For situationships, friend zones, and real relationships

Understand what is really happening between you two.

Prelude helps you read the situation, define a boundary, choose a tone, and reflect after the conversation, from the first confusing message to officially dating.

Limited subscription discount: $5/month instead of $12.

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Prelude conversation plan
"I like you, but I do not know what we are. Are we just hanging out?"
What is happening

Mixed signals plus an undefined expectation. The goal is clarity without turning the conversation into pressure.

Boundary

"I am happy to keep getting to know you, but I need to understand whether this is moving toward something real."

Gentle, direct, human. Not a ChatGPT-sounding paragraph.
Product

Built for the conversations people usually overthink alone.

Prelude is for people who want strong, true relationships, and who know that the way something is said can decide whether a conversation brings you closer or creates a new wound.

Two people in a tense romantic conversation

Understand the dynamic

Paste the context, choose the relationship type or stage, and get a clearer read on what may be happening underneath the message.

Define the boundary

Turn a vague fear into a clean sentence: what you need, what you can offer, and what you are no longer willing to keep guessing.

Reflect afterward

After the conversation, Prelude helps you notice patterns, what worked, what hurt, and what you may want to say next.

For the "what are we?" talk For anxious texting spirals For recurring fights For repair after hurt For saying the honest thing without sounding cold
Relationship examples

From almost-love to misread love.

Prelude is inspired by the kinds of relationships people keep replaying: the timing in 500 Days of Summer, the ambition and tenderness in La La Land, the quiet almostness of Past Lives, and the intensity of Call Me by Your Name.

Browser extension

Use Prelude inside the places where the conversation is actually happening.

Download the extension and use it with WhatsApp Web, Telegram, Instagram, and other social platforms. Paste the chat, choose the tone and relationship stage, and get a better output than a generic ChatGPT reply.

Prelude extension over a WhatsApp Web conversation
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Research-backed

Designed from research on AI, humans, and romantic communication.

Prelude is based on research comparing different LLMs in human-AI interaction for romantic relationship contexts. The goal is not just a prettier answer. It is an answer that understands tone, timing, boundaries, and the emotional cost of getting the conversation wrong.

First page of the Prelude research paper
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Founder

Built by Mariia, a researcher in AI and human interaction.

Mariia is building her second startup and has always been interested in psychology, especially the conversations that shape relationships with parents, partners, and ourselves. She built Prelude to help people communicate clearly and healthily without sounding like a generic AI response.

Her belief is simple: many relationship problems can be talked through without ruining the relationship, if people can find what to say and how to say it.

Join Prelude

Build a relationship where clarity does not have to sound cruel.

Start with the $5/month early subscription, download the extension, and follow Prelude on TikTok for examples, breakdowns, and relationship communication prompts.

What's going on?

1 plan
Pattern signal

Pick the one that feels closest to what you're dreading.

1 plan
Step 1 of 5

How do you want to sound?

This shapes your opening line and how your words land.

Primary tone

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Gentle
Careful, warm, easing into it
Direct
Clear, honest, no dancing around it
Vulnerable
Open, showing what's underneath

Modifiers (optional)

Warm Calm Firm Brief More honest than polished

Looks right?

Check this reflects your situation before building your plan.

When are you planning to have this conversation?
Today or tomorrow
This week
I'm not sure yet
I need to think more before deciding

Building your plan

Reading the situation…

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After the conversation

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🌸 Happy May offer

Get May Access to Prelude.

Use Prelude when a relationship message feels too important to answer casually.

What you get
  • Strategic replies for difficult conversations
  • Tone, goal, and context controls
  • Web app + Chrome extension included
  • Cancel anytime
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