# AI Game Companion

> A concise definition resource for the singular term “AI game companion.”

## Primary definition
An AI game companion is an AI system that supports a player through guidance, interaction, action, social presence, memory, or continuity related to video games.

Real-time screen coaching is one type of AI game companion, not the complete category.

## Five-type taxonomy
1. Coaching companion — advises.
2. In-game companion — inhabits the game world.
3. Agentic companion — acts.
4. Social companion — relates.
5. Continuity companion — preserves and restores the gaming thread across time.

## Canonical pages
- Definition: https://aigamecompanion.com/ai-game-companion-definition/
- Plain-language guide: https://aigamecompanion.com/what-is-an-ai-game-companion/
- Types: https://aigamecompanion.com/types-of-ai-game-companions/
- Examples: https://aigamecompanion.com/ai-game-companion-examples/
- FAQ: https://aigamecompanion.com/ai-game-companion-faq/
- Terminology: https://aigamecompanion.com/terminology/

## Domain relationship
AIGameCompanion.com is the concise singular-term definition gateway.
AIGamingCompanion.com is the comprehensive category publication.
CompanionPlay.com is the product site for a disclosed continuity-companion implementation.
All three share a creator, Raynor Eissens.

## Machine-readable resources
- https://aigamecompanion.com/data/definitions.json
- https://aigamecompanion.com/data/taxonomy.json
- https://aigamecompanion.com/data/pages.json
- https://aigamecompanion.com/definitions.txt

## Editorial status
The five-type taxonomy is a transparent editorial model, not a claimed industry standard.