How to use Meta Muse: a step-by-step guide for your first week

Day 1: set up

1. Get the app. Search "Muse" by Meta in the App Store or Google Play, or go to muse.ai in a browser. Muse is currently available in the US and Canada; elsewhere you can join the waitlist. If you cannot find it, see how to get Muse and where it works.
2. Sign in. Muse uses a Meta account. If you have Facebook or Instagram you already have one. Meta has said a payment card can be requested at sign-up; you are not charged on the free tier.
3. Redeem an invite code straight away. Open Settings, then General, then Redeem invitation code. Entering a code within 48 hours of joining gives you and the person who shared it 1 billion Muse tokens. Our code is on the Start page. Do this first, because the window does not reopen.
4. Meet your Muse. Muse will ask a few questions about you and what you want help with. Answer honestly and specifically. "I run a small landscaping business and I am always behind on invoices" gives it far more to work with than "help me be productive."
5. Check the privacy settings once. In Settings you can opt out of your interactions being used to train Meta's models, and see the data controls. Our privacy guide walks through every toggle.

Day 1: connect your first app

On its own, Muse can browse the web and talk. It becomes a real helper when it can reach your accounts. Start with one.

The easiest first connection is email or your calendar. Open Settings, tap Connectors, find Gmail (or your provider), and tap Connect. You will be shown exactly what Muse will be able to see and asked to choose a level of access, for example read-only or read-and-send. Pick read-only for the first day if you are nervous. You can widen it later.

You can also just ask Muse in chat: "Connect my Gmail." It will walk you through the same screens. Our page How to connect an app shows each screen with pictures.

Apps that are not in the Connectors list yet can often still be used. Every app on this directory has a page with a ready-made request you paste into Muse; Muse then uses the app's link directly and asks before sharing anything with it. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. Look for the "Extra setup" label on the directory.

Day 1: your first task

Pick something small, real, and complete. Good first tasks:

• "Read my unread email from today and tell me which three need a reply."
• "What is on my calendar this week, and is there a free hour on Thursday afternoon?"
• "Find the best-reviewed cordless vacuum under $200 and show me three options."
• "Draft a reply to Sarah saying yes to Friday, but do not send it yet."

Notice what these have in common: each one has a clear finish line, and none of them spends money or sends anything without you. That lets you see how Muse plans, how it reports back, and how it asks for approval, with zero risk.

When it finishes, it will tell you what it did. Read that. Then open the activity log (below) and see the steps. This is the moment most people go from "cautious" to "oh, I get it."

How to phrase requests

You do not need special prompts. But three habits make Muse noticeably better.

Say the outcome, not the steps. "Get me to Chicago Friday morning, back Sunday night, under $400, aisle seat" beats "search Google Flights for ORD." Muse chooses the method.

Give it the constraints that matter to you. Budget, deadline, brand preferences, people to include or avoid, how formal an email should be. Anything you would tell a human assistant.

Tell it when to check with you. "Do not book anything until you show me the options" or "You can spend up to $50 without asking." Muse will always ask before sensitive actions anyway, but stating your comfort level saves back-and-forth.

Two more that help:

• Give it context once, and it remembers. "My wife is Rose, my kids are in school in Winter Garden, I hate early flights." Muse keeps this and uses it later without being reminded. You can tell it to forget anything.
• Chain tasks in one message when they belong together. "Find the recipe reel I saved on Instagram last night, make a grocery list from it, and add the list to my notes."

If you want ideas, our Things to ask Muse library has hundreds of real requests sorted by category, and What Muse can do shows which apps to connect for each.

Approving, pausing and stopping

Muse will stop and ask you before it sends an email, makes a purchase, or does anything it judges sensitive. You will see what it is about to do and can approve, edit, or decline. This is enforced by a separate program on Muse's computer (Meta calls it the Sentinel) that has to let each outside action through, so it is not just a polite habit.

You can also:

• Say "stop" or "pause" at any time in the chat.
• Change or remove an app's access in Settings, then Connectors. Removing it takes effect immediately.
• Tell Muse to forget something specific it has learned about you.

Meta's own warning is worth repeating: Muse may take unexpected actions, so keep an eye on it, especially early on.

Reading the activity log

Every task has a log showing what Muse did, in order, and what it plans to do next. Open it after each of your first few tasks. You are looking for three things:

1. Did it understand the goal the way you meant it?
2. Did it use the apps you expected, and nothing else?
3. Where did it pause for approval?

If any answer surprises you, adjust: give clearer constraints, narrow an app's access, or tell Muse how you want it to behave next time.

Using Muse in WhatsApp

Many people end up doing most of their Muse work from WhatsApp, because it is already open all day. Set it up once in the Muse app (there is a QR code in Settings), then Muse appears as a chat. Everything works the same: you message it, it messages back, approvals arrive as messages. Only scan the QR code shown inside your own Muse account.

Days 2 to 7: a plan that builds confidence

Day 2. Let it reply. Widen email access to read-and-send. Ask it to draft three replies and send them only after you approve each. Tomorrow, let it send routine ones without asking.

Day 3. Let it spend a little. Set up Link (Stripe) as the payment method. Ask for something small you actually need, under $30. Watch the approval and the one-time card.

Day 4. Connect a second app. Calendar if you started with email, or vice versa. Now ask something that needs both: "Find a 45-minute slot for a call with David this week and send him three options."

Day 5. Try a money task. "Look at my last three months of email receipts and list every subscription I am paying for." Then, if you like, "Cancel the ones I do not use," which is exactly what finance and bills connectors are for.

Day 6. Give it a background job. Something that takes hours, like "Watch for a price drop on this jacket and buy it under $80." Close the app. Notice that it comes back to you.

Day 7. Give it a goal, not a task. "I want to host a dinner for eight next month." Let it plan, propose a menu, build the shopping list, and draft invites. Approve or edit. This is where Muse stops feeling like a tool and starts feeling like help.

We packaged four of these paths as starter kits: Save Money, Plan My Week, Run My Business, and Manage My Health.

Mistakes people make in week one

• Missing the 48-hour invite window. The bonus tokens are gone for good after that.
• Connecting everything on day one. You will not know which app caused a surprise. Add one at a time.
• Vague asks. "Help me with my inbox" produces a vague plan. "Archive newsletters, star anything from clients, and draft replies to the rest" produces a finished inbox.
• Never opening the activity log. It is the single best way to understand and trust what Muse does.
• Treating it like a search engine. If you only ask questions, you are paying for an agent and using a chatbot.
• Forgetting it keeps working. If you give it an open-ended job and then forget, it may still be running. Check the task list.