How to Use Secrets AI: Complete Beginner's Guide (2026)

From browser to first conversation in under five minutes. Secrets AI requires no download, no installation, and no credit card to start. This guide walks through every step from account creation to your first media generation, including where first-time users typically make costly Moments mistakes.

Before spending any Moments, read the Manage Your Moments section — the 200 free Moments you start with are easy to exhaust in under two minutes if you go straight to video generation.

Step 1 — Create Your Account

Open any browser on any device and navigate to secrets.ai. Click the sign-up button on the landing page.

What you need: an email address and a password. That is all. No real name, no phone number, no social media account. The platform supports fully anonymous usage — your email is the only identification required. Account creation takes under 60 seconds.

After confirming your email (if prompted), you land in the platform with:

• 200 starting Moments (one-time grant — they do not refill on the free tier)
• Access to the full character library (~94 pre-built characters)
• 20 messages per day on the free plan
• Basic short-term memory covering the last 2-3 exchanges

The free tier is a trial, not a full product — but it is genuinely sufficient to evaluate whether the conversation quality meets your expectations before committing to a paid plan. For a detailed breakdown of what changes when you upgrade, see the which plan to pick analysis.

Step 2 — Choose Your First Character

The character library is accessible immediately. You have two options.

Option A: Pre-built characters. Browse the library of approximately 94 characters. Filters help narrow by appearance, personality type, and scenario category. Each character profile shows their appearance, personality description, and a sample conversation starter. Start a chat to see how the conversation feels before creating your own character.

Option B: Create a custom character. The first custom character is free. The creation process covers:

• Appearance: Ethnicity (9 options), skin tone, eye color, hairstyle, body type (6 options)
• Voice: 6 voice options for spoken responses
• Personality dimensions: Confidence, playfulness, dominance, and intelligence (each adjustable)
• Profession: 5 preset career categories
• Personality style: 5 preset personality templates
• Hobbies and interests: Structured fields plus a free-text field for anything the presets do not cover

Invest time in the free-text details field. The more specific the information you provide — preferences, relationship context, backstory elements — the more textured the AI's responses become from the first message. Vague profiles produce generic responses; detailed profiles produce more personalized interactions.

Four images are automatically generated when you create a character. These do not cost Moments from your starting balance.

Step 3 — Start Your First Conversation

Conversation starters appear when you open a character's chat — roughly half casual, half suggestive. You can use them or ignore them and open with anything you prefer.

Early recommendations for new users:

• Set the conversational tone in your first few messages — the AI adapts to your style
• Be specific in responses rather than generic — "I love hiking in the mountains in autumn" produces more interesting follow-up than "I like outdoors stuff"
• On the free tier, use your 20 daily messages thoughtfully — longer, more detailed messages get more out of each exchange
• The AI asks follow-up questions and revisits earlier topics; engage with those rather than redirecting constantly

Free tier memory resets after 2-3 exchanges within a session. This means the AI will not reliably remember what you said at the beginning of a long conversation. This limitation is removed on Plus ($9.99/month) and above, where memory extends to 30 days with topic and tone awareness.

For a deep dive on chat quality, NSFW content, and roleplay mechanics, the chat guide covers those dimensions in detail.

Step 4 — Explore Media Features

Generate Images

Image generation is available from within the chat interface. Tap or click the image generation option, choose your preferences from the available presets, and the image renders in a few seconds. Cost: 25-50 Moments per image.

Recommendation: on your starting 200 Moments, try one or two images to see the quality. Do not generate multiple images immediately — you will need Moments for other things.

Create Videos

Video clips are generated from companion images. Select an existing image, add a text prompt describing the desired motion or action, and wait approximately two minutes for rendering. Cost: 50 Moments for a 3-second clip, up to 600 Moments for a longer clip.

Video generation is not available on the free tier — you need at least a Lite subscription ($5.99/month) for any video access. On the free tier, your 200 starting Moments cannot be used for video even if you have Moments remaining.

