Before connecting Muse to your email or calendar, settle four things first: what it may read, what it may send, what it may pay for, and how you disconnect it. Connecting first and thinking later hands the agent more than the job needs.
What can be connected depends on the region. The Singapore and Japan announcements name Gmail, Google Calendar, and Instagram, with partner connector features rolling out in stages. Go by the list actually shown inside the app, and do not assume a feature you saw in the news is already available to you.
Four questions before connecting
- Read or act? Start with read-only access and test it with a small task: "Summarize today's emails." Only once that runs cleanly should you consider whether it may also send mail or add events. 2. Which account? Keep work and personal separate. For the first test, use an account whose emails you would not mind someone else reading. 3. What is off-limits? Decide in advance which folders, contacts, or calendars are taboo, and which tasks it must never do on its own — such as replying to invoices or cancelling meetings. 4. How do I disconnect? Find the switch for disconnecting and revoking access before you connect. After disconnecting, it no longer syncs new content; what it already read cannot be undone that way.
One more piece of advice for the start: do not connect payment and shopping services first. Let Muse first prove it handles email and calendar cleanly, and only add shopping once the confirmation and checking steps feel second nature. Sensitive emails — contracts, salary details, or private health information — do not belong in the first test round.
One step is easy to miss after disconnecting: check the 'third-party access' list in your Gmail or Google account and confirm Muse's authorization is gone. Only when both places are clean is access truly taken back; disconnecting inside the Muse app alone may leave the authorization record on the account side. Flip through that list every month or two and revoke any authorization you no longer recognize.
If you are unsure whether a connection is too much, try a simple test: would you give a new assistant the same access on their first day at work? If the answer is no, connect less and expand only gradually. The connection can be undone at any time; hasty connecting cannot.
