In every helping profession - coaching, healthcare, supervision, financial advising, education - there are conversations that require care, clarity, and presence. Some are routine; others are delicate. You may be preparing to navigate resistance, deliver feedback, address heightened emotions, support a client through uncertainty, or guide someone through change.
In the Roleplay Setup space you can choose the type of practice you want, shape the scenario, and begin a guided simulation with your AI agent.
This article walks you through what each option means and how to use it effectively.
1. Choosing the type of practice
First you can select how you want the roleplay to unfold. Each option serves a different stage of reflective practice.
a) Practice the Skill
This mode places you in the central role.
You take the seat you would hold in real life - coach, clinician, advisor, supervisor - and the AI agent responds as the other person in the scenario.
You learn by doing.
b) Watch the AI demonstrate
This mode is observational.
The AI agent demonstrates the skill within a realistic scenario so you can watch the application of professional communication in context.
You learn by seeing.
C) Choose Your Mode (Voice or Text)
You can choose if you would like to type your conversation while communicating with our AI agent or to use your voice.
2. Select your AI conversation partner persona
Select the character type you want to interact with. Each is designed to test a specific communication skill:
The Contrarian: Challenges every premise. Goal: Practice staying grounded and using logic vs. emotion.
The Taskmaster: Hyper-focused on results/time; ignores feelings. Goal: Practice boundary setting and "managing up."
The Sensitive Underperformer: Defensive and easily hurt by feedback. Goal: Practice radical candor mixed with empathy.
The Wallflower: Passive and non-communicative. Goal: Practice drawing people out and inclusive leadership.
3. Creating or choosing a scenario
Scenario defines the relationship, context, challenges, and goals of the conversation you want to practice.
You have two paths:
a) Describe the scenario
Describe a scenario is ideal when you have a real or realistic conversation you want to explore.
You might describe:
A client who has become disengaged
A patient struggling to follow a care plan
An employee needing feedback
A colleague resisting collaboration
A family or financial client feeling anxious or overwhelmed
Write as much or as little as you like. Even brief descriptions will generate a meaningful simulation, but more detail helps the AI agent behave with greater realism.
Experienced practitioners often use this option to rework a conversation that didn’t go as planned - or to prepare for one that feels high-stakes.
b) Choose your roleplay scenario
If you want to practice but don’t have a specific situation in mind, you can select your scenario from already generated scenarios.
These scenarios:
Are tailored to the specific skill you are developing
Include enough detail to feel authentic, not generic
Clearly identify your role and the AI partner’s role
Reflect professional situations relevant to coaching, care, guidance, or advisory work
Once you have created your scenario, you can get familiar with the backstory of your roleplay and your mission.
The human names to your AI agents are randomized as this small detail serves an important purpose:
It helps the simulation feel like a real interaction with a person - not an abstract exercise.
Your clients, patients, or colleagues all bring their own humanity into the room. Using a realistic name reinforces the relational quality of the roleplay and anchors you in the interpersonal dynamics you are practicing.
Names rotate for each new roleplay to keep the experience fresh and immersive.
4. Start the simulation
Once everything is set:
Click Start
The roleplay begins immediately
You interact as you would in a real conversation - speaking or typing
The AI agent responds in turn, with the personality and context defined by the scenario
Afterward, you can review, reflect, and continue practicing as needed