{
  "scope": "Meta Muse personal AI agent beginner-guide evidence. Research-only; no authenticated hands-on, no installations or purchases.",
  "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "M01",
      "title": "Introducing Muse: The World’s First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone",
      "url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/",
      "publisher": "Meta Newsroom",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-08; page also shows 2026-09-30",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full article text",
      "notes": "Identity; launch scope; links to safety/design. Launch US scope superseded by M04.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M02",
      "title": "How We Designed Muse",
      "url": "https://introducing.muse.ai/",
      "publisher": "Mona Sarantakos with Christine Awad / Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "September 2026",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full article text",
      "notes": "Main/side chat, Goals, Ideas, activities; source of official tour link.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M03",
      "title": "How We Built Safety Into Muse",
      "url": "https://research.meta.ai/blog/security-and-safety-for-ai-agents-our-approach-with-muse",
      "publisher": "Meta AI Research / Tarek Sheasha",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-08",
      "evidence_type": "official technical description",
      "readable_scope": "full article text",
      "notes": "Architecture and safeguards are vendor description, not our audit. Confidential VM future; current Meta access not cryptographically prevented.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M04",
      "title": "Muse for Small Business",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/business",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute page date; retrieved 2026-10-05",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full page text",
      "notes": "US/Canada 18+; listed connectors; 1Password coming soon. Never logged in.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M05",
      "title": "The Future Is for Everyone: Muse for Small Business",
      "url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-small-business/",
      "publisher": "Meta Newsroom",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-29",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full article text",
      "notes": "Business skills/connectors inside Muse, not an independently verified end-to-end deployment.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M06",
      "title": "Download Muse",
      "url": "https://ai.meta.com/muse/download/",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute page date",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "official search-index text; direct web open returned zero body lines",
      "notes": "Mobile and Mac availability; minimum macOS/chip not verified.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M07",
      "title": "Muse Help Center",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1303670544995562/",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute page date",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full help index",
      "notes": "Features may not be available in every region.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H01",
      "title": "How to get started with Muse",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1331373868832401/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Meta Account, Chat, side chats and workflow; UI not signed-in tested.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H02",
      "title": "How Muse works with Connectors",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1687253048996149/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Settings Connectors; automatic Meta connections; disconnection residue; custom connector caution.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H03",
      "title": "How Muse works with your guidance and approval",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1385290430137537/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Permission settings, scope choices, activity and Upcoming.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H04",
      "title": "How to manage your Muse data",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/2225571704857152/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Default model-training toggle; export; destructive reset; deletion versus forgetting.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H05",
      "title": "How to customize Muse's personality and memories",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/995796179982326/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 5 days ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Customization and optional imported chat ZIP.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H06",
      "title": "How to manage reminders and scheduled tasks with Muse",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1484325780075655/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "One-time/recurring, time zone, Upcoming, cancel/change.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H07",
      "title": "How to use Muse with artifacts",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/2074655449783957/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Formats/Library/sharing; file-size and rendering guarantees absent.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H08",
      "title": "How Muse works with files and apps in your Mac",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/artificial-intelligence/1126304576638594/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page date not extracted",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "main help text; US URL redirects en-gb",
      "notes": "macOS Full Disk Access, per-app levels; no local hands-on.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H09",
      "title": "How your Muse agent browses the web",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/2124746764949121/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "main help text",
      "notes": "Cloud shared browser, credentials and permission.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H10",
      "title": "How Muse handles your privacy, safety and security",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/artificial-intelligence/1047255454427887/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "main help text",
      "notes": "Confidential VM future; isolation and privacy claims.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H11",
      "title": "How Muse works with payments",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/1436362127544482/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: a week ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Link and saved cards; approval; region/checkout variability.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "H12",
      "title": "How Muse works with skills",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/artificial-intelligence/2797651547267109/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "main help text",
      "notes": "Built-in research, docs, dashboards, image and audio skills.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "P01",
      "title": "About Muse subscriptions",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/subscriptions/1021145227643680/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "$20/500M weekly and $100/3B weekly; no user checkout, local tax/currency unverified.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "P02",
      "title": "Subscribe to Muse",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/help/subscriptions/1627861775532967/",
      "publisher": "Meta Help",
      "published_or_updated": "page says Updated: 3 weeks ago",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "full main help text",
      "notes": "Upgrade paths; automatic renewal and purchase-platform management.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "D01",
      "title": "Connector guidelines",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/platform/docs",
