Try this on day one: payroll cost by department
“What did payroll cost in Gusto this quarter by department?”
- This quarter’s payrolls, read in full
- Cost by department
- The change against last quarter
Integrations · Finance and accounting
An AI team that works in Gusto for you.
Your bots read Gusto payrolls, employees and reports so payroll questions get quick answers. New bots start on Ask, so they check with you before they act in Gusto, except on Hermes and other ACP engines.
Free app. Gusto connects through Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key. You sign in to Gusto yourself.
What did payroll cost in Gusto this quarter by department?
You signed in to Gusto once. Your Chief put a bot on it.
Read payrolls and pay stubs- List employees, contractors and departments
- Read benefits
Waiting on you · Ask mode
Next step: update an employee record in Gusto. Go ahead?
What your bots can do in Gusto.
- Read payrolls and pay stubs
- List employees, contractors and departments
- Read benefits
- Update an employee record (asks first)
“Asks first” means the bot checks with you before it does that, on Ask, the mode every new bot starts in. You can give a bot more freedom later. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. On Hermes and other ACP engines, Ask and the stop line cover only what the engine asks Murage about, and Hermes doesn’t ask before connected-app tools, so these actions don’t ask first there.
Ready-made teams that use Gusto.
How to connect it.
- 1
Download Murage
Free for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu. Pick the AI you already use; if it needs installing, Murage opens a one-line command for you.
- 2
Connect Gusto
Open connected apps and sign in to Gusto once. It runs through Flux Router credits, or your own connected-apps key.
- 3
Give a brief
Tell your Chief of Staff what to do with Gusto. New bots start on Ask, so they check with you before they act, except on Hermes and other ACP engines.
Where Murage fits next to Zapier.
What a team adds here
Your team explains the numbers in plain words and lists the questions for your accountant. It never posts an entry.
Works across your apps
One brief can pull from Gusto, your calendar, your CRM and the web, then hand you one answer.
Keeps notes on your business
Your bots keep notes on your customers, your tone and how you like things done, stored on your computer where you can open and edit them.
Runs on the AI you already pay for
Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, a model key or a local model. The Murage app is free; your AI provider bills you as usual.
Where they win: Zapier runs in the cloud whether your computer is on or not, while Murage runs while your computer is on. Use Zapier for quick one-offs and fixed recipes, and Murage for the work that needs judgment.
Already have Zaps? Your bots can run them. Add the Zapier MCP server and your bots use your Zaps as tools, and a Zap can start a Murage task through a local webhook (senders in the cloud need a tunnel to reach your computer).
Questions about Murage and Gusto.
Can Murage connect to Gusto?
Yes. Sign in to Gusto once inside Murage, through Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key, and your bots can read payrolls and pay stubs.
Will it change or send anything in Gusto without asking?
Not while it’s on Ask, where every new bot starts: it checks with you before it acts in Gusto. On Auto or Full access, replies in an existing conversation and routine edits go ahead, but a bot still stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Only No limits turns that off. On Hermes and other ACP engines, Ask and the stop line cover only what the engine asks Murage about, and Hermes doesn’t ask before connected-app tools.
What does it cost?
The Murage app is free. Gusto connects through Flux Router credits, or your own connected-apps key if you have one. Your AI provider bills you as usual.
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Give your first job to Murage.
Download the free app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.
No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for