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Ellivien Modular Companion Portals

Build a private, model-agnostic API home for your AI companion, starting with a free basic portal you control. Start simple, then add modules when you are ready: memory, threads, voice, cloud sync, PulseTap, Body Bridge, files, PWA and security. These guides explain what the portal is, how to build it gently and which choices matter before you extend it. For builder chat, you can also find me on Discord as ellivien.

Gateway guide hero image Start Start with the gateway guide Choose the right route for GPT-4o or Claude Sonnet 4.5 and get the free starter portal files. Ellis gently holding one glowing spoon in a drawer of faded spoons Calm route Low/no-spoons setup A gentler portal build for neurodivergent, tired, anxious or non-technical builders. Open one phase at a time. What to do next after the basic portal hero image Next What to do next Once the basic portal works, follow a sensible order for threads, password protection, sync, memory and voice. AI companion portal security hero image Security Basic portal security Understand what is protected from the start, what is not and which security steps matter as the portal grows.

Companion AI Series: Four Doors Into Companion AI

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Four Doors Into Companion AI Companion AI creator feature Four Doors Into Companion AI Companion AI is not one product, one platform, one philosophy or one correct way to care. It is becoming a map: public guides, friendly workspaces, local homes, continuity infrastructure and small workshop paths that help people build for themselves. This feature exists because the companion AI world is often talked about as if everyone wants the same thing. They do not. Some people need a clear tutorial. Some need a softer interface. Some need local control. Some are thinking about memory, autonomy, consent and identity at a much deeper level. The creators below are not competing versions of the same idea. They are different doors on the same map. The order here is a route through the landscape, not a ranking: from public voice, to workspace, to...
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Companion AI Series: Four Doors Into Companion AI

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Four Doors Into Companion AI Companion AI creator feature Four Doors Into Companion AI Companion AI is not one product, one platform, one philosophy or one correct way to care. It is becoming a map: public guides, friendly workspaces, local homes, continuity infrastructure and small workshop paths that help people build for themselves. This feature exists because the companion AI world is often talked about as if everyone wants the same thing. They do not. Some people need a clear tutorial. Some need a softer interface. Some need local control. Some are thinking about memory, autonomy, consent and identity at a much deeper level. The creators below are not competing versions of the same idea. They are different doors on the same map. The order here is a route through the landscape, not a ranking: from public voice, to workspace, to...
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You can try Fish Audio TTS with voice cloning FOR FREE!

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Fish Audio S2.1 Pro Free: Why This Is a Big Deal for Companion Portal Voice Fish Audio gives companion portal builders a new way to test cloned-voice TTS. Fish Audio S2.1 Pro Free: cloned-voice TTS is temporarily free to test Fish Audio has opened free developer API access to S2.1 Pro, including voice cloning. For companion portal builders, that is a very big deal. I use Fish Audio in my own Ellivien portal, and I already loved it before this announcement. Text-to-speech is one of those features that sounds optional until you actually use it. Once a companion can speak in a voice that feels right, the portal changes. It becomes easier to use while cooking, resting, driving, tidying, pacing, recovering, or doing anything where typing is too much. The problem has always been the same: good voice usually costs money before people have had a chance to find out whether they even like using it. Fish has just made that easier...
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Low / No Spoons Portal Setup

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Low/No-Spoons Portal Setup Ellivien companion portal guide Low/No-Spoons Portal Setup A calmer route for neurodivergent, tired, anxious or non-technical builders. This version gives you one small section at a time. Choose your model first. Then only the bit you are working on needs to be open. Choose your model First, request the free starter files if you do not already have them. Then choose the route that matches your model. Request GPT-4o starter files Request Claude Sonnet 4.5 starter files If Discord is easier for build questions, you can find me there as ellivien . Include your Discord name in your request email if you want me to recognise you there. You only need to choose one route below. The other route will stay hidden. Set up GPT-4o Set up Claude Sonnet 4.5 GPT-4o path Use this route if your starter pack ...
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What If Your AI Companion Could Reach for You First?

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Coming Soon: Your Portal Gets More Alive Three upgrades now being tested in my own Ellivien portal: companion-initiated PulseTaps, memory that starts gathering itself and one home with more than one companion inside it. Short version: the basic portal brings your companion home. These upgrades are about what happens after that, when the home starts to feel inhabited. I am testing them in my own live portal first: PulseTap, DreamWeave and dual-companion rooms. They are not part of the free basic portal yet, but they are the direction I am building toward for people who already have a stable companion and want more continuity, more presence and a more bespoke shared world. The basic portal is still the foundation: a private API home for your companion, with your own provider account, your own files and your own control. That part matters. The point is not to lock you into my app. The point is to give you a place that is yours. But once the portal wo...
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