How to print and mail photos with Meta Muse

The best photos you took this year are on your phone, and that is where they stay. Meta Muse can find them, sort them and caption them. It cannot put one in an envelope. No Errands Prints can: you hand Muse the photos and an address, and a photo lab prints them and posts them.

4x6 prints from $0.49 each, 5x7, 8x10 and a stretched canvas too, and your photo on a T-shirt or a mug, plus shipping for each size or product in the order. Muse shows you the exact total before anything is ordered.

What you need

• A Muse account.
• The photos: files you share with Muse, or links to them.
• The name and US address the prints should go to.

Step 1: Get a key

Go to https://noerrands.com/get-key, enter your email, and leave the choice on read and write so Muse is allowed to upload photos and order. One key covers prints, mail, fax, bookings and tables. The key is shown once, so keep the tab open until step 3.

Step 2: Paste this prompt into Muse

Copy the whole block and paste it into Muse as one message.

Build a custom connector for No Errands. One API key covers nine services:
printed mail (letters and postcards), fax, appointment booking, asking a
restaurant for a table, shipping labels, printing and posting photos, mailing
greeting cards, same-day courier delivery, and getting documents signed.

1. Read these nine connector briefs and follow them exactly:
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/fax/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/booking/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/tables/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/ship/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/prints/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/cards/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/courier/muse.md
   https://noerrands.com/connectors/sign/muse.md

2. Store my API key in the Secure Credentials Store as NOERRANDS_API_KEY.
   The same key works for all nine. Never print, log, echo, or repeat it,
   not even partially.
   Send it as the header: Authorization: Bearer <NOERRANDS_API_KEY>

3. Prefer the MCP endpoints (streamable HTTP):
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/mail/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/fax/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/booking/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/tables/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/ship/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/prints/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/cards/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/courier/mcp
   https://api.noerrands.com/c/sign/mcp
   If you use the REST APIs instead, each brief links its OpenAPI document.

4. Before you mail anything, fax anything, book anything, contact a
   restaurant, buy a shipping label, order prints, send a card, send a
   courier, or send a document for signature, show me exactly what will
   happen, what it costs and who it goes to. Then wait for my explicit
   approval. Never act without asking me first. Signing links go out only
   from my own email, after I approve each message.

5. Save this as a reusable skill called "No Errands".

6. When it is set up, check it works by asking for my balance (free), then
   tell me in a few lines what I can ask you for. Offer to try it with
   something free: a document I sign myself (my first one is free) or a
   price quote for a letter. Do not spend my credits to test it.

Muse reads our connector briefs, writes its own client, tests it, and saves it as a reusable skill. Approve network access to our domain when Muse asks. You will see a caution notice because Meta does not review custom connectors.

Step 3: Paste your key into the Secure Credentials Store

When Muse asks for the key it opens its Secure Credentials Store. Paste the key in there, never into the chat. Muse's agent only ever sees a stand-in token, so a web page cannot talk it into leaking the real key.

Step 4: Give Muse the photos and the address

Share the photos with Muse, then say what you want. For example:

Print these six photos from the lake as 4x6, two copies of the sunset one, and send them to my mum, Jean Baker, 44 Oak Lane, Springfield IL 62704.

Or bigger:

Make the one of the kids on the dock an 8x10 and post it to me.

Muse uploads the photos and asks for a quote. Before anything is ordered it must show you:

• each photo with its size and number of copies;
• the name and address it will be posted to;
• the shipping speed: budget, standard or express;
• any warning: a photo too small to print sharp at that size, or one whose shape means the edges will be trimmed to fill the paper;
• the exact total, shipping included.

Then it waits for your yes.

If a photo gets a warning, pick a smaller size or share the original file. Chat apps shrink photos on the way through, and the copy Muse received may be the small one.

Step 5: Say yes, then track the parcel

Once you say yes, the order goes to the print lab and the credits are taken. The lab prints within a few working days and posts the parcel. Ask Muse:

Have my prints shipped yet?

Muse reads the status back:

• submitted -- the lab has the order and has not started. You can still cancel it and get every credit back.
• in_production -- being printed. Too late to cancel.
• shipped -- on its way. Muse can give you the carrier and tracking number.
• cancelled -- called off before printing, by you or by the lab. Refunded in full.

Put a photo on a T-shirt or a mug

The same connector puts a photo on a custom T-shirt ($27.99) or an 11oz white mug ($17.99), posted to a US address:

Put this photo of Grandpa on a black T-shirt, size L, and send it to my brother.

Make a mug with the dog photo and post it to me.

• T-shirt: a unisex Bella+Canvas 3001, with your photo on the front only. Muse asks for the size (XS to 3XL; 2XL and 3XL cost a little more) and the colour (white or black). Shirts ship budget or standard, not express. The whole photo is placed on the shirt, not cropped, so nothing is trimmed off.
• Mug: the photo wraps around the mug and is trimmed to fit, like a print. A wide photo works best; Muse warns you if much will be cut.
• Made to order. Each shirt and mug is printed just for you, so it cannot be returned because you changed your mind or the size is wrong. Check the size before you say yes. If one arrives damaged or misprinted, or never arrives, we reprint or refund it, as with prints.
• Shirts and mugs ship in their own packages with their own shipping line. Delivery times are estimates.

What it costs

These are list prices. Each size, and the shirts and mugs, ship as their own packages, so each carries its own shipping line, and you see the total before you say yes. The same credits pay for letters, faxes and tables. Every pack credits more than it costs:

Add credits.

Things to know before you rely on it

• Photos fill the paper. A phone photo is a slightly different shape from a 4x6, so a sliver is trimmed from the edges. Muse warns you when it is more than a sliver.
• Screen colours are brighter than paper. We print what you send. We do not retouch anything.
• Check the address. A parcel cannot be redirected once it ships.
• Damaged or missing? Email support@noerrands.com within 30 days of shipping with the order id, and we reprint or refund it.

Questions people ask

What does it cost to print photos with Meta Muse?

A 4x6 print is $0.49, a 5x7 $1.69, an 8x10 $6.49 and a 12x16 canvas $49.99, plus shipping for each size in the order. Muse shows you the exact total, shipping included, before anything is ordered.

Will my phone photos print well?

Almost always, at 4x6 and 5x7. Every quote checks each photo at the size you chose. It warns you when a photo is small enough to look soft. Screenshots and photos shrunk by a chat app are the usual culprits.

Can I send the prints straight to someone else?

Yes. Give Muse their name and US address. The parcel is addressed to them and comes from the print lab.

Can I cancel an order?

Yes, until the lab starts printing. You get every credit back. Labs usually start within hours.

What happens to my photos afterwards?

We delete the photos you uploaded as soon as the order ships, or after a day if you never order. The address is cut down to city, state and three ZIP digits 30 days after shipping. Full detail is on the prints privacy page.

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