About five minutes
Begin in your own private chat.
familiar remembers the stories, photos, voices, and small details you send. Each person has a separate space. A family connection is for private questions and chosen shares—it is never a key to your archive.
Open familiar in Telegram ↗First steps
From hello to your first answer.
- 01
Open your private bot chat
Tap Open bot, then Start. familiar works one-to-one and will not run inside a family group chat.
/start - 02
Let familiar get to know you
Tap Tell my story. familiar follows your language and pace, gently asking about home and one early memory. You can stop whenever you like.
Tell my story - 03
Show—and tell—a photo
Send a family photo. Then reply to familiar’s prompt by typing or holding the microphone. Your own description stays attached to that photo memory.
Photo → reply with voice or text - 04
Ask in your own words
Ask a question naturally. familiar answers from your own archive, so your answer belongs to your memories.
/ask What did Granddad do before sunrise? - 05
Connect your Google dashboard
Tap Connect Google in the welcome message, or send /auth. Open the one-use link, sign in with Google, check the Telegram name, and confirm.
/auth
Family, with boundaries
Invite a person. Share a memory only when you choose.
Connect Granddad
Send /invite Granddad, then privately send him the one-use link.
Ask a question
/prompt Granddad | What did you do today? arrives as a clear message from you, delivered by familiar.
Choose one story
/memory #1 lets you keep it for your own answers, make it archive only, or share it with Granddad alone.
“Connected” does not mean “shared.” Granddad sees only a question you send, a reply he chooses to send, or a memory you choose and confirm.
What Granddad sees
A message that sounds human—and stays honest.
“What did you do today?”
Reply directly with text or a voice note. familiar will show a preview before anything is shared with Mei.
Keep nearby
The commands you will use most.
/recent- See your latest saved memories and their numbers.
/memory #1- Choose whether one memory helps answer your questions and exactly who may see it.
/family- See the relatives you have connected.
/shared- See memories relatives deliberately shared with you.
/unshare #1 | Granddad- Remove one memory from Granddad's future shared list.
/privacy- Read the short privacy explanation inside Telegram.
/help- Bring back the complete command list.
Ready when you are