

Press Open Wren Hollis to see her page. She is private to you, and you can edit her like any character you made yourself. For the fields, see Make a character.

Wren Hollis's page with her greeting and the Start chatting, Edit and Publish buttons

Bringing a Character.AI character

To bring a character you made on Character.AI, follow Moving from Character.AI.

When it is ready

When the character you imported is ready, you can publish it for review.