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Computer-Use Agent

An agent that operates a graphical interface the way a person does: it looks at a screenshot, decides where to click or type, and acts. Contrast with agents that call APIs or run shell commands. Slower and more fragile, but works with software that has no API.

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Computer-Use and Voice Agents: How They Work

Two kinds of agent broke out of the text box: computer-use agents that operate a screen with a mouse and keyboard, and voice agents that hold a real-time spoken conversation. Here is how each works, where they are fragile, and what the harness has to do differently for them.

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