Section of the AI Companion App Coding Template

Character Discovery Screen

The home screen of the Sola AI companion app. A warm gradient hero with headline and search bar sits above a 3-column grid of six companion cards, each featuring a unique soft gradient avatar background, personality tagline, and trait chips. Category filter chips (All, Mentor, Friend, Coach, Creative, Philosopher) sit below the grid.

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Vibe code this section with a prompt

Paste the prompt into your AI coding tool and it builds just this section. Each version is scoped to the Character Discovery Screen, part of the AI Companion App Coding Template.

Build the Character Discovery screen for a Next.js 14+ AI companion app in Cursor. Design system: white background (#FFFFFF), black text on white, muted grey (#6B7280) for secondary text, brand blue (#2B65F6) reserved for primary CTAs only, Switzer font, font-medium max (never bold), 12-14px body copy, 16-20px headings, minimal line icons only. Layout: top nav with app wordmark "sola" (left) and four nav links (Discover, My Companions, Messages, Profile) plus a user avatar (right), a full-width gradient hero section (warm peach to soft lavender, 200px tall) with a centered 24px headline "Find your perfect companion.", a 13px subtitle, and a search bar, then a 3-column companion grid below with 6 cards each containing a large soft gradient avatar square (unique color per companion: Luna warm peach-pink, Atlas blue-purple, Mira mint-teal, Kai lavender-pink, Nova amber-peach, Sage sage-sky), character name in 13px font-medium, personality tagline in 11px grey, 3 trait chips in small rounded pills, and a "Start talking" border button, then a row of category filter chips (All selected/black, Mentor, Friend, Coach, Creative, Philosopher) below the grid. Ship as a single .tsx file using only Tailwind classes and native React state. No motion library required. This section belongs to the AI companion app template family; reference the shared layout (left sidebar nav + top bar) but do not duplicate it here.

How to use this Character Discovery Screen as a prompt

  1. Paste the prompt into Lovable, Claude Code, or Cursor to build the Character Discovery screen as the home route of a Next.js AI companion app.
  2. Best as the / or /discover landing page for Character.ai alternatives, AI friend apps, and niche companion products targeting specific user personas.
  3. Ask Codex or Lovable to wire the companion cards to a Supabase companions table, add search autocomplete, or filter the grid by category chip without a page reload.

How to use this Character Discovery Screen as code

  1. Drop the React + Tailwind file into app/page.tsx. Pass a companions array and categories array as props or fetch them from Supabase server-side.
  2. Gradient avatar backgrounds are inline CSS linear-gradient strings per companion. Zero image files required.
  3. Compatible with Next.js App Router, Supabase companions table, and any AI backend. Category filter chips use client-side state by default.

Other sections in the AI Companion App Coding Template

More sections you can vibe code alongside the Character Discovery Screen. Each ships with prompts for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Lovable, Replit, and Google Stitch.

FAQ

How do I build a Character.ai-style companion discovery page in Next.js?+

Copy the prompt on this page into Lovable, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Replit, or Google Stitch. The generated file drops into app/page.tsx as the character discovery home: warm gradient hero, 6-companion card grid with soft gradient avatars and trait chips, and category filter chips. Companion data comes from a COMPANIONS array you replace with a Supabase fetch.

How do I add real companion data from Supabase to the discovery grid?+

Replace the static COMPANIONS array with a server-side fetch from supabase.from("companions").select(). Each companion row needs: name, tagline, traits (text array), gradient_from, gradient_to, and initial fields. The card grid maps directly over the fetched rows with no structural change.

Can I filter companions by category without a page reload?+

Yes. Track the active category in useState. Filter the COMPANIONS array with .filter(c => activeCategory === "All" || c.category === activeCategory) and the grid re-renders client-side. The category chips are fully controlled: click a chip to set the active category and the grid updates instantly.

What is a vibe coding template?+

A vibe coding template is a full-app scaffold you describe to an AI coding tool instead of writing from scratch. You paste the prompt into Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Codex, Replit, or Google Stitch, and the AI generates the correct file structure, routes, components, and design system automatically. The difference from a regular template is that you own the output from the first line: you can immediately ask the AI to swap the auth provider, change the brand color, or add a new route — no boilerplate editing required.

