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Let your agent text your spouse through iMessage
@JJEnglert reports getting their Muse agent to text their wife through iMessage on their behalf, using an always-on computer, a broad disk permission, a saved phone number and an approval gate. The post warns it isn't for everyone and shows no messages; this page adds a prompt and the consent checks it lacks.
What you can get
What it is
Approved message
An approved message to one saved contact, sent from a connected always-on computer; not unattended texting.
It came back right when
- Each message is shown to you with its recipient before sending
- Only messages you approved are sent
- The saved number maps to the right person
- The sent message appears in Messages as expected
The checks are editorial, not from the source.
- Prepare
A computer that stays on, or an iCloud login inside a virtual machine
- Ask and review
Decide whether this is worth it: the author calls the setup "not for the faint of heart", and it involves a broad permission on a computer holding your messages.
- Check the result
Each message is shown to you with its recipient before sending
The source case
@JJEnglert says they worked out how to have their Muse agent text their wife through iMessage on their behalf, and warns it is "not for the faint of heart". By their account the setup is to use a computer that can stay on (or an iCloud login inside a virtual machine), connect it to Muse, grant it full disk access with everything else toggled off, tell the agent which phone number belongs to the person, save it, and set an approval gate for any action with the connected device. They open with "my wife is not a fan". The post shows no message, screenshot or result, and the permission instruction is partly garbled by a link.
A public report by someone outside this library. Not independently reproduced here.
From the source
Source excerpt
I figured out how to have my muse agent text my wife via iMessages (on my behalf) It’s not for the faint of heart thought. Proceed at your own will.
Source excerpt
Find a computer that you can leave on / or use login to your iCloud account via a VM. Connect it to muse give it access to full disk write (toggle everything off except https://t.co/n0loRo18xG) Then tell your agent which phone number belongs to the person, and save it. Then, set an approval gate in order to do any actions with the connected device. You’ll now be able to have your muse agent text on your behalf.
Quoted from the original posts. Not written by this guide, and not a result produced here.
Suggested prompt
Bring A computer that stays on, or an iCloud login inside a virtual machine, The Messages app signed in on that computer and the computer connected to Muse, The recipient's phone number and their knowledge that you're doing this, An approval gate for any action on the connected device. Source community report, checked 2026-10-13.
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What you need
You supply
- A computer that stays on, or an iCloud login inside a virtual machine
- The Messages app signed in on that computer and the computer connected to Muse
- The recipient's phone number and their knowledge that you're doing this
- An approval gate for any action on the connected device
How to try it
Editorial, not from the source
- Decide whether this is worth it: the author calls the setup "not for the faint of heart", and it involves a broad permission on a computer holding your messages.
- Tell the person you'll be texting that some messages will be drafted by an agent and sent from your account. The author's own wife is, by their account, not a fan.
- Pick the machine: one that stays powered on, or a virtual machine signed into your iCloud account, as the author describes.
- Connect that machine to Muse and read each permission it asks for before granting it; the author says to turn everything off except the one needed item.
- Give the agent the contact's number once and have it save it, then set the approval gate so every send is confirmed by you.
- Start with one harmless message, check the exact text and recipient before approving, and confirm in Messages that it went out as expected.
The setup as the author gives it
The post lists a short chain. First a computer that stays on, or a virtual machine logged into your iCloud account. Then connect it to Muse and grant access, with everything toggled off except one item. Then tell the agent whose number belongs to the person and save it. Last, set an approval gate for actions on the connected device.
The author is blunt about the cost: "Proceed at your own will." The permission wording in the capture is garbled, so check the product's own prompts rather than the post when deciding what to allow.
Consent and approval
Texting a spouse is low stakes in content, but the person on the other end should know a tool is drafting or sending. The author's opening line, that their wife is not a fan, is a reminder that this lands differently on the receiving end.
Keep the approval gate on for every send, and read the recipient field as carefully as the body; a saved number attached to the wrong contact is the easiest mistake to make.
Open Muse to try it. That is the product's own site; this guide is not part of it.
Limits and confirmation points
Limits to confirm
- The post does not show a single sent message, a screenshot or any outcome beyond the author's remark that their wife is not a fan.
- The permission step is quoted as "full disk write" and the item to leave switched on is replaced by a link in the capture, so it can't be reproduced from the post alone.
- Consent from the recipient and the privacy of the account used are not discussed in the post.
- It is not stated which operating system or Muse version the author used.
- This is an attributed community report, not reproduced by this guide. The suggested workflow and checks are editorial guidance, not a recovered conversation or guaranteed product capability.
If it goes wrong
Editorial, not from the source
- The agent can't send the message
- Check that the connected computer is on, awake, and signed into Messages with the account you expect, then try a one-line test to yourself.
- The agent asks for broader access than you expected
- Stop and re-read the permission request; grant only what the author describes and nothing beyond it, or don't proceed.
- Your spouse didn't know a message came from an agent
- Say so now, and agree together on what kinds of messages are fine to automate.
Common questions
Can Muse text my wife or husband through iMessage?
One user says they got it working through a connected always-on computer and an approval gate. This guide hasn't reproduced it, and the post shows no sent message.
Is it safe to give an agent that kind of access?
The author calls it "not for the faint of heart". The permission involved is broad, so grant only what you understand and use a separate machine or virtual machine if you can.
Do I need to tell my spouse?
The post doesn't discuss it. As general practice, yes; the author's own wife reportedly isn't a fan.
Will it reply to incoming messages?
The post doesn't say. The prompt here tells the agent not to read or reply unless you ask.
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