# Livelings

> Living animated characters that give the AI you build a face. Each Liveling is a 5-second seamless video loop (it breathes, blinks and moves), plus a clean square image and a round profile picture. By Phantom Firm.

## What it is
- 19 ready-made characters, each its own species. Free to pick, name and colour on the site.
- Your own Liveling: a one-of-a-kind creature designed from your description, ready in 48 hours. One redo, then a full refund if it is still not right. At most 3 orders in progress at a time.

## Souls
Every paid Liveling includes SOUL.md, a personality file (voice, moods, growth stages) you paste into any AI that takes instructions, plus a skill ZIP for Claude (and ChatGPT skills on Business, Enterprise and Edu plans). Preview any soul at /souls/<id>/SOUL.md. Install steps: /setup.html#soul
Each creature has 100 numbered editions, and each number has its own quirk written into its soul (for example, Sage #7 asks one surprising question per conversation). Buying through Crossmint mints a collectible (NFT) to the buyer's email that records the edition and the soul's fingerprint; no crypto wallet needed. #1 to #10 carry a Founding badge (order, not value). See the soul section at /#soul.

## Prices (USD, one-time)
- Free maker: $0
- Companion pack: $7 launch price, then $12 (loop as a video in your colour plus an original-colour MP4, square image, cut-out with no background, round profile picture; personal use)
- Your own Liveling, made to order: opens soon
Launch prices apply to the first 25 paid orders or until Dec 6, 2026, whichever comes first; live prices at /api/prices.
Payments by Crossmint (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or USDC). Prices may change; the page is the source of truth.

## Where it works (checked against official docs, 2026-11-02)
- Moves (the video loop plays): ChatGPT pets on the web, desktop app and Dots, and Codex pets (each Liveling includes a pet file, a 1536x1872 sprite sheet; /creatures/<id>/pet.webp), your own website, your own app, any agent UI you build (OpenAI, Claude or any other SDK), a website chat button.
- Static profile picture only: custom GPTs, Grok bots, Discord bots, Slack apps, Telegram bots, ElevenLabs agents.
- Not supported today: the Claude, Gemini and Meta AI apps have no custom avatar setting.

## The 19 characters
- Blaze (Ember salamander, id `salamander`): Warm, bold, fires things up.
- Sage (Silver owl, id `owl`): Calm, wise, always listening.
- Axel (Space axolotl, id `axolotl`): Curious, upbeat, ready for liftoff.
- Sol (Sun lion, id `lion`): Brave, bright, leads the way.
- Inky (Ink octopus, id `octopus`): Eight hands, one great idea at a time.
- Ember (Paper phoenix, id `phoenix`): Folded from paper, lit from within.
- Drift (Sky whale, id `whale`): Floats above the noise, never in a rush.
- Snap (Camera dragon, id `dragon`): Cheerful, curious, never misses a moment.
- Prism (Crystal cat, id `cat`): Clear, sharp, sees every angle.
- Morel (Lantern sprite, id `mushroom`): Lights the path, one step at a time.
- Nova (Star fawn, id `fawn`): Gentle, bright, a little bit magic.
- Buzz (Clockwork bee, id `bee`): Busy, precise, always on time.
- Reef (Coral seahorse, id `seahorse`): Calm currents, graceful answers.
- Byte (Mini mecha, id `mecha`): Fast, precise, built to ship.
- Frost (Frost hare, id `hare`): Quick, quiet, cool under pressure.
- Bonsai (Bonsai turtle, id `turtle`): Slow, steady, grows with you.
- Duo (Paper koi pair, id `koi`): Two minds that swim as one.
- Spike (Cactus buddy, id `cactus`): Low care, high cheer.
- Mochi (Plush buddy, id `plush`): Soft, warm, easy to love.

## Pages
- [Home and maker](https://livelings.ca/): try every character free
- [Setup guide](https://livelings.ca/setup.html): per-platform steps
- [Install skill for coding agents](https://livelings.ca/skill/SKILL.md): hand this to Claude Code, Codex or another coding agent
- [Licence](https://livelings.ca/licence.html)

## For AI agents
This site exposes read-only WebMCP tools in supporting browsers (Chrome): list_livelings, get_liveling, get_prices, where_it_works, open_in_maker, start_custom_order. Ordering and payment always need the human to press the button.