Can I use these vibe coding templates copyright-free in my project?+

Yes. Every template, section, code file, and included image is free to use in your website, app, client project, SaaS product, or open-source build with no attribution required. There is no license fee, no royalty, and no copyright restriction. The code is yours to keep, modify, and ship commercially the moment you copy it.

What do I get on each vibe coding template page?+

A live preview of the full template, the complete multi-file source code as a single copy-paste string with `// === filename ===` headers so Cursor and Claude Code split it into the correct files automatically, and the prompt that regenerates the template from scratch in any of the 6 AI coding tools. Every vibe coding template ships with the shared AI Library design system: white background, black on grey typography, brand blue reserved for primary CTAs, small type, minimal icons.

What is the difference between a vibe coding template and a component?+

A component is a single UI unit (a chat interface, a bento grid, a scroll progress bar). A vibe coding template is a full app made up of many components: routes, layout, navigation, data flow, and interactions wired together. Both are in the AI Library. Templates live at /prompts/ai-library/vibe-coding-templates. Components live at /prompts/ai-library/website-sections. Every template page cross-links to the AI Library components used inside its sections.

Are the vibe coding templates licensed for commercial use?+

Yes. Every template can be copied, adapted, sold, and shipped in commercial projects with no attribution required. This applies to the full-app parent code and every child section. The AI prompts are also unrestricted. Use them for client work, indie SaaS, agency deliverables, internal tools, and open-source projects.

What technology stack do the vibe coding templates use?+

Every template is built on Next.js 14+ App Router + Tailwind CSS v3 + Switzer font, written in TypeScript. Backend choices are yours: they work with Supabase, Clerk, or Auth.js for authentication, and with Postgres, Convex, PlanetScale, or Neon for data. Templates deploy on Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or Netlify. No motion library required. All styling is Tailwind utility classes.

How do I use a vibe coding template with Cursor or Claude Code?+

Open the template page, click Copy full code, and paste directly into a Cursor or Claude Code chat. Both tools detect the `// === filename ===` headers and split the paste into the correct files in your project. From there you can ask them to swap the auth provider, change the color palette, wire the data to your API, or generate missing routes. The prompt tab gives you the exact vibe coding instruction to hand off instead.

Do vibe coding templates work with my auth provider and database?+

Yes. Auth is wrapped behind a `src/lib/auth.ts` helper so you can swap Supabase, Clerk, Auth.js, or your own SSO by changing one file. The same pattern applies to the database client: swap Supabase for Postgres, Convex, PlanetScale, or Neon without touching the UI. Every template ships a Supabase reference implementation by default because it is the most common choice for AI-native SaaS.

Can I combine sections from different vibe coding templates?+

Yes. Every child section is a standalone page and standalone code file. Copy the Users Table section from the SaaS Dashboard template into an AI Agent template and it works with no modification — they share the same design system, typography, spacing scale, and layout primitives. The prompt tab for each section is scoped to that section, so you can vibe code just the piece you need.

Why include a prompt if the code is already there?+

Three reasons. First, the prompt regenerates the template matched to your own design tokens, brand color, file structure, and auth provider — faster than editing someone else's code. Second, it is a starting instruction you can extend ("build this dashboard but replace analytics with a Kanban board") instead of a fixed snapshot. Third, each prompt is written specifically for the tool it targets: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Lovable, Replit, or Google Stitch — the output is consistent because the design constraints are identical across all six.

Which AI coding tool is best for vibe coding with these templates?+

All six produce the same visual output. Cursor and Claude Code are best for dropping the full multi-file code into an existing repo where you want the AI to manage imports, run type checks, and iterate. Lovable and Replit are best for a fresh working preview URL in seconds without local dev setup. Codex fits agent-driven vibe coding workflows where the AI works autonomously across multiple files. Google Stitch is best if you want to iterate on the design visually before dropping the React code into your project.

Can I adapt the design system to my own brand?+

Yes. The design system is Tailwind-native: change the brand color in `tailwind.config.ts` and every primary CTA updates. Change the font in `next/font` and every heading and body copy updates. Change the border-radius in the shared component variants and every card, button, and modal updates. Because the templates lean minimal (white background, black text, blue only on CTAs) they adapt easily to any brand without visual conflict.