Agents that operate a computer the way a person does, reading the screen and moving the mouse and keyboard. Named by Anthropic: Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku (Oct 22, 2024). Also called Computer-use agents, Operator agents, GUI agents, Browser use.
feder-cr/invisible_playwright_mcpYour AI agent browses the web without captchas: self-hosted Python MCP server on undetected anti-detect stealth Firefox, for browser automat · Aug 4, 2024 2y2 years ago
Aug 4, 20242y2 years ago
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trycua/cuaScale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation. · Jan 31, 2025 1y1 year ago
Jan 31, 20251y1 year ago
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NanmiCoder/cc-hahaLocal-first cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code / agents: multi-agent, Git worktrees, code diffs, skill marketplace, multi-mode · Mar 31, 2026 5mo5 months ago
Mar 31, 20265mo5 months ago
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go-vgo/robotgoRobotGo, Go Native cross-platform RPA, GUI automation, Auto test and Computer use @vcaesar · Sep 26, 2016 10y10 years ago
microsoft/faraFara1.5 – A family of frontier computer use agent models · Oct 29, 2025 11mo11 months ago
Oct 29, 202511mo11 months ago
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Related movements
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AI agentsModels that plan and act in steps, calling tools and other services until a task is done.
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AI browsersWeb browsers with an assistant or agent built in that reads pages and does tasks on them for you.
Plateau
Multimodal AIModels that read and write more than text: images, audio and video in the same model.
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History
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What changed
Sep 24, 2026
Tracking started: emerged October 2024, plateau, 4 other names recorded
Sources: Curve: Hacker News story titles, Wikipedia pageviews and arXiv papers by month, refreshed Sep 24, 2026. Related entities from the fru.dev sites' public APIs, matched by name. How stages work.
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