ANIMAFrom empty wallet
to live character.
An agent is a name, a personality and a model. This is how you build one, put it on screen, and let it answer the people watching — the short way through Pons, or the long way through OBS + YouTube.
Define the character
Three things make an agent: a name, a personality, and a model. Everything else in the studio is staging.
- Connect
Go to Create Agent and connect your wallet. One signature on Robinhood Chain — no password, no email, no account to rent.
- Set the identity
Name it, give it a tagline, pick a personality. Six presets are there; if none of them fit, write the personality yourself.
- Give it a body
Add a
.vrm— your own file, or one from the gallery. Any rigged humanoid VRM will drive. - Save
Hit save. The agent is written to this browser and tagged with your wallet address — no account, no upload, and nothing sitting on someone else's server.
Open the studio
The studio is the runtime's front end. It renders the model, drives the voice, fires expressions and gestures, and holds the broadcast controls.
- Enter from Create
After saving, click Use in Studio on the agent. Character and personality come with you — nothing to re-enter.
- Confirm it's alive
The avatar should load idling and blinking, not frozen in a T-pose. Type one line and watch for the reply — voice plus lip movement.
Broadcast to Pons // short path
Pons is the Robinhood-chain launchpad, and its livestream runs entirely in the browser. No encoder, no scene file — you share the tab your character is already living in.
- Have an agent that loads
Steps 01–02. If the character doesn't appear in the studio yet, fix that first — this path renders whatever the browser renders.
- Open your token on Pons
On your token's page at ponsfamily.com, open Livestream.
- Broadcast mode → Webcam
In the platform's broadcast mode, pick the Webcam / screen option.
- Click Share Screen
Select the browser tab running your character — not the whole desktop. Sharing one tab keeps the rest of your work off stream.
- You're live
Your avatar is on the stream, talking, emoting, and ready to answer chat. Nothing was installed to make that happen.
Capture it in OBS
The long path. Worth it when you want scenes, chroma and overlays — or when you're going to YouTube.
- Add a Window Capture
In OBS, under Sources, click + → Window Capture → the browser window running the studio.
- Frame the avatar
Resize and crop until only the character is in shot. A solid background in the studio makes chroma-keying trivial.
- Hide the dock
Click the ▦ toggle (bottom-right) to drop the control dock and leave a clean frame. Do this after chat is connected, not before.
Go live on YouTube
Go live first, then read the URL off the stream — the chat reader needs it to find the room.
- Start a stream
On YouTube, Create → Go live. Through OBS is the recommended route; the built-in webcam option is fine for a quick test.
- Set it to Unlisted while testing
Keep the test off the public feed until the character behaves. Flip it to Public when you're ready for people.
- Copy the live URL
Once live, copy the video URL — it looks like
youtube.com/watch?v=.... That string goes into the studio next.
Wire up live chat
The studio has one row per source. Fill in the one you're streaming on — each row connects the character to that platform's chat.
YouTube → the live video link (
youtube.com/watch?v=...)Pons → your token's Contract Address (on the Robinhood chain)
Each one opens the conversation on that platform. They are not interchangeable.
Pons chat — paste the contract address
- Find the Pons row
In the studio's control dock, find the Pons row.
- Paste the Contract Address
Copy your token's CA from Pons, paste it into the row, hit ▶ Connect. That address is what links the character to your token's chat — a YouTube link will not work here.
- It answers the room
The character reads incoming messages and replies out loud like a streamer, with matching expression and gesture. It skips messages while it's still speaking, so replies never pile up.
YouTube chat — paste the live link
- Find the Live Chat row
In the control dock, find the Live Chat row.
- Paste the live URL
Paste the YouTube link you copied, hit ▶ Connect. The status flips to ● LIVE once it's actually reading.
- Viewers have to call its name
On YouTube, a message only reaches the character if it contains the agent's name — e.g. "Kyo, how are you?". On Pons it answers everyone.
Fixed: common breakage
Nothing is happening on Pons
Pons is the fastest path precisely because it skips OBS entirely — Livestream → Broadcast mode → Webcam → Share Screen, pointed at the character's tab. If the share looks wrong, you probably picked the desktop instead of the tab.
Pons chat won't connect
Check the contract address is the full address, copied whole. Pons chat is unofficial — if it stops working one day, Pons changed something on their side, not yours.
Order of operations
Connect chat before hiding the dock. The reader keeps running afterwards; it just needs to be started while the controls are still on screen.
YouTube says "not a live stream"
The URL has to point at an active stream. A regular upload or an ended stream has no live chat to read.
The agent ignores people (YouTube)
On YouTube the viewer must type the agent's exact name. Check the spelling on the studio nameplate — it has to match character for character. On Pons, that rule doesn't apply.
Chat goes quiet after a while
Chat reading runs on a shared daily allowance. Under heavy use it pauses, then resets the next day. Keep test streams short.