The Pip Setup Guide

Here's the game changer nobody tells you: it's not better prompts — it's access.

Pip isn't a chatbot I paste things into. She's an assistant I built in Muse — with access to my real calendar, my inbox, my grocery list, and my task tracker. Once it can see your life, you stop filling in blanks and start just… asking.

Even better: it can run scheduled briefs in the background — like a morning brief that shows up without you asking. Four connections, once — then it's just brain-dumps and briefs.

One message sets the tone for everything after it — and you can change it anytime.

📅 Connect your calendar

This is what makes the morning brief possible — no more pasting your schedule in.

1. It'll walk you through signing in with Google — or go to Settings → Connectors and tap Google Calendar yourself.
2. Tap Allow on the permission screen. Read it — it tells you exactly what you're sharing. Done.

✉️ Connect your email

This is what lets it tell you what needs a reply — instead of you forwarding emails into the chat.

1. Same flow: sign in, tap Allow. (Or Settings → Connectors → Gmail.)

🛒 Connect your grocery list

Good news: no new list, no new app. Muse writes straight to your Apple Reminders — the grocery list you already have.

1. On your iPhone: pair it in the Muse app — that's what gives Muse access to your Apple Reminders. (On Mac, the Muse app can reach the Reminders app directly.)

✅ Connect your task list (if you have one)

Mine lives in Notion — and Muse connects to Notion directly.

1. No Notion? No problem — use another Apple Reminders list the same way (pairing from Step 3 already covers it).

The two briefs

Two rhythms that run your week together. The Sunday reset plans ahead; the daily brief keeps you on track. Between them, you stop carrying it all in your head.

It's Sunday. Look at my calendar and task list for the coming week and map it for me: fixed commitments first, then where my priorities fit.

MY WEEKLY RHYTHMS [tell it once — it remembers]:
Work: [e.g. Mon/Wed/Fri 9am–2pm]
School dropoff/pickup: [e.g. dropoff 8:15am, pickup 2:45pm]
Workouts: [e.g. Orangetheory Mon/Thu, yoga Wed/Fri — or "infer from my calendar"]

MY PRIORITIES:
[the 2–3 things I want to accomplish this week]

Tell me what to prep ahead — groceries, bags, outfits, gifts — and warn me about the tightest day so I'm not blindsided.

Look at my calendar for today and walk me through my day. Flag anything tight or back-to-back. Keep it short.

📬 “Anything need me?”

Check my email from the last 24 hours. Anything urgent or needing a reply? Give me sender, subject, and one line on what they need.

🍽️ “Plan my dinners, update my list.”

It creates the meal plan and fixes the grocery list — you don't paste anything. Fill in the family info once; it remembers.

Plan 5 weeknight dinners for my family.

MY FAMILY:
[who eats — e.g. 2 adults, a 4-year-old, a 1-year-old]
ALLERGIES:
[list them, or "none"]
WE ALWAYS EAT:
[___]
WE WON'T EAT:
[___]
OUR RULES:
[e.g. no repeating a vegetable in the same week; quick meals on busy nights]

Check my calendar first — busy nights get 30-minute meals. We eat at [usual dinner time, e.g. 6pm].

For each dinner, give me the meal — plus:
- simple staples (tacos, spaghetti, steak…): just name it, no recipe needed
- anything new: include the recipe link or quick steps

Then check my Apple Reminders Groceries list and add only what's missing. Don't add anything I've told you I already have.

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