Start Here: How to Use Meta Muse, a Beginner Tutorial

To use Meta Muse, sign in to the Muse app, muse.ai or WhatsApp with a Meta account, set permissions to "Always ask", connect one app such as Gmail, and give it a small errand with a clear finish line. Muse works in its own cloud computer, asks before it sends email or spends money, and reports back when it's done.

This page is the beginner tutorial for the personal agent, followed by a tour of this site: an independent, hand-sorted catalog of more than 1,000 real things people have built or done with Muse, each linked to its public source. Muse is young and changes weekly, so dates are given where they matter.

What you need before you start

• Location and age. Muse is available in the US and, since September 18, Canada. You must be 18 or the age of majority where you live. The region is checked on your account, so a VPN doesn't get you in. Elsewhere, read using Meta Muse outside the US.
• A Meta account. You can create one with Facebook, Instagram, or just an email address or phone number (Meta help). You don't need a Facebook profile.
• A device. iOS, Android, the web at muse.ai, WhatsApp, or Muse for Mac. One account and one token allowance cover all of them.
• Nothing to pay, at first. The Free tier is usage-limited, and paid plans start at $20 a month. See Meta Muse pricing.

How to use Meta Muse, step by step

1. Sign in and name your agent. Open the app or muse.ai and sign in. Engadget notes you can rename your agent and pick an avatar. You land on the Chat tab. What goes wrong: if Muse says it isn't available, the account region is outside the US or Canada.
2. Decide on training. Meta's privacy page says the setting that lets your chats improve its models is on when you first use Muse. Turn it off under Settings, Data controls, if you'd rather not contribute.
3. Set approvals to "Always ask". Under Settings, Permissions, the default is "Ask for some actions", per Engadget. Switch to "Always ask" while you learn. When Muse asks, you'll see options such as Allow once, Allow for this task, Allow for this site, Always allow and Deny (AI Agents Library). Pick Allow once for now.
4. Connect one app, read-only. Under Settings, Connectors, link Gmail or Google Calendar. Any connector can be set to read-only (Meta help). Facebook, Instagram and Threads may already be linked through Accounts Center, so check that list too. The connectors guide covers every option.
5. Give it a low-risk first task. "Search every state I've lived in for unclaimed property" is a good one. It's read-mostly and has a clear end. One user found over $800 that way in about 10 minutes. What goes wrong: vague asks like "help with my money" wander. Give a goal, what good looks like, and what not to do, the three-line briefing pattern one Reddit user shared.
6. Watch it work, then approve. Muse keeps running after you close the app. Tap into the task to see what it's doing before you approve a step. Captchas and verification codes are where it most often stops and hands back to you.
7. Find the results. Files it makes (PDFs, spreadsheets, images, podcasts) go to the Library tab. Reminders live under the Assistant icon, in Upcoming (Meta help).
8. Add a payment method only when you need one. Engadget describes a Wallet section in Settings. Purchases go through Stripe Link, which issues single-use virtual cards at stores that don't take Link (Stripe). Give buying tasks a price ceiling in the prompt.

Keep separate topics in side chats: in the Chat tab, tap the menu icon, then the pencil icon. Mac users should also read Muse for Mac, since that app needs Full Disk Access and per-app permissions.

Good first tasks for beginners

These come from real catalog entries, ordered from least to most access:

Task	Access needed	Real example
Unclaimed property search	None	$88.92 found across every state
Plan a weekend with reminders	None	Weekend plan with reminders
Unsubscribe sweep	Gmail	Dozens of promos, about 10% of the free budget
Subscription audit	Gmail	$1,200 a year in a forgotten plan
Book an appointment	Browser, calendar	Costco tire swap
Negotiate a bill	Account login	AT&T from $80 to $40

For 60+ more, read Meta Muse use cases. For wording, Meta Muse prompts has templates.

How this catalog works

The catalog is the home page. Everything else is a way to filter it.

Catalog numbers. Each accepted entry gets a sequential four-digit number, like 0042, which is a stable way to refer to it.

Receipts. An entry is filed only if it points to a public source: an X post, a Reddit thread, a GitHub repo, a video, a partner announcement or a write-up. Numbers such as cost, run time or savings are repeated as the author's claim, not ours. The Minecraft-style world for 10 cents is the builder's own figure.

Types describe the source: X posts, Reddit, GitHub, videos, sites, skills, resources and guides.

Shelves describe what the build does. There are ten. Roughly, by size at the time of writing:

• Errands & personal agent, about 200 entries, the largest
• Local & open models, mostly Muse Glimmer runs
• Coding & dev tools, Muse Code and Spark tooling
• Benchmarks & research
• Connectors & MCP
• Business & commerce and Games & 3D
• Content & creative, Agents & automation and Apps & websites

Picks and upvotes. A star marks an editor's pick: something concrete you can check, like a repo that runs or a number you can verify. Upvotes are a reader signal and don't change numbers or picks.

Submit. Built something, or found something good? File it with a source URL, a short description, a type and a shelf. A human reviews every submission, and entries with real numbers move up the queue.

Pick your path

Curious user. Read flight delay compensation in 5 minutes, How I AI's walkthrough of onboarding and shopping, then is Meta Muse safe before you connect accounts.

Builder or developer. Start with Helicon and muse-acp for Muse Code, Glimmer on a 12GB laptop GPU for local models, and the Cloudflare Workers connector starter. Then read What Is Muse Engineering?.

Founder. Read the connector platform portal entry, the HVAC and plumbing connector, and the Amazon block, which shows the risk of depending on a platform that doesn't want agents.

Researcher. Read DataCamp's test of Meta's efficiency claims, Sebastian Raschka's Glimmer architecture notes and the privacy teardown of the Muse apps.

If you only read one thing next, make it What Is Meta Muse?.

Frequently asked questions

How do I start using Meta Muse?

Download the Muse app or go to muse.ai, sign in with a Meta account (email or phone is enough), set permissions to "Always ask", connect one app read-only, and give it a small task with a clear end, like an unclaimed property search.

Do I need a Facebook account to use Muse?

No. You need a Meta account, which you can create with just an email address or phone number. Facebook, Instagram and Threads connect automatically only if they're in the same Accounts Center.

Is Meta Muse hard to use for beginners?

No. You talk to it like a text thread. The hard part is scoping: tasks with a goal, a price ceiling and a clear finish line work far better than open-ended ones.

Can I use Meta Muse outside the US?

Only in Canada so far. Meta hasn't announced UK, EU or India dates, and the region is checked on the account, so a VPN doesn't help.

Is shipwithmuse affiliated with Meta?

No. It's an independent catalog. Meta's posts appear as entries when they're useful sources, but Meta doesn't run, review or endorse the site.