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What the Clerk does

The Clerk has read your whole shelf and answers in plain words. It's one character that turns up all over Gatefold. Here's where.

How do I talk to the Clerk?

Tap the Clerk key, or a record's Kebab (3 dots) > Ask the Clerk, and ask. The conversation follows you from page to page. Open it on any page.

Full guide: Open the Clerk and keep a thread

What can the Clerk do for me?

The Clerk searches your shelf and wantlist, looks up credits, finds shows and new releases for artists you own, walks a credit chain, shelves records and builds playlists. Your playlists land on the Shelf.

Full guide: What the Clerk can do, and Clerk playlists

Can the Clerk pick what I play next?

Yes. On the Spin page, Clerk's Choice answers "What's next?" with a record off your shelf.

Full guide: Clerk's Choice

Can I change how the Clerk talks?

Yes. Pick who's working the counter and how much they swear in Kebab (3 dots) > Settings > The Clerk. The Clerk also remembers what you tell it and writes a take on each album.

Full guide: Persona, cussing, album takes and memory

What's free and what's MOSH?

Free accounts get 15 quarters a month, shared by everything that talks. One quarter buys 5 chat sessions, 5 album takes or 3 voice sessions, and voice is capped at one quarter a month. The Clerk's memory, personas, cussing dial, Forgot I owned and the Playlists tab are free. On MOSH there are no counts, the Clerk sees your whole shelf in chat instead of a rotating 500 records, and there's one tool free accounts don't get: collection value.

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