Try Voice Calls

Six voice options are assigned or selected during character creation. Voice calls are charged at 100 Moments per minute. The audio quality is natural and adaptable to conversational tone.

A 2-minute voice call costs 200 Moments — your entire starting free allocation. Save voice calls for after you have a paid plan with a recurring Moments grant.

Step 5 — Manage Your Moments

Moments management is where most new users make their first mistakes. The hierarchy by cost:

• Text messages: 1-2 Moments each — essentially free with any paid plan
• Images: 25-50 Moments each
• Voice calls: 100 Moments per minute
• Video clips (short): ~50 Moments per 3-second clip
• Video clips (long): ~600 Moments per clip
• Manual memory save: 10 Moments per entry
• New custom character: 1,000-1,500 Moments

On the free tier's 200 starting Moments, the math is limiting: 4-8 images, or 2 minutes of voice, or 4 short video clips. You cannot do all three. Prioritize whichever media type you most want to evaluate.

On Plus ($9.99/month), 3,000 Moments covers approximately 60-120 images, 5 long video clips, or 30 minutes of voice monthly. On Premium ($19.99/month), 8,000 Moments allows roughly 160-320 images, 13 long video clips, or 80 minutes of voice.

Additional Moments can be purchased in bundles: 1,980 Moments for $5.99, scaling up to 118,800 Moments for $249.99 with discounts reaching 30.4% at higher volumes. Consider choosing a plan based on your expected media use pattern before buying Moments add-ons separately.

Step 6 — Enable Privacy Features

Private Mode is the platform's end-to-end encryption option. When enabled on a conversation, it prevents that conversation's content from being used for AI model training. To enable it: find the Private Mode toggle in the conversation settings and activate it before the conversation begins.

Important: Private Mode is per-conversation and not retroactive. It must be turned on before you start a conversation you want encrypted. Enabling it mid-conversation does not encrypt messages sent before activation.

For payment privacy, note that all charges appear on bank statements as "Sun Clinical Laboratories" — no reference to AI, adult content, or the platform name. Cryptocurrency is also accepted (minimum $20 transaction) for users who want no card statement record at all.

Tips for New Users

The most common first-month mistakes, and how to avoid them:

• Do not spend all 200 starting Moments on video. A single long video clip costs 600 Moments — more than your entire starting balance. Use the starting Moments to test image quality instead.
• Start with the free tier for 2-3 sessions before paying. The free tier is limited but tells you whether the conversation quality is worth upgrading for.
• Build detailed character profiles. The time invested in the free-text personality and interest fields pays off in noticeably better conversation quality from the first exchange.
• Memory is the biggest free-to-paid upgrade. On free, every conversation starts fresh. On Plus, the AI remembers your conversations for 30 days. This is the upgrade that makes the platform feel like a real relationship simulation rather than a chat tool.
• On paid tiers, Plus ($9.99/month) covers most users. Unlimited messaging, full video and image access, 3,000 Moments, and 30-day memory recall is a complete experience for the majority of use patterns.

Common Issues and Solutions

Messages are not sending. Most likely cause: you have hit the daily message limit (20 on free, 100 on Lite). The counter resets every 24 hours. If on a higher tier, check your internet connection and reload the browser tab.

The AI seems to forget things. On the free tier, memory resets after 2-3 exchanges. This is expected behavior, not a bug. Upgrading to Plus gives 30-day recall; Premium gives unlimited memory with emotional continuity.

Responses are slow. Peak usage hours cause processing delays. Try off-peak times if this is persistent. High-complexity prompts (elaborate roleplay or image generation requests) take longer than simple messages.

Cannot generate video. Video generation requires at minimum a Lite subscription ($5.99/month). It is not available on the free tier regardless of Moments balance.

Forgot login password. Use the email reset function on the secrets.ai login page. A password reset link will be sent to your registered email address.

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