      "publisher": "Meta / Muse Connector Platform",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute date; indexed 2 days ago",
      "evidence_type": "official developer requirements",
      "readable_scope": "substantive official search-index text",
      "notes": "Sensitive writes cannot Always allow; approval scope and retry safety. Requirements are not proof each integration complies perfectly.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "S01",
      "title": "Selling on Meta",
      "url": "https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-sales-channels/agentic-storefronts/meta",
      "publisher": "Shopify Help",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute date; indexed 6 days ago",
      "evidence_type": "official partner",
      "readable_scope": "substantive official search-index text",
      "notes": "Shop Pay conditional support supersedes blanket coming-soon interpretation; storefront vs operator connector distinction; attribution pixels.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "V01",
      "title": "Take the full tour of Muse, Meta's personal AI agent",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHn0hTjvFoo",
      "publisher": "Linked by Meta product-design article",
      "published_or_updated": "video publication date not readable",
      "evidence_type": "official video",
      "readable_scope": "title and page framework only; no subtitles, no audiovisual viewing",
      "notes": "Do not claim watched or give unverified timecodes.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "V02",
      "title": "Muse gets AI agent UX right",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UwemqPkJSQ",
      "publisher": "How I AI / Claire Vo",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-16 from author companion article",
      "evidence_type": "external first-person video",
      "readable_scope": "YouTube title and page framework only; author article read",
      "notes": "No full video viewing; cite author article for actual case.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "C01",
      "title": "Meta Muse Review: A Personal AI Agent for Family Life",
      "url": "https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/meta-muse-review-personal-ai-agent",
      "publisher": "Claire Vo / ChatPRD",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-16",
      "evidence_type": "external first-person account",
      "readable_scope": "full author text with screenshot references; images not individually inspected",
      "notes": "Family PDF positive; shoes difficulty; cinema only checkout reached, author explicitly did not buy.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "C02",
      "title": "Muse gets AI agent UX right – chapter index",
      "url": "https://chooseto.ai/watch/2UwemqPkJSQ",
      "publisher": "CHOOSETO.AI",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-16 listed episode date",
      "evidence_type": "third-party index",
      "readable_scope": "indexed creator description and chapter list",
      "notes": "Timestamps are index-provided, not checked against playback.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "X01",
      "title": "Prototype procurement across suppliers",
      "url": "https://x.com/justinbojarski/status/2099630878993387556",
      "publisher": "Justin Bojarski",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-14 from aggregators",
      "evidence_type": "user anecdote",
      "readable_scope": "403 at X; not directly readable",
      "notes": "No order proof seen. Link provenance verified by aggregator click.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "X01a",
      "title": "Automated Procurement with Meta's Muse Agent",
      "url": "https://usecases.fyi/use-cases/tj1j9/",
      "publisher": "usecases.fyi",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-14 listed",
      "evidence_type": "third-party summary",
      "readable_scope": "full short summary; embedded original only Loading post",
      "notes": "Used only as clearly marked inspiration; not task-success proof.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "X02",
      "title": "Todo synchronization",
      "url": "https://x.com/holman/status/2099588794689437736",
      "publisher": "Zach Holman",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-14 from aggregators",
      "evidence_type": "user anecdote",
      "readable_scope": "403 at X; not directly readable",
      "notes": "No code or sustained logs seen.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "X02a",
      "title": "Todo-app sync built without an official API",
      "url": "https://shipwithmuse.live/builds/todo-app-sync-built-without-an-official-api",
      "publisher": "shipwithmuse",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-14 listed",
      "evidence_type": "third-party summary",
      "readable_scope": "indexed summary and original URL record",
      "notes": "Do not treat speed claim or reliability as verified.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "R01",
      "title": "Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/meta-disputes-claim-that-muse-read-a-users-private-messages-without-permission/",
      "publisher": "Sarah Perez / TechCrunch",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-30 09:24 PDT",
      "evidence_type": "news with vendor response",
      "readable_scope": "readable indexed news article and vendor response",
      "notes": "Guide notes a disputed report and response without adjudicating the incident.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "N01",
      "title": "Muse official web app",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "retrieved 2026-10-05",
      "evidence_type": "official application",
      "readable_scope": "redirected to auth.muse.ai; web tool could not fetch authenticated destination",
      "notes": "No signup/login; no hands-on app results.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "N02",
      "title": "Muse privacy policy route",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/privacy",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "retrieved 2026-10-05",
      "evidence_type": "official policy route",
      "readable_scope": "page framework only, 3 lines",
      "notes": "Not claimed as fully read. Privacy statements sourced to readable official help/security article.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "N03",
      "title": "Muse terms route",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/terms",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "retrieved 2026-10-05",
      "evidence_type": "official terms route",
      "readable_scope": "page framework only, 3 lines",
      "notes": "No agreement accepted; not claimed as full legal review.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "N04",
      "title": "Old muse.ai video service renamed Skiv",
      "url": "https://muse.ai/blog/muse-ai-is-now-skiv",
      "publisher": "Skiv",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-03-03",
      "evidence_type": "different-product historical identity note",
      "readable_scope": "indexed article",
      "notes": "Explains stale video-hosting search results; old pricing not used for Meta Muse.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M08",
      "title": "Muse: Meta’s personal AI agent, features & capabilities",
      "url": "https://ai.meta.com/muse/",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "published_or_updated": "no absolute page date",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "official search-index text; direct open returned zero body lines",
      "notes": "Verified product entry; detailed claims supported by readable official Help pages.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "M09",
      "title": "Meta Connect 2026: The end-to-end recap",
      "url": "https://developers.meta.com/blog/meta-connect-recap/",
      "publisher": "Meta for Developers",
      "published_or_updated": "2026-09-24",
      "evidence_type": "official",
      "readable_scope": "substantive official search-index article text",
      "notes": "Separates Muse model family, Muse Code and connector platform.",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-05T16:01:35Z"
    }
  ]
}