Questions, answered
What Calliope does, what it deliberately won't, and how it stays out of your way.
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Does Calliope write my prose for me? +
- No — and that's the point. Calliope never generates, drafts, expands, or rewrites your prose. It's an AI companion that researches beside you, checks your story for consistency, and helps you think through the work. The words on the page are always yours.
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How is Calliope different from just using ChatGPT or Claude? +
- Calliope is AI inside a real, distraction-free editor, with your story's canon as context — and it deliberately won't write the scene for you. ChatGPT and Claude will happily ghostwrite; Calliope is built to help you think, not type. You can even connect your own ChatGPT or Claude to Calliope over MCP.
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If it doesn't write, what does the AI actually do? +
- It researches without making you leave the page, holds your canon (characters, facts, timeline), flags where your own writing drifts from that canon, and talks a scene through with you. Augmentation, not generation.
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How does consistency checking work? +
- Calliope builds a canon from your own text — characters and their aliases, locations, established facts — and flags where your prose drifts from it: a renamed character, a broken timeline, a fact you contradicted. You decide what's canon; nothing is changed behind your back.
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Is my writing private? +
- Your writing is kept on your device by default and isn't saved until you sign in to keep it. We're an augmentation tool, not a training pipeline.
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How much does Calliope cost? +
- Writing in the editor is free. AI actions run either on credits you buy (pay only for what you use) or on your own ChatGPT/Claude via a flat monthly subscription if you'd rather bring your own AI. Final prices are being set — see the pricing page.
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Can I use my own ChatGPT or Claude? +
- Yes. Connect your own model to Calliope over MCP with a flat monthly subscription — one clean fee, no per-token billing and no API wiring. Otherwise, buy credits and the AI actions run on Calliope's built-in AI.
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Can I export a finished manuscript? +
- Yes. Calliope exports a properly formatted manuscript in standard book sizes — mass-market, trade, and hardcover — with page-count estimates.
The writing is yours. Keep it that way.
Calliope is the AI companion for writers who want help thinking — not typing.
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