Newbie pilot support
Add Newbie to a server you manage and access starts automatically. No operator approval, API keys, or separate hosting account is needed. Newbie runs on a shared cloud host; every server has separate memory, settings, and allowances. The operator’s PC does not need to stay awake. Billing is not enabled, and availability or voice performance is not guaranteed during this free pilot; testing across microphones and longer sessions continues. Use the operator contact below for support.
Automatic setup
Adding Newbie activates your server automatically. Each server gets separate settings, memory and allowances. Installation alone does not start listening. Join a voice channel and run /newbie join when your party is ready. A private listening worker starts automatically for your session and is removed afterward. Starting a fresh worker can take a little time. If all voice slots are busy, try again after another session ends; adding the app does not reserve a slot.
This is free early access. There is no paid order form or dedicated-server purchase flow yet. No API keys, hosting account or payment details are needed.
First session
Use Add to Discord and choose a server you manage. Newbie’s commands become available automatically. If they have not appeared yet, reopen Discord and try again.
Run /newbie setup to read the voice notice and check settings. Tell everyone how Newbie listens and explain that automatic game notes and seven-day cloud text history are on by default. Each person can turn either off before speaking.
Join a normal voice channel, then use /newbie join. One active voice channel is supported per server.
Start with “Hey Newbie” or “Newbie,” pronounced NEW-bee. Everyone in the channel can hear the reply. Ask Newbie or /newbie wake can arm your next question for fifteen seconds.
Use /newbie leave to stop listening. Newbie also leaves an empty channel or at the session limit.
Commands to know
/newbie quiet stops a reply or song. /newbie reset clears this active channel's recent and cloud conversations for everyone while keeping saved notes and history choices. Remote sessions are blocked from reuse and queued for deletion.
/newbie followup enabled:true opts you into an eight-second window after Newbie finishes playing a completed answer to you. Your next sentence can go to OpenAI without another wake phrase. This is off by default, applies only to you in that voice session, and ends on leave. Use enabled:false to turn it off.
/newbie smart uses the stronger model for your next question. “Newbie, think hard…” does the same.
/newbie look accepts a screenshot and an optional question.
/newbie image and /newbie song create media within the pilot allowance. /newbie jobs checks progress; /newbie cancel cancels pending work.
To type a song request, open the active voice channel's chat and start with a real @Newbie mention: “@Newbie, make a song about our raid victory.” Stay in that voice channel. She posts the MP3 there and plays it when ready. Songs default to 30 seconds; “make a 20-second rock song about…” requests a shorter one. Normal access rules, rate limits and song allowances apply. This feature handles direct song requests, rather than general chat questions.
/newbie sources shows search links. Ask Newbie to paste a result into the channel’s chat.
/newbie plan shows the server allowance. /newbie usage shows estimated voice/search usage; image and music charges are excluded from dollar estimates.
/newbie memory privately shows your personal notes and this server’s shared notes. Automatic game notes are on by default for your addressed requests. Use /newbie memory automatic:false to stop new automatic notes or /newbie memory automatic:true to turn them back on. Existing notes remain until deleted. Explicit “Newbie, remember…” requests are also supported.
Cloud conversation history is on by default. OpenAI stores your addressed text and associated tool exchanges. Sessions are separate for you in each server and channel and have a fixed seven-day reuse window from creation, surviving leave/rejoin and Newbie updates. /newbie history enabled:false blocks reuse immediately and queues deletion of your sessions across this server. /newbie history enabled:true turns history back on. /newbie history export:true privately exports available question and reply text within size limits.
/newbie forget removes an owned note. /newbie export-data privately exports your owned notes and memory choice. /newbie delete-data scope:personal confirm:true removes your live notes and song-library records, turns off automatic notes and cloud history for you in this server, blocks reuse of your cloud sessions, queues their deletion, and cancels your pending creations. Removing shared facts also rotates server conversation copies that could contain them. Other owners' saved notes and choices remain. Server managers can use scope:server confirm:true to remove server notes/settings/history choices, queue remote deletion, and disconnect Newbie. Content-free accounting remains.
/newbie settings lets server managers control allowed channels, roles, enabled status, and saved memory. Web sign-in is not configured; use these Discord commands.
Known limits
Wake recognition is still being tested across microphones and Discord audio. Use headphones, start with Newbie’s name, and try /newbie wake if an attempt is missed. Newbie receives channel audio while joined to recognize the name and does not save audio recordings. Bounded addressed context can return only in the same server/channel for up to one hour after leaving, held in RAM; reset, forgetting, restart, expiry, and deletion clear it.
Cloud history is separate from that RAM and from automatic saved notes. With history off, successful managed voice requests can reuse a temporary remote session only in the current call/process, for up to five idle minutes. Leave, restart, cancellation, failure, or expiry ends reuse and queues deletion. Screenshots use separate disposable sessions queued for deletion after the turn. Provider deletion retries can take longer during outages; provider logs, backups, and posted Discord copies follow separate retention. Cloud history export and preference controls work while disconnected or disabled. The server saved-memory setting also pauses cloud history and rotates old remote sessions, preserving each person’s preference for fresh sessions after re-enabling.
The hosted pilot uses the GPT-Live hybrid backend. Actual Discord voice quality and latency still need participant acceptance. It keeps the same wake, permissions and commands. Captured questions up to three seconds use direct Live audio; longer questions are verified by transcription before their text primes Live. This measured compatibility cutoff is not an API limit or speed guarantee. Simple replies can avoid managed reasoning, while research, memory actions and creations still need the backend. Live uses store:false, without saved Live recordings/forks. Completed text history uses a separate owned archive under the same seven-day controls; opt-out/reset/deletion cover both history types, and archive items are erased before their container. With history off, ordinary Live dialogue stays in bounded RAM. See the Privacy Center for provider-retention limits.
Screenshots are manual uploads. Discord Go Live, continuous screen viewing, direct messages, and PC control are not supported. Images and songs appear in the active voice channel’s chat. Newbie needs permission to view the channel, connect, speak, use voice activity, send messages, attach files, and read message history. Read Message History lets an explicit replay request recover Newbie's own recent song attachment in the same channel after its local copy is lost; it does not enable general chat ingestion. Existing installations may need that permission granted by a server manager. The invite does not request Administrator. Capacity and pilot allowances apply.
One voice channel can be active per server, with a configured limit of twelve active server sessions across the cloud service. If the host is full, try again after another session ends. Standard pilot allowances are 100 question credits, 50 searches, 3 images, and 90 seconds of songs per UTC calendar month. Operator-approved server limits may differ; use /newbie plan to check your actual remaining allowances. Free allowances also depend on shared-host availability and a shared monthly allowance. If either your server or the shared allowance runs out, that feature pauses. Reaching a limit stops that feature rather than charging you; there is no paid checkout or automatic recharge.
Removing Newbie from Discord stops new interactions but keeps saved notes and settings until explicitly deleted. Use the deletion controls before removing her if you want those erased. Removing and reinstalling Newbie does not reset allowances.
Reporting a problem
Tell the operator which command failed, approximately when, and whether you heard the acknowledgement chime. Share server/channel details privately. Never post bot tokens or provider API keys. The Privacy Center explains provider processing, memory, retention, and deletion limits.
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