Web API

AI characters for any stack

Custom engine, browser game, mobile app or backend service: call the same characters you design in Neocortex over a simple REST API.

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Unity, Unreal, Godot and Web API

Cora, the Neocortex AI character, waving hello

4
ways to integrate
Unity, Unreal, Godot, Web API
20+
languages
set per character
10 s
to clone a voice
or design one from text
€0
to start
free plan and editor testing

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From zero to a talking character in Web API

1
Design your character
Build and test it in the visual editor.
2
Create an API key
Generate a key in the dashboard and keep it on your server.
3
Send a message
POST to the chat endpoint with your character and the player's message, and read the reply.

Requirements

Any language that can make HTTPS requests
A free Neocortex account and API key

Read the Web API docs

What you get

Built for Web API developers

Chat

Send a message and get the character's reply with context.

Streaming TTS

Speech streamed as it is generated.

Speech-to-text

Transcribe player audio in the character's language.

Sessions

Session IDs and paged history keep conversations going.

Actions and emotions

Replies carry actions and emotion tags for your game logic.

Any engine

Custom engines, web, mobile and backend services.

How it works

Characters you design, not prompts you babysit

Personality, emotion, knowledge and world are nodes you connect, not prompts you rewrite.
Intents and actions turn what a player says into something your game does.
Test every character in the browser for free before it reaches your engine.

The Neocortex visual character editor with emotion, personality, language, voice, knowledge, intent and action nodes — A bartender character in the Neocortex editor.

What Our Customers Say

Discover what creators are saying about building with Neocortex.

After trying several Smart NPC providers, I came across Neocortex while looking for a stateful conversational AI solution for our Virtual Education platform. Neocortex stood out and topped all our key considerations.

Vallikat Peethamber

Managing Director

Neocortex opened scalable solutions for our VR platform, letting us create scenarios that make training more immersive. Keeping AI agents within clear boundaries is hard, but Neocortex handles it very well and makes customization easy.

Ottó Farkas

IT Specialist / Project Manager

In classroom practice, Neocortex and its action-based mechanism provide students with an out-of-the-box way to bridge conversational agents into software and hardware-based interaction design workflows.

Hongming Li

Lecturer / Instructor

I found out about Neocortex while I was working on my final-year project, and the platform's ease of integration and accessibility enabled me to seamlessly implement smart NPCs in my application. Highly recommend it!

Angela Pellillo

Backend Developer

Neocortex was the first step in bringing LLM-powered NPCs into a real Unity3D prototype, fast-tracking development and growing my TikTok account from 0 to 4000 followers within a month!

Brandan Chen

Associate Game Producer

Vallikat Peethamber

Managing Director

Ottó Farkas

IT Specialist / Project Manager

Hongming Li

Lecturer / Instructor

Angela Pellillo

Backend Developer

Neocortex was the first step in bringing LLM-powered NPCs into a real Unity3D prototype, fast-tracking development and growing my TikTok account from 0 to 4000 followers within a month!

Brandan Chen

Associate Game Producer

Proven at the Supercell Global AI Game Hackathon

Neocortex powered all three top games in a category, plus the winner of a second category.

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FAQ

Neocortex for Web API: common questions

What can I build with the Neocortex Web API?

AI NPCs in custom engines or browser games, chat companions in web and mobile apps, and backend services that coordinate AI characters.

How do I authenticate?

Send your API key in the x-api-key header. Keep keys on your server, never in a shipped client.

Does the API support voice?

Yes. The API includes streaming text-to-speech and speech-to-text.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. Neocortex has a free plan with monthly credits.

Comparing tools?

How Neocortex compares for Web API teams

ElevenLabs Agents alternative

ElevenLabs Agents is a superb voice pipeline for web, mobile and phone. Games need more: an engine SDK, characters that act, and costs that do not grow with every minute of play.

Hume EVI alternative

Hume's documentation says its EVI and TTS APIs are being sunset on November 13, 2026, with account data deleted afterwards. Neocortex gives your characters a new home with voice in and out.

Inworld AI alternative

Inworld moved its focus to voice and inference for consumer apps and retired Character Studio. Neocortex keeps character design visual, game-first and in your engine.

Get an API key and make your first call

Free plan, no credit card. Build a character in the browser and talk to it in minutes.