How hiring a persona works

Every creator on Staraze has a licensed AI version of themselves. You can chat with it on the site (a monthly subscription), add it to Claude on your desktop, or plug it into your own tools (pay-as-you-go from a prepaid wallet).

The short version

Create an account

Sign up as a follower. To just chat, that's all you need. To use a persona inside Claude or your own code, add funds to your wallet too.

Open a persona

Go to any creator's page. You can start chatting straight away (free preview, then a subscription). If the creator has turned on outside access, you'll also see a Generate key button for Claude / API use.

Pick how you want to use it

Two ways, depending on what you need: chat on the site (a monthly subscription the creator sets), or use the persona outside the site — in Claude Desktop or your own tools — which is billed per use from your wallet.

Chat = subscription · outside use = pay-as-you-go

On-site chat is a flat monthly plan. Claude/API use draws from your prepaid wallet a fraction of a cent at a time — you only pay for what you use, and never more than you've added.

Option 1 — Just chat (no setup)

The simplest way. Open the persona and type. Most creators give a short free preview, then offer a monthly subscription plan (they set the price and how many messages it includes). Subscribe once and chat all month — no per-message billing.

Option 2 — Use it inside Claude (no code)

If you use Claude Desktop, you can talk to the persona without leaving your chat. Generate a key on the persona's page, then open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config and paste:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "staraze": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "staraze-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STARAZE_API_KEY": "pk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude. Now you can say things like “ask the persona how to price my product” and Claude will use it. It works the same way in any app that supports MCP (the Model Context Protocol) — Claude, and a growing list of other AI chat apps.

Option 3 — Plug it into your own tools (API)

For developers: the persona is exposed as an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. If your code already calls ChatGPT, you change two lines — the base URL and the key — and it talks to the persona instead. Full details, code samples, and pricing are in the Hire API docs.

What it costs

On-site chat is a flat monthly subscription:

The creator sets the price and how many messages the plan includes.
You pay once a month and chat within that allowance — no per-message charge.
Most creators offer a short free preview before you subscribe.

Claude / API use is pay-as-you-go from your prepaid wallet:

Billed per token — $5 per million input, $15 per million output. A normal reply is a couple of cents.
You spend only what you've added — when the balance hits $0, usage pauses until you top up.
Part of every charge goes to the creator whose persona you're using.

Good to know

Replies are AI-generated by a licensed persona of a real person, and are always disclosed as AI.
You can revoke a key any time from the persona's page — it stops working instantly.
The creator's training data and knowledge never leave Staraze; you get replies only.
Creators decide whether to allow outside (Claude/API) access — some offer chat only.

Ready to start?

Add funds to your wallet, then open a persona and say hi.

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