What is Computer Use?
A model operating software the way a person does, by reading screenshots and sending clicks and keystrokes. It reaches apps that have no API, but it is slower and more brittle than a direct tool call.
screenshot → tap · 3 rounds · file saved
Computer use lets a model…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
The vendor portal has no API, so the team piloted computer use to download invoices, recording every run and keeping payment approval with a person.
In the illustration
The camera snaps the screen, the gantry moves the stylus to the button it found and taps. Snap, move, tap: three rounds until the invoice download finishes.
Plan a computer use pilot in your model for the vendor portal that has no API: the exact steps, what to screenshot for review, and where a person must approve before anything is paid.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
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