Set up Embers in five minutes

Embers works best once it knows three things: your name, how you write, and who you want to keep close. Here's the fastest way to get there.

1. Confirm your name

This is the name your touches go out under, as in "Priya, it's been too long. Best, you." You can change it later in Settings.

2. Add a few writing samples

Embers drafts in your voice, so it asks you to write three to five short messages the way you actually would. A minute each. The drafts get noticeably more like you with every sample. You can skip this and come back, but it's worth doing first.

3. Bring in your first people

Add the handful who matter most. Type them in, import from Google or your phone, or just tell Embers about them in chat. Start with ten or twenty. You're not building a database, you're tending a circle.

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From here, Embers surfaces who's worth a note and drafts the first one for you to approve.