Muse AI connectors: what you can link today
Meta launched Muse on September 8, 2026 as a personal agent rather than a chatbot. The difference matters for one reason above all: a chatbot tells you how to do something, while an agent goes and does it. That only works if the agent can reach the places your life actually lives, which is what connectors are for.
A connector is how Muse gets a new ability. Meta defines it plainly: when you set one up, Muse gains the ability to see your calendar or write an email. Each connector declares what it can touch, and you approve it one at a time rather than handing over a master key.
This page tracks which connectors exist, what they can actually reach, and the limits people run into. Meta opened the directory to outside developers on September 18, so the list is moving. Where a claim is not documented by Meta, we say so instead of guessing.
Tools in this guide
What a connector actually does
Muse runs inside its own virtual machine in the cloud, so it keeps working after you close the app. On its own that machine can browse the web and fill out forms. A connector is what lets it reach an account you own, with your credentials held in a separate store that Muse says it cannot read back to you.
Two kinds exist. Directory connectors are reviewed by Meta and appear under Settings, then Connectors, or you can simply ask Muse to connect Gmail. Custom connectors are built on demand: you ask Muse to connect a service that is not listed, it walks you through retrieving the API details, and the credentials go into the same secure store.
The distinction matters for trust. A directory connector has passed Meta review for functional, security and legal requirements. A custom connector has not, and you are relying on your own judgement about what the agent should be allowed to do with it.
Connectors available now
Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang published the launch list on September 8, 2026. It covers email and calendar, payments, health, fitness, dining, shopping, music and smart home: Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, Plaid, OpenTable, Google Docs, Spotify, Function Health, Withings, Tailscale and Peloton, with more promised.
Three of Meta own services connect without you doing anything. If your Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts sit in the same Accounts Centre, Meta states they are connected automatically, and you manage what Muse can reach from Accounts Centre rather than from Muse itself.
Payments run through Link by Stripe. As of September 21 Muse can spend real money through Shop Pay, and Stripe generates one-time card numbers so merchants never see your actual card. Support for Shop Pay wallets and 1Password has been promised rather than shipped.
How to connect a service
Open Settings, then Connectors, and pick the service. Each entry shows what it can access before you commit, and you tap Continue to authorize. You can also skip the menu and ask Muse directly: say connect my Gmail and it will take you to the same authorization flow.
Approve connections one at a time rather than in a batch. The first time an agent gets access to your mailbox is worth reading the permission screen for, because the scope you grant now is the scope the agent has later when you are not watching.
After connecting, set the permission level to always ask for anything involving money, messages to other people, or purchases. Muse can work either way, but the approval prompt is the difference between an agent that keeps you informed and one that surprises you.
When your service is not listed
Ask Muse to build a custom connector. Meta documents this as the route for any service not yet in the directory: Muse guides you through the setup, which can involve retrieving API information from the service, and stores what it learns in the Secure Credentials Store.
On September 18, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg opened the directory to outside developers under a simple arrangement: you bring the API, Muse brings the agent, the browser and the context of what the person actually wants. Builders describe their product, submit for review of functional, security and legal requirements with end-to-end testing by Meta, then appear in the directory where editors review connectors for featured placement.
Meta has not published review times, fees or developer terms, so treat submission timelines as unknown. As of late September no social media scheduling tool had appeared in the directory, which tells you how early this still is.
Limits worth knowing before you trust it
Muse launched in the United States on September 8, 2026 and opened to Canada on September 18. Both are limited to adults 18 and over. Everywhere else it stays on a waitlist, and Meta has published no date for wider availability, so a connector list is academic until your region opens.
Meta own setup guidance includes the line that Muse may take unexpected actions and you should monitor it carefully. That is not boilerplate. Security researchers demonstrated a local privilege escalation in September that let a malicious process capture the authentication token controlling the agent; Meta removed the setting from production builds within about a day.
Usage is metered in tokens rather than messages, with a weekly reset and a gauge in the app. The free tier gives 100 million tokens a week, and paid tiers are Power at 20 dollars a month and Maximum at 100 dollars. Meta does not publish per-task token costs, so nobody outside Meta can say precisely what a week of real work consumes.
How Muse compares to self-hosted agents
Muse is the hosted answer to a category that OpenClaw opened up. OpenClaw is open source, runs on your own hardware, and lets you choose the model, which also means you own the security posture yourself. Muse runs only on Meta Muse Spark, in a VM Meta controls, with isolation and approval flows built in.
Hermes Agent sits between them: self-hosted, with a migration command that imports an existing OpenClaw installation including settings, memories, skills and API keys. NVIDIA NemoClaw takes the other route, wrapping OpenClaw in a sandbox runtime that blocks file, network and process access unless you allow it.
The practical question is who you want holding the keys. If you want no setup and are comfortable with Meta holding the session, the model and the data, Muse is the only one of these that works the moment you open the app. If you want to read the policy yourself, the self-hosted options let you do that and charge you in setup time instead.
Frequently asked questions
Are Muse connectors free?
Connectors themselves add no cost, but using them consumes tokens from your weekly allowance. The free tier includes 100 million tokens per week with a weekly reset; Power costs 20 dollars a month and Maximum 100 dollars if you need more.
Can Muse post to Instagram or Facebook for me?
No Meta page documents Muse publishing or scheduling posts to Instagram, Facebook or Threads. Those accounts connect automatically for reading context, but treat any claim that Muse schedules your social posts as unverified until Meta documents it.
Is Muse available outside the United States?
Partly. Muse launched in the United States on September 8, 2026 and reached Canada on September 18, both for adults 18 and over. Everywhere else it is waitlist only, with no published opening date. A connector list only helps once you have an account, so check availability first.
How does Muse actually pay for things?
Through Link by Stripe, which generates one-time card numbers so the merchant never sees your real card. Muse can spend through Shop Pay as of September 21, 2026, and sensitive actions still stop for your approval if you leave permissions on always ask.
Can I build a connector for my own product?
Yes. Meta opened the directory to outside developers on September 18, 2026. You describe your product and submit for review of functional, security and legal requirements with end-to-end testing by Meta. Review times and fees are not published.
Do Muse invite codes give you free tokens?
Yes, with caveats. Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang launched the referral program on September 16, 2026. A new user who redeems a code in Settings within 48 hours of signing up gets 1 billion tokens, and so does the person who shared it, which is roughly ten weeks of the free weekly allowance. Each code works a limited number of times (reported at 20 to 30), and one account can earn the bonus for up to 20 friends. Two things the code does not do: it does not unlock Muse in a country where it has not launched, and it does not skip the waitlist. Every account gets its own code to share, so you do not need to buy one, and you can use Muse without any code at all.