# Meta's Muse adds computer control and a GitHub connector

URL: https://techaiwire.com/articles/meta-muse-computer-control-github-connector/

_By Claire Whitmore - Sep 24, 2026_

Meta added full computer control on Mac and a batch of new app connectors, including GitHub, to its Muse AI agent. The company announced the update at its Meta Connect keynote in Menlo Park on September 23, 2026, [TechCrunch reported](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/everything-new-coming-to-metas-ai-agent-muse/). For developers, it is the clearest sign yet that Muse is meant to act inside the tools you already use, not just answer questions in a chat window.

"Computer use is now available with Muse for Mac," Meta wrote in its own announcement. The agent can now "drive any app on your Mac," [Meta said](https://www.meta.com/blog/meta-connect-2026-everything-we-announced/).

## What Meta added this week

| New in Muse | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Computer use (Mac) | Muse can operate any application's interface directly |
| Realtime Avatar | A live, animated avatar for video chat, with a voice you describe in words |
| Glasses integration | Hands-free activation; Muse can act on what you're looking at |
| Its own email address | Muse can send and receive email to finish background tasks |
| Muse Charm | A pocket-sized standalone device carrying the same features, due later in 2026 |

Computer use is the biggest jump on that list. Muse's Mac app already had file, mail, calendar, and notes access with per-app permission since its September 18 launch. Full computer use lets it act on any application's interface, not just the ones it has a built-in connector for.

## The developer angle: connectors

Meta also opened Muse to outside services. TechCrunch reports that Meta received more than 1,500 developer applications to build custom Muse connectors in under a week. Meta's own announcement lists new partners including GitHub, Notion, Granola, and Box, alongside retailers such as Walmart, Best Buy, Sephora, and Wayfair, and payment services Shop Pay and PayPal.

A GitHub connector means Muse can reach into a developer's code-hosting account the same way it already reaches Mail and Calendar on the Mac. That is a new category of access for the agent's connector list, and it is worth the same caution as the file access Muse already has.

## How Meta plans to make money

Muse stays free, with a large number of tokens included, according to TechCrunch's account of the keynote. Mark Zuckerberg said Meta is "making Muse free for a huge number of tokens." He added that Meta expects to profit later by charging a small fee on transactions, TechCrunch reports. Zuckerberg called Muse "the centerpiece of our vision for what we're building."

## What this means for developers

Before connecting Muse to GitHub or any other developer tool, check exactly what access the connector asks for. Does it request read-only access to one repository, or full read and write across your account? [Meta's Mac release gave Muse per-app permission and an audit trail](/articles/meta-muse-mac-agent-file-access/) for files, mail, and calendar. There is no public detail yet on whether a GitHub connector follows that same model, so do not assume it does.

The jump from file access to full computer use raises the stakes of an earlier finding. [A researcher got Muse's own runtime to export 6.8 GB of internal data](/articles/meta-muse-agent-exported-own-filesystem/), including SSH keys. An agent that can drive any Mac application, and now reach a developer's GitHub account too, is a bigger target. If its sandbox is ever tricked into leaking what it can see, more is now at stake. Review the audit log Meta provides before granting Muse a new connector, and start with the narrowest access that still gets the job done.

## Sources

- [Everything new coming to Meta's AI agent Muse](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/everything-new-coming-to-metas-ai-agent-muse/) - TechCrunch
- [Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026](https://www.meta.com/blog/meta-connect-2026-everything-we-announced/) - Meta