--- title: Shop workflow: connect your stores, compare totals, approve, check out description: Hand your Muse this workflow: connect a store once, say what you need, compare real totals across stores, approve the exact item — then it checks out with Shop Pay, PayPal or Stripe Link. image: https://getmusehelp.com/og.png source: https://getmusehelp.com/workflows/shop-with-muse/ --- Workflow · Level 2 — Errands with your approval # You approve. Muse shops. Level 2 · Errands with your approval Shopping is the errand an agent is actually good at — once the stores are connected. You connect each store once, read-only first. From then on it's one conversation: say what you need, Muse compares the real totals across your stores, you approve the exact item and price, and it checks out. Nothing buys without your say-so, at any step, ever. Prefer to watch? The [shopping video](/videos/) walks through this with Walmart as the example. Watch · 1:41GetMuseHelp video ### Shop With Muse — Walmart as the Example Connect a store read-only, build the list from past orders, compare full totals across stores, approve the exact cart — nothing bought without you — then check out and track it. Walmart is the worked example; the other shopping connectors are listed too. Your browser can't play this video. [Download it instead →](/videos/shopping-tricks.mp4) Connect these first [Walmart](/connectors/walmart/)[Best Buy](/connectors/best-buy/)[Instacart](/connectors/instacart/)[Gap](/connectors/gap/)[Wayfair](/connectors/wayfair/)[Shop Pay](/connectors/shop-pay/)[PayPal](/connectors/paypal/) One store plus one way to pay is enough to start. The full list — retailers and checkout together — lives in the [Shopping section of the connector directory](/connectors/#shopping). Stores announced in September 2026 are still rolling out, so connect the ones your app already lists. 01 ## Connect the store once Pick one store you already buy from and connect it read-only. Muse can then see your orders and prices at that store, but it can't buy anything. One store is enough to learn the flow; add the rest when a purchase needs them. [Walmart](/connectors/walmart/) · [Best Buy](/connectors/best-buy/) Paste into Muse Connect Walmart read-only and show my recent orders. Don't buy anything. Copy prompt 02 ## Say what you need Describe the purchase the way you'd tell a person: the item, your budget, the size or spec that matters, and when you need it. Muse searches the stores you've connected — not the whole internet — so the options it brings back are ones it can actually act on. [All shopping connectors](/connectors/#shopping) Paste into Muse Find running shoes under $120 in my size from my connected stores. Show me the best options with prices — don't buy anything. Copy prompt 03 ## Compare the real total The sticker price is never the price. Muse lines up the same item across your connected stores with shipping and estimated tax included, plus the delivery date — so the cheapest option is the one that's actually cheapest by the time it reaches your door. Paste into Muse Compare the total cost — item, shipping and tax — for [the shoes] across my connected stores. Show me the cheapest option and its delivery date. Don't check out. Copy prompt 04 ## Approve the exact item and total Before any money moves, Muse shows you the exact item — size, color, model — the store, and the final total, and waits. This approval is the workflow's whole safety design: no approval, no purchase, no exceptions for 'obvious' reorders. Paste into Muse · asks your approval Buy [the exact item] from [store] for $[total]. Show me the item and the final total and wait for my go-ahead before you complete checkout. Copy prompt 05 ## Check out with your wallet Checkout runs through Shop Pay, PayPal or Link by Stripe — the payment details stay inside the wallet, and Muse never sees your card number. You confirm the payment in the wallet, the same as checking out yourself, minus the tabs. [Shop Pay](/connectors/shop-pay/) · [PayPal](/connectors/paypal/) Paste into Muse · asks your approval Check out with Shop Pay. Show me the final total once more before I confirm the payment. Copy prompt 06 ## Track it, reorder it After the order, Muse follows it — confirmed, shipped, out for delivery, arrived — and remembers what you bought, so the next reorder is one sentence instead of a fresh search. Reorders go through the same approval step as first orders. [Shop Pay](/connectors/shop-pay/) Paste into Muse Track my order from [store]: tell me when it ships and when it arrives. When I'm running low on [item], remind me to reorder — don't buy it yourself. Copy prompt Where approvals sit Two approvals, both yours: the exact item and total before checkout (step 4), and the payment itself inside Shop Pay, PayPal or Stripe Link (step 5). Muse can research, compare and fill a cart on its own — it cannot spend. If any store flow ever tries to skip the approval, stop and reconnect that store read-only. What to verify Read the total line, not the item price: shipping and tax are where 'cheapest' quietly changes. Confirm the delivery address on the first order from each store, and keep the store's own confirmation email — that's your receipt if anything goes wrong, not the chat. What can go wrong Three honest limits. First, Amazon is not a Muse connector — Amazon blocks Muse from its store (it began in September 2026 — [TechCrunch, Oct 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/the-next-hurdle-for-ai-agents-getting-websites-to-let-them-in/)), so Muse can research an Amazon item but can't buy it there; anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing. Second, the newest stores are still rolling out account by account — if a store isn't in Settings → Connectors yet, it hasn't reached you. Third, prices and stock move between the comparison and checkout; the total you approve is the one that counts, so re-check it if time has passed. [← Apply faster, still sound like you.](/workflows/job-applications/)[All workflows](/workflows/)[It watches. You get the text. →](/workflows/price-flight-watches/) ## You approve. Muse shops: questions Shopping raises the money question immediately — will it buy things behind your back? No: every spend in this workflow waits for your approval, twice. These answers cover that, the Amazon gap, and why a store you saw announced might not be in your app yet. Will Muse ever buy something without asking me?Not in this workflow. Research and cart-building happen on their own; spending doesn't. Muse shows the exact item and total and waits for your go-ahead, then you confirm the payment in your wallet. A flow that skips either step is a flow to stop. Why can't Muse just buy it on Amazon?Because Amazon blocks Muse — it treats the agent as an unauthorized buyer and refuses it at the store. That's Amazon's decision, not a setting on your side. Muse can still research and compare Amazon items; the purchase itself stays yours. A store from the announcement isn't in my Connectors list. Why?The shopping connectors announced at Connect in September 2026 roll out account by account. Check Settings → Connectors in your Muse app — if the store isn't listed, it hasn't reached your account yet. 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