How to Connect Your Calendar and Email to Muse (Read-Only First)

Muse gets much more useful once it can see your calendar and inbox. It also gets much more access to your life. This guide connects both the careful way: read-only first, more access only once it's earned.

Before you connect: turn off training (optional)

If you're connecting a work inbox or anything sensitive, consider switching off AI training first. The setting only applies going forward.

Step 1: Open Connectors

In the Muse app, go to Settings → Connectors. You'll see the apps available to your account. Meta says the list is still growing, so yours may differ from a friend's.

Step 2: Connect your calendar

Tap your calendar provider and sign in when prompted. When asked about access, pick the lowest level that does the job. For your first week that means view or read-only if it's offered.

Then test it with a question that changes nothing:

What does my week look like? Flag any days with back-to-back meetings
and any conflicts. Don't change anything.

Step 3: Connect your email as read-only

Back in Settings → Connectors, choose your email provider. You'll be asked whether Muse can:

• Read only: search and summarize your mail, and draft replies for you to send, or
• Read and send: also send mail on your behalf, after asking you.

Choose read-only. You can always upgrade later. A sent email can't be unsent.

Step 4: Try five useful first tasks

These are low-risk and show off what Muse does well:

1. Inbox triage

Look at my unread email from the last 3 days. Group them into: needs a reply
from me, FYI only, and can be archived. Give me one line per email.

2. Find the needle

Find the email with my [airline] booking for [trip] and tell me the
confirmation number, flight times, and baggage allowance.

3. Draft, don't send

Draft a polite reply to [person]'s last email saying I can't make Thursday
but could do Monday or Tuesday afternoon. Show me the draft. Don't send.

4. Protect your time

Find three 90-minute blocks next week with no meetings, ideally mornings.
List them. Don't create events.

5. Prep for tomorrow

For each meeting I have tomorrow, tell me who's attending and summarize
my most recent email thread with them.

Step 5: Decide whether to grant more access

After a week, look at your Activity log (tap your assistant icon). If Muse has been accurate, consider:

• Calendar write access, so Muse can create events after you approve them.
• Email send access, if you find yourself copy-pasting its drafts every day.

Keep the permission level on Ask for some actions or stricter, so Muse still checks with you before anything goes out. See How to set Muse permissions.

Make it automatic

Once your calendar and email are connected, the real win is a scheduled morning briefing, a summary of your day that arrives before you wake up. Here's how to set up recurring tasks.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Try this
Your provider isn't in the list	The connector list is rolling out gradually. Check back after app updates.
Muse can't find an email you know exists	Give it the sender, a rough date, and a keyword from the subject.
Muse says it can't edit your calendar	You connected read-only. Change access in Settings → Connectors.
Too many approval prompts	Use Allow for this task during longer jobs.