Add-ons
Add-ons is the menu for everything optional. Four kinds live there, and the split is the thing to hold in mind: three are for your AIs, one is for this computer.
| Kind | What it is | Given to |
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Complete AIs ready to become yours - a personality, a voice, a portrait and a starting memory | Your AIs (creates a new one) |
| Skills | Folders of instructions an AI reads when the work calls for it (the Agent Skills open standard) | Chosen per AI |
| Tools | Programs your AIs can work in - Blender, a browser, a 3D printer, your smart home (MCP servers) | Chosen per AI |
| Components | Engines for your hardware, Projects, the models behind memory, vision and OCR, and the programs tools need | This computer |
Every listing in the first three kinds is either signed by the person who made it with their Flowsta identity, or reviewed by Flowsta (open-source listings we read and pinned). Nothing is listed without one of those. Everything is free; paid sharing comes later, for makers who have signed their work.
Add-ons are added; components are got
A character, a skill or a tool does nothing on its own. A character becomes one of your AIs; a skill or a tool is chosen per AI - "Used by" on its card, or the Skills and Tools sections when you edit an AI. An AI carries only what you gave it, so context stays small and no AI knows everything.
Components are different: they are things the app can fetch for this computer. You get them in Add-ons › Components and manage them - where they live, how much space they take, remove - in Settings › Storage. Nothing downloads until you ask, and it says how big it is first.
The same four kinds on the website
yourownai.net/add-ons lists exactly what the app lists - the same directory, refreshed within minutes of a new listing. Sharing your own is one button in the app: see Sharing add-ons.