Publish and maintain a personal website using Muse from Meta and GitHub Pages for free

Oct. 26, 2026

There's a lot of Artificial Intelligence (AI) talk, but not many examples.

I was vacationing and didn't bring a laptop, however, using this setup, I was able to update my website more in 4 days than the last 4 years using only my phone!

Here's how it works.

Software and accounts

• A GitHub account to publish to GitHub Pages
• GitHub & GitHub Pages are free.
• GitHub Actions for public repos are free.
• No, you don't have to know how to code.
• Install and setup Muse from Meta. [Apple app store]

Connecting them together

Go to the Settings → Connectors section of the Muse app and follow the instructions.

Opinion me: as long as you don't connect things that spend real money, it's safe. Don't panic, READ BEFORE APPROVING, and be smart.

Setup GitHub Pages plumbing

These are the few things you do yourself in a browser, since Muse can't click through GitHub's setup screens for you (yet). The official docs spell out every click — here's the shape of it:

1. Create a free GitHub account at github.com/signup.
2. Create a public repository named <your-username>.github.io — that magic name is what makes it your personal site. (GitHub Pages quickstart)
3. Publish with GitHub Actions: in the repo's Settings → Pages, set the publishing source to GitHub Actions and add the Static HTML starter workflow. (official steps)
4. Visit your live site at https://<your-username>.github.io once the first Actions run finishes with a green checkmark.

First Step: index.html

As a simple first step, let's test the setup. We'll have Muse create the standard index.html landing page by writing a prompt for Muse:

Prompt for Muse

Write an index.html for my personal GitHub pages website that says my name. The repository is located at [paste a link to your GitHub repository]. Clone the repo, make changes, commit and push. After pushing, check that the GitHub Action publishes the changes and that the site, [your GitHub Pages site URL], reflects the new changes.

Since this is the first time Muse is writing code and making changes on GitHub, you'll have to approve its tool use. If you're uncomfortable doing “Always allow”, feel free to confirm allow one at a time.

After the AI gets working, and the whole machinery executes, it shouldn't take more than 15min to be able to visit your new site. If anything goes wrong, ask the AI what went wrong and collaborate with you to fix it.

Once you see your index.html working, we'll repeat prompting the AI and ask for more and more complicated designs.

Be curious, be creative

After publishing a simple index.html, the rest is up to you!

While I have been programming computers since I was 10, I've always been weakest in design and frontend development (like making webpages look nice). When I don't know a term or design, I give the AI a few examples and descriptions and ask it “if there is a concise professional term” for the idea. Then use the term in my next prompts. Rinse and repeat!

Here is a sampling of ideas and prompts I ended up incorporating in various parts of my site.