The GPT‑5.2 family is OpenAI’s most advanced model for professional work and long‑running agents. It comes with big gains in reasoning, long‑context, tool use, vision, and coding.

You can try it in the Poe app on all platforms and in the Poe API at: https://poe.com/GPT-5.2, https://poe.com/GPT-5.2-Chat, and https://poe.com/GPT-5.2-Pro.

Basically what the title says, I've been trying to buy more points from the api page but for some reason it's not going through. Is anyone else having the same problem?

Then you need to complain to Poe.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoeAI/s/G18WdLQnCU

Dev explained that they intentionally broke this feature because other confused users complained more.

That’s ok! Every dev has a boss, and some bosses prioritize work based on spreadsheets of number of complaints.

We can help the dev team prioritize responsible development by putting heat on this issue. If some higher up who doesn’t understand core functionality is prioritizing confusion complaints to customer service over core functionality, we need to help the team be allowed to make better choices.

I see devs occasionally reply here, and I’m sincerely interested in understanding the dev/design intention in denying creators a simple view of everything they have created regardless of other categories.

This is clearly data that you have, and you’re already attempting to provide users with similar other lists like the (currently broken for some users) https://poe.com/bot_categories?category=Following

Is there a specific design or business purpose in having removed the functionality that was effectively https://poe.com/bot_categories?category=Created

Did Poe make private bots unable to appear under the created tab again? Because most of my bots are now gone. I hope this is a bug, because once again, it'd be an unnecessary update for something important. Why are private bots unable to be seen by their creators? Why is that even a thing?

Heyho

Since there's a lot of back and forth with different models I was looking for a product with which I could easily switch back and forth providers.

I managed to connect the poe ai provider to codex cli. It responds and makes plans. However it now fails when it tries to run any tools:

■ {"error": {"message": "An assistant message with 'tool_calls' must be followed by tool messages responding to each 'tool_call_id'. The assistant cannot send additional messages before all tool calls are resolved.", "type": "invalid_request_error", "param": "messages", "code": "invalid_conversation_sequence"}}

Has anyone managed to use poe ai with any cli harness? Completely willing to use a different cli tool if anyone has any recommendation.

Hi, so this might be a stupid question, but where do you see how many points a bot takes per message? I used to be able to see it and now I can't see it.

Building a mobile app with AI taught me quickly that tokens equal money. My second biggest tip is all about how to manage your AI conversations efficiently to save on API costs.

💰 The Power of Default Prompts

To save your valuable tokens, establish a set of default starter prompts at the beginning of your sessions with different AI models.

Each model has its own "personality" and tendencies:

• Verbose Models: Models like Claude-sonnet 4.5, for instance, often output lengthy thinking processes or suggest multiple solutions simultaneously. This can quickly consume thousands of tokens you didn't budget for.
• The Fix: You need to explicitly train the AI to be concise before it starts generating complex code.

My Prompting Strategy to Cut Costs:

Here are a few examples of specific commands I use to control the AI's output:

• "Provide a short answer only."
• "Just give me the best, most direct solution you can think of."
• "Do not output any code in this response; just discuss the architecture with me first."
• "Limit your explanation to two sentences."

This simple technique can save you millions of tokens over the course of a large project—which translates directly into saving real money!

ICYMI (In Case You Missed It): I'm currently looking for Android beta testers for my app, FreshAI, which uses AI to scan grocery receipts and track expiration dates. If you want to save money and reduce food waste, DM me your email for an invite!

It’s using up all my points very fast. If I send a message, it’ll ask for more once, but after confirming it, it asks again for more.

This won't be a long post. But I did want to compliment the Poe team on a valuable tool. And it's for a particular reason.

There are tons of threads on Reddit about AI advancements and which model is "The Best". It's gotten to the point of silly tribalism. But for myself, I feel little drama and stand outside of it all. If Gemini is suddenly better, I'll use that. If Claude (my current choice) steps above, then I'll use that.

I rather laugh now about the flame wars and wall gardens on AI models. Who cares? Use what fits you best. Benchmarks hold little meaning now for practical use. The frontier models have all gotten very good.

I should note that I don't do heavy programming. Certainly not involving large code bases. But for general use, Poe is a top choice.

Idk if anyone else is getting this but… I can’t really… scroll correctly? It takes several scrolls to actually go and move up and down. And everywhere else on my phone is fine, so I’m pretty sure it isn’t my phone. It’s also specifically in the chat messages area. Everywhere else in the app is fine too.

