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# Perform specific content

A performance is something your character delivers exactly as planned, every time, such as a scripted greeting with a wave, a product pitch, or a song with a dance. You decide what the character says, either lines you write or a recording you upload, and what it does along the way, such as gestures, movement, and camera shots.

## Performance or everyday behavior?

| Use a performance when | Describe everyday behavior when |
| - | - |
| The words and moves must be the same every time. | The character should respond to what the viewer just said. |
| You have a recording, such as a song, that the character must match. | You want a general style, such as "nod while listening" or "gesture more when excited". |
| The timing or camera work must be exact. | The character should improvise within its personality. |

While a performance plays, the character sticks to the script and doesn't respond to the conversation. For gestures that follow the conversation, describe the behavior instead; see [Start from scratch](/agent/create-character/from-scratch#refine-by-chatting).

## Create a performance

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the content">
    Tell the agent what the character should say and do, in order. Put spoken words in quotes, and say where each gesture happens.

    ```text wrap theme={null}
    Create a script with a wave, a self-introduction, and a closing nod.
    ```

    ```text wrap theme={null}
    Script a wave on "Welcome" and a nod at the end.
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Attach audio for songs or recorded lines (optional)">
    Upload the recording and describe the moves that go with it. The character lip-syncs to the recording and makes the moves at the moments you describe.

    ```text wrap theme={null}
    Animate the character with this recording and add matching gestures.
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Say when it should play">
    Tell the agent when the performance should start:

    * **At the start of a conversation**, as an opening.
    * **When a viewer picks it**, for example from a list in the character's [app](/agent/capabilities/app).
    * **When a viewer asks for it** in the conversation.
    * **As part of a show**, where several performances play in order.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Watch it in the live preview">
    Open the **Live preview** panel, click **Talk to character**, and start the performance. Watch it to the end. If a gesture is missing or comes at the wrong moment, tell the agent which line or moment to fix.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Put several performances together into a show

For a tour, a lesson, a song set, or a product show, ask for a show. The agent works out the order, what happens between items, and how viewers can jump to the one they want.

```text wrap theme={null}
Create a three-song set. Open with a short greeting and a wave, then play song 1, song 2, and song 3 in order with a full-body dance for each. Let viewers pick a song from a list to jump to it, and end with a bow and a thank-you.
```

Two templates are ready-made shows you can learn from:

* [Rosie](/agent/create-character/from-template#built-in-templates) performs four songs, each with its own dance, and changes outfits. Viewers pick a song or an outfit from a menu on screen.
* [AlleBrean](/agent/create-character/from-template#built-in-templates) presents products one after another, changing scenes and showing try-ons along the way.

<Tip>
  Tell the agent what should happen if a viewer interrupts the show: stop, pick up from the same item, or start over.
</Tip>