How to Uplevel Your Stream Elements Commands: Advanced Examples and Customizations

StreamElements is a powerful tool for Twitch streamers, offering a variety of features to enhance chat engagement. But let’s be real—its documentation is like finding your way through a maze blindfolded. While there’s a lot of potential hidden under the hood, figuring out what’s actually possible takes some trial and error.

So, I did the hard part for you! Below are three powerful ways you can upgrade your StreamElements commands, complete with working examples.

🤖 1. AI-Powered Chatbot Commands

StreamElements now has a built-in AI variable, making it easier than ever to create dynamic, interactive chatbot responses without needing an external API. You can customize commands to generate responses based on context, user input, or even roleplay scenarios.

How to Use the AI Variable

To use AI in your commands, simply format it like this:

Replace *your_query_here* with the text you want the AI to respond to.

So a simple way to use this command is by having AI answer a question. So you would set up the command like this:

So now when you type !ai tell me a dad joke, AI will respond with a dad joke (note: they aren’t always that great)

Now here’s the fun part: You can tell it HOW you want it to respond like… for instance… a pirate! So this is how you might want to write the AI command:

🔢 2. Count Variable Commands

Ever wanted to track how many times something happens on stream? StreamElements has a built-in count system, but it’s not always obvious how to use it.

Example: Hug Counter

Let’s say your chat wants to keep track of how many times a hug was given in the chat. Here’s how you can set up a simple counter command:

🔢 2. User-Specific Count Variable Commands

Ever wanted to track how many times a specific viewer does something? Now you can! The following two examples shows you how to create a counter for the sender of the command, and also for the viewer who the command was targeted to.

Example: Giving Hugs

This specific count variable will count how many hugs the sender has given out.

Example: Getting Hugs

This specific count variable will count how many hugs the target has received hugs.

Example: Combining all the hugs

This example will combine all the counters for the hugs.

3. My AI command

This is the starting point for most of my AI commands. Since I want the AI to respond like a sassy, witty, best friend who uses emotes and describes actions using astrisks (like *leans in and whispers*), that’s how I start the command so that AI knows the manner in which to respond. Then I instruct it to ‘Tell chat that…’ and then I just replace XXX with whatever I want chat to know. This could be my streaming schedule, to follow me on instagram, to get tickets to my next show, etc.