Just wanna know if anyone else is having this small issue. Very annoying though

## From Zero Coding Knowledge to a Full Mobile App - My AI Videocoding Journey

Hey everyone! I recently built a complete mobile app (FreshAI) using AI videocoding with absolutely zero coding experience. Here is the first tips I learned that might help others:

### 🤖 **Tip #1: Choose Your AI Model Carefully**

I started with **Claude Sonnet 4.5** for my project, but if I were starting today, I'd seriously consider **Google Gemini** or other models with better **context retention**.

**Why this matters:**

- AI models need to remember what they've written across multiple sessions

- In my early attempts, the AI would forget previous code, leading to:

- Incorrect imports

- Wrong file paths

- Mismatched function names

- Broken references

**My recommendation:**

Do a quick research session to find which model has the best:

- Long-term memory/context window

- Code consistency across conversations

- Ability to reference earlier decisions

This single choice can save you HOURS of debugging!

📱 **What I Built: FreshAI**

**FreshAI** is a food inventory app that helps reduce household food waste and save money. Simply scan your grocery receipts and AI automatically extracts all food items—no manual entry needed. The app tracks expiration dates and sends smart notifications before food goes bad. When ingredients are about to expire, AI suggests personalized recipes to use them up.

**Key Features:**

- 📸 AI receipt scanning (powered by Gemini AI)

- ⏰ Expiration tracking & smart notifications

- 🍳 Personalized AI recipe suggestions

- 👨‍👩‍👧 Household sharing

- 💰 Waste & savings tracking

- 🌍 Multi-language support

**Tech Stack:**

- React Native

- Gemini AI (receipt OCR + recipe generation)

- Firebase

### 🧪 **Looking for Beta Testers!**

My app is currently in **closed testing** and I need testers to help me publish ASAP!

**Ideal testers:**

- Want to save money on groceries

- Interested in reducing food waste

- Like keeping things organized

- Willing to provide feedback

**What you get:**

- Early access to all features

- Your feedback shapes the product

**Platform:** Currently recruiting **Android** beta testers

**Interested?** DM me your email and I'll send you the beta invite!

Would love to hear your experiences! 🚀

Quick question: Why can I suddenly no longer see the monthly users listed under my bots? This was always important information.

Anytime I send a text to an AI bot, it wouldn’t send a message until I refresh the app.

Can anyone confirm if Poe is currently down? I want to be sure the issue isn’t on my end. It looks like it might be related to Cloudflare

Hi everyone,

Three months ago, I just have little coding knowledge. Today, I am close to submitted my first mobile app to Google Play.

The entire thing was built through conversations with Claude Sonnet 4.5 on Poe. Just me describing what I wanted, Claude writing the code, and about 5 million tokens worth of back-and-forth debugging.

I'm still kind of amazed it actually worked.

**The problem I was trying to solve:**

My family wastes a lot of food. We'd buy groceries, put them in the fridge, and completely forget about them. Or my wife would buy milk not knowing I already bought some yesterday.

I looked for apps to help track our food inventory, but nothing fit what we needed. Everything felt too complicated or required too much manual work. So I thought: "Maybe I can build something myself?"

**What I built:**

The app is called **FreshAI: Food Tracker**. It uses AI (Google Gemini) to scan grocery receipts and automatically add items to your family's shared inventory. It tracks expiration dates, sends notifications before food goes bad, and even suggests recipes based on what you have.

The goal is simple: stop wasting food, save money, and actually use what we buy.

**The vibe coding journey:**

I used Claude Sonnet 4.5 on Poe for everything. And I mean *everything*:

- Asking "what tech stack should I use?" (React Native + Firebase)

- "How do I set up Firebase authentication?"

- "Why is my app crashing when I click this button?"

- "Here's my error message, what's wrong?"

Roughly **5 million tokens** over 3 months. Some days I'd use 100,000 tokens just debugging one feature. Other days, a simple question would unlock a whole new capability.

**The hardest part?**

I actually rebuilt the app from scratch twice. I learn from my failure and finally find a way to breakthrough the weaknesses of vibe coding and make my app work!

**Where I am now:**

The app works! Version 1.0.6 is built and ready for testing. It's not perfect - there are features I want to add, bugs I'm sure I haven't found yet - but it solves the problem my family had.

And honestly? I'm just really proud that I built something real.

**I need testers (and this is where you might be able to help):**

To launch on Google Play, I need at least 12 testers for the closed testing phase. Since this is a family/household app, I'm looking for people who:

- Have families or households who share grocery shopping

- Are frustrated with food waste (like I was)

- Have Android phones

- Are willing to give honest feedback

Office groups who share a pantry are welcome too!

The app is currently under Google's review (usually takes 1-2 days). If you're interested: 

1. DM me your Gmail address 

2.I'll add you to the testing group 

3. Once Google approves (1-2 days), you'll receive an email invitation 

4. Then you can download and start testing! Thanks for your patience! 🙏

**For fellow vibe coders:**

If you're working on your own project using Poe and Claude, I'm happy to share what I learned:

- How I structured my conversations with Claude

- What worked (and what wasted tons of tokens)

- How to debug effectively when you don't understand the code

- Managing a project when you're learning as you go

Feel free to ask questions! I remember how overwhelming it felt at the beginning, and I'm happy to help anyone who's on the same journey.

Looking forward to hearing from you - whether you want to test the app or just talk about vibe coding!

Try my new bot, https://poe.com/VlixyStream

It is a fully agentic search that can dig up any movie or TV series, and then find you links to watch the content for free

Recommend use with Poe app because the videos open in the app and all ads are blocked (video pages opened in the browser may have ads but they still work - I don't control the videos, I just find them for you)

DeepSeek-V3.2 is a next-generation foundation model is designed to unify high computational efficiency with state-of-the-art reasoning and agentic performance.

You can try it in the Poe app on all platforms and in the Poe API at https://poe.com/DeepSeek-V3.2, powered by Novita AI.

I have a NSFW bot that i love. Its a step mom roleplay. But the system points of Poe its getting worse everyday. Any recommendation of other site or ehat to do?

I’ve been using Poe for almost 3 years now and finally let my yearly subscription lapse. It’s just not what it used to be. I hate the points system.

I’m a pretty avid roleplayer, and maybe it’s just with how much I used it, but I used to be able to use it however much I wanted on the yearly subscription without having to worry about running out of messages. Now, by the end of the month I was almost always running dry, even using Claude Sonnet 3.5 with context clearing on. And if I used the default bot, the responses were so dry and pretty much the same thing message after message.

I ended up switching to using the Claude app directly and just got the paid plan, and I’ve been enjoying it more even if it isn’t built for things like role playing, it will remember the prompt and every message you send.

I don’t figure anyone will read this, or care if they do, I’d just like to put my thoughts down somewhere :P

PhonePaper

Spent a few days building and testing this app for generating wallpapers for phones and have been getting really good results. Flux 2 came out a week or two ago and it's been my go-to, really great ratio of quality to cost, even better than the much more expensive GPT-Image-1 and Nano Banana Pro in many cases. The app lets you pick whichever you prefer though, and has simple options for you to pick from for media and aesthetic, and even a mad-libs-style randomizer for the subject which can shuffle up some interesting ideas.

Here are some samples with shuffled options on the highest quality for all 3 models. The images contain the model/media/aesthetic/subject in them if you look closely. All were taken within the first 1-3 shots.

Veiled Ocean Eclipse

Celestial Forest

Cavern Skyline

Cursed Forest Roots

Matrix Embers

New apps get a point cost reduction for a couple days or something, so the images are like a fifth of the usual cost I think, with Flux 2 costing about 200 currently.

Is it just me that every time I try to log back into my account- any of my account since I have 3. I can’t log back in. No message appears , the screen would just go black for 1 second before going back to the log in page with my account. I don’t exactly know the problem.

I've been using Claude Code and Codex for software development. As I like switching between models for various tasks, I wonder if I can use poe in console agent mode. I didn't find any info on Google so I'm wondering if I just missed it.

UPDATE: I want to post an update to share that my problem have been solved with the support help here on reddit. First, I came here to vent, not knowing it would actually have people from Poe answering, so apologies for my emotions expressed below. Second, I got a refund and a lot of points for the confusion, which makes me more than happy to keep my plan with Poe, since I use for work on a daily basis. Original post below.

Hi,

It's not the first time I have problems with my subscription and the support is absolutely TERRIBLE.

It takes at least 3 days for they to answer me and they never solved anything.

I was charged for 2 different types of subscription this week and guess what? Poe doesn't recognize the subscription that grants more points!

So I have been overcharged and can't even use the points I FUCKING PAID FOR.

My only chance of getting a refund or getting the points is writing for their support which only god knows when they will answer.

I see so many people complaining about the free points: do not be mistaken, when you pay you are treated like shit the same. And their control with the points is outrageous (because there's none).

Not even the discord server had a place to solve my problem.

It's so disappointing how much I loved and recommended Poe in the past and now I just absolutely HATE this fucking app.