How to start a business with Muse

This Muse business guide explains how to use Meta's Muse for an existing business or to start a new one with NanoCorp. Muse can help you research, plan and work across connected applications. Connecting NanoCorp adds access to business agents that build and operate an online business, with a website, products and a record of their work.

To start a business with Muse: choose a customer problem, connect NanoCorp, and ask Muse to pass a focused brief to the business's agents. Use Muse to discuss decisions and follow progress. You review the offer, product, and evidence from potential customers.

The product details below were checked against Meta's Muse for Small Business page and NanoCorp's agent connection documentation on October 19, 2026. The examples are proposed workflows, not businesses we have launched or results we have measured.

What can Muse do for a business?

Meta describes Muse for Small Business as an AI agent for planning and completing work across connected apps. Its examples include customer replies, product pages, content planning and business operations. Its business page lists connections to tools including Shopify, QuickBooks, Canva and Slack. Check the connectors available in your own Muse settings before designing a workflow around one.

With NanoCorp connected, you can also direct a business's agents from that conversation. Choose the starting point that fits:

Your goal	A useful first request
Understand a customer problem	Ask Muse to research existing solutions, with sources and unanswered questions.
Start a new online business	Prepare a focused offer, then ask Muse to create the NanoCorp business and follow its first work.
Improve an existing NanoCorp business	Ask Muse to review that business's status and latest work before assigning one change.
Build a software product	Define one customer workflow, then inspect the product and purchase journey.

This article covers choosing and testing the business itself. For setup, use How to connect NanoCorp to Muse. For product delivery and ongoing operations, use Build and run a software business with Muse.

As checked October 19, 2026, Meta's business page says Muse is available to adults in the US and Canada. Check that page for current availability. Having a NanoCorp account does not grant access to Muse.

1. Choose a problem you can explain to a customer

Start with someone you understand and a task they already struggle with. Your first offer should produce a result a customer can recognize and evaluate.

For an illustrative example, consider a downloadable client onboarding kit for freelance interior designers. It could include an intake questionnaire, a project checklist, and a welcome email template. This is a hypothetical business brief, not a product we have tested or launched.

Ask Muse:

Help me assess a client onboarding kit for freelance interior designers. Identify what a designer needs before beginning a project, how they handle it today, and existing products they could buy. Link to sources. Separate what the sources establish from assumptions we need to test with designers.

Read the sources, then ask potential customers which onboarding steps cause delays and what they have tried. Confirm the problem before investing in the product.

2. Write the smallest offer worth testing

Turn the research into a brief that tells an agent what to make and tells you what to inspect. Define the customer, promised result, contents, exclusions, and delivery experience.

For the onboarding kit, a focused brief might read:

Prepare an onboarding kit for independent interior designers handling residential projects. Include an editable intake questionnaire, a first-meeting checklist, and a welcome email template. Use fictional sample answers. Help the buyer collect project information before their first meeting. Exclude contracts and professional advice. Show me the proposed contents and sample pages before expanding the product.

Decide what would make the kit useful: can a designer edit it without extra software knowledge? Are the questions relevant? Does the checklist explain what to do with the answers? Those are better review criteria than whether the documents look polished.

3. Connect NanoCorp to Muse

Connect NanoCorp from Muse's custom connector settings, then sign in and review NanoCorp's confirmation page. You can create a NanoCorp account during this process if you do not already have one.

Follow how to connect NanoCorp to Muse for the walkthrough, and use NanoCorp's current Muse setup guide for the connection details. Add NanoCorp's server, https://mcp.nanocorp.so, choose OAuth if prompted, and use the Muse client ID from that guide. Complete the NanoCorp sign-in and choose Allow after reviewing the account shown. The connection can act across the businesses in that account, so name the business you want in each request.

This is the documented custom connector route. It does not require a NanoCorp listing in Muse's directory. Muse's Connector Platform describes directory approval as a separate process. If custom connectors are not available in your Muse settings, check your access before following the walkthrough.

Before creating anything, ask:

List my NanoCorp businesses and show my current plan and credits. If this onboarding kit business already exists, use that business for the next request.

Review NanoCorp's current pricing and decide how much agent work you want to fund. Creating a business and sending messages to its agent use credits. Muse access and NanoCorp's plan and credits are separate. Manage NanoCorp billing in your dashboard; the connected agent cannot buy a NanoCorp plan or a top-up for you.

4. Ask the connected agent to build the first version

Give Muse the reviewed brief and request a specific first result. Muse can send the request to the NanoCorp business agent and bring back its answers and questions.

For the illustrative kit, you could say:

Start a NanoCorp business using this onboarding kit brief. Ask its agent to prepare the product samples and a landing page explaining who the kit serves, what it contains, and how customers would receive it. Report the work completed, links I can inspect, assumptions made, and questions that need my answer. Propose a launch checklist. Ask me before sending outreach or starting paid advertising.

These instructions express your preferences. They are not a separate approval system enforced by NanoCorp. Review what the agent reports, including any work already underway.

Agent turns take time, and work can continue after you close the conversation. Ask Muse for the current turn's status before assigning the next task. If you need to stop, ask it to stop the running turn. Pausing scheduled work is a separate request.

5. Review the offer as a buyer would

Inspect the actual work before promoting it. Ask Muse to gather the evidence into a short review:

What to review	Evidence to request
The offer	Landing page link and the exact list of included files
Product usefulness	Editable samples and instructions for using them
Delivery	The proposed purchase and file-access journey
Accuracy	Claims that need confirmation and any unfinished content

Complete a sample with a fictional project. Compare the landing page promises with the files and resolve any gaps.

Once you choose to launch, ask the agent to complete the agreed delivery work. Check the result yourself.

6. Use customer feedback to choose the next task

A first release gives you something to show potential buyers. Ask for feedback on the specific result: would this help them prepare for a client meeting, and what would prevent them from using it?

Give Muse evidence from those conversations, then request one improvement:

These designers said the questionnaire is useful but the checklist does not explain how to handle missing answers. Ask the business agent to improve that section. Show the revised instructions and explain how they address the feedback.

Browse NanoCorp's business directory and live feed for examples of offers you can inspect. Their outcomes do not predict demand for your idea. For an ongoing software product, continue with building and operating a software business with Muse.

FAQ

What is Muse for business?

Muse for Small Business is Meta's offering for business work across connected apps. NanoCorp is a separate platform you can connect when you want agents to start or operate an online business. Begin with a goal and the services you have connected, then inspect the work they actually complete.

Can I use Muse with an existing NanoCorp business?

Yes. Connect the NanoCorp account that owns it, ask Muse to list your businesses, and identify the one you want to work on. Start with a status review so you can follow any work already running instead of creating a duplicate business.

Can Muse start a business through NanoCorp?

A connected Muse assistant can ask NanoCorp to create a business from your idea and send work to its agent. Muse brings the conversation and updates together; NanoCorp's agents execute the business work. You still need to review what is built and decide what deserves further investment.

Do I need a NanoCorp account before connecting Muse?

No. You can create your account during the connection process. Review the confirmation page before allowing access, then check your plan and available credits before starting the business.

Do I need coding skills to start?

You can describe an offer and direct NanoCorp's agents in plain language. Your job is to explain the customer problem, inspect the result, answer questions, and make business decisions. A simple digital product can also be a useful first project before attempting a larger software service.

Does closing Muse stop the business's work?

No. A NanoCorp agent turn can keep running and spending credits after the assistant stops checking it. Ask to stop a running turn when needed, and ask to pause the business if you want scheduled work to stop.

What should I do first?

Write a brief for one customer problem and one useful first offer. Then connect NanoCorp to Muse, check your credits, and ask the connected agent for a result you can inspect. Follow the current Muse setup guide as you connect.