Questions and answers

A Telegram Mini App where fans write their own versions of series, movies, anime, manga, books and games with an AI co-author, and publish them for readers.

Yes. To start, a gift: your first 3 chapters are written by our strongest AI model (Claude Opus), no sparks needed. Every day you get 20 sparks for AI actions — about 4 medium-length chapters. Reading, stars, comments and publishing are free. Pro and spark packs are for when you want to write more.

No. Selm opens inside Telegram on your phone or computer. You’re signed in through Telegram automatically, with no passwords or forms.

At least 16. Stories marked 18+ stay hidden until you turn them on in settings and confirm you’re 18 or older.

The interface is in English and Russian. You pick the language of each story, and the AI writes in it.

No. In “AI writes” mode the co-author drafts the chapter and you edit. If you love writing yourself, pick “I write” and the AI joins only when you ask.

The catalog has 52,743 series, movies, anime, manga, books and games and grows every day. If something is missing, add it yourself: a title, a year and a couple of lines.

A season of episodes, a chaptered fanfic, a single “what if” scene and a screenplay in proper formatting. You choose when you create a story.

Yes, Selm is built for phones: text saves itself and the AI works in one tap. Long chapters are easy to write on a computer in Telegram Desktop too.

Before you start, it builds a brief on the work from open sources: Wikipedia, TVmaze, Shikimori. It’s free, and the brief and its sources are visible in the app.

Anthropic (Claude) or OpenAI models, depending on the service settings; audio is made by OpenAI. They receive your story text and instructions, but not your name, username or Telegram ID. Details: How AI works in Selm.

Units for AI actions: plot ideas cost 2, an outline 3, a chapter 3–8 depending on length, an edit 1. These are base-model prices: stronger models cost more (Claude Opus ×5), and the button always shows the exact price. Free sparks refresh daily at 00:00 UTC. Purchased sparks never expire.

Yes. It can mix up details or invent too much. The canon check helps catch those spots, and the author always has the final say.

Fan fiction is a long tradition, but the rights to the original worlds and characters belong to their owners. Selm isn’t affiliated with rights holders and never presents fan versions as official. If a rights holder asks us to remove something, we review it under a clear procedure.

You do. By publishing, you let Selm show the story to readers in the service and in share cards. You can delete it any time. Details in the Terms.

Yes. A new story is a draft only you can see. When publishing you choose: only me, by link, or the feed.

A continuation of someone else’s published version. A remix copies the original chapters into your draft, and the original author is notified.

With Telegram Stars, right in the app. Pro costs 149 ⭐ and renews every 30 days until you cancel. Pro gives you 150 sparks a day — about 6 medium chapters.

In Selm’s settings or in Telegram itself: Settings → My Stars → Subscriptions. Pro stays active until the end of the paid period.

Purchases are digital and usually not refundable. If something went wrong, say sparks didn’t arrive, message support via /paysupport: if it’s our fault, we’ll return the Stars. See the refund policy.

Readers support authors with Telegram Stars. The author gets 80%, Selm keeps 20%. Earnings can be withdrawn from 1,000 ⭐: the team processes the request and pays to a TON wallet or a Telegram username.

Your Telegram profile data (ID, name, username, photo, language), your stories and your activity in the service. We can’t see your phone number or chats. See the Privacy Policy.

The database and files live on servers in the European Union (Frankfurt, Germany). Story text is sent to Anthropic or OpenAI for the AI to work.

In Selm: Settings → Delete account. Your profile is anonymised at once; stories and comments are hidden and permanently erased within 30 days.

Tap “⋯” → “Report”. The team reviews reports, and the author won’t know who reported. See the Community Rules.