Proposal: