Janitor AI is an interesting platform that allows users to do conversations with various AI-powered virtual characters and create unique personas for free.
With the help of Large Language Models (LLMs), Janitor AI does natural language processing to understand and analyze what users want to ask and generate appropriate answers accordingly.
Janitor AI uses its own LLM model, which every user can use for free on the platform. Users can also use LLM of other platforms such as Open AI and Claude on Janitor AI through APIs, but users have to pay a certain price on their respective platforms.
In this article, you will get to know how you can use Janitor AI free of charge and with or without an API key from another platform.
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How to Set Up Janitor AI
First of all, you have to sign up for Janitor AI if you don’t have an account on the platform.
You can register yourself by entering your e-mail ID and password, or you can also sign in with Google/Twitter/Discord.
After that, you can create or update your profile settings as
- Step 1: Upload your profile or avatar.
- Step 2: Choose a username according to your interest.
- Step 3: Describe yourself or your profile briefly.
- Step 4: Write a profile name (Main Persona).
- Step 5: Describe your main persona. This will be used in chats. Keep it short (1-2 sentences).
- Step 6: Finally, click on the “Update profile” button, and you will be done.
You have successfully registered with Janitor AI and can now chat with publicly available characters on the platform. You can also create your own character on the platform by using the free LLM model provided by the platform.
There are various categories on the homepage that you can use to filter out the characters and find your desired character.
On the top right corner, you will see three links; one is for “create a character”, the second is for “notifications”, and the last profile button consists of various other links of various functions.
You can see the name of the options on the left side of your screen and the functions are as follows:
- Create a character: As the name suggests, you can create a new character from scratch here by specifying various parameters.
- My Characters: You can see your created characters.
- My Chats: Here you can see the conversations you will have with different characters on the platform.
- My Personas: Here you can define your persona.
- Following: Shows all bots you are currently following.
- Blocks: Shows bots that you have blocked.
- Settings: Here you can edit the various parameters of your profile.
How to Set Up API on Janitor AI
If you want to change the LLM model of the characters from JanitorLLM to other LLM models of companies such as Open AI, and Claude, you need to change the API key in the API key settings.
To change the API key, you must first open a chat interface and then click on the menu link in the top right corner, where you can see the API setting you need to click on.
By default, the platform provides its users with their own JanitorLLM. In addition, you can use the LLM model of Open AI and Claude by connecting via an API key. The platform offers a separate connection interface for these two providers. You can also use the Proxy API Settings and use other LLM model.
You must have a valid API key, and if you do not have one, you will need to register on the platform and purchase it, as the API key from these providers is not free.
How to Set Up Open AI for Janitor AI
- If you already have an Open AI account, log in, or if you don’t have an account yet, register it.
- Buy a plan that covers your needs.
- In the profile area, you will see “Show API key”, where you can see your API key and also create a new secret key and name it. You have to generate a new key for Janitor AI.
- Copy the API key and paste it into the API section of Open AI.
- You also have to select the model and write a custom prompt.
- Lastly, click on “Save Settings” and you will be done.
How to Use Claude on Janitor AI
Similarly, you can also do with Claude.
- Visit the website of Claude i.e. https://www.anthropic.com/ and sign up.
- Get your API key from the API section.
- Copy the API key and paste it into the API section of Claude on Janitor AI.
- Also, select the model and write a custom prompt in the respective box.
- Lastly, click on “Save Settings” and you will be done.
How to Use Janitor AI for Free
You can basically sign up and use the features of the platform for free.
When you sign up for Janitor AI, you use the JanitorLLM by default, which is provided free of charge by the platform. You don’t have to pay for anything as Janitor AI offers all its features for free.
If you try to change the API key in the conversations, you will need a paid plan from Open AI and Claude to request the API key.
How to Use Janitor AI without API
To use Janitor AI without API, you do not need to do anything as it does not use any other platform API by default. The platform itself is integrated into its JanitorLLM for natural language processing for all data entered by users.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How to get API key for Janitor AI?
You can obtain the API key in the API area of Open AI or Claude.
What is API in Janitor AI?
An API is basically a set of programming code that lets you transfer data between different software products.
Do you have to pay for Janitor AI?
No, you don’t have to pay for Janitor AI because anyone can use Janitor AI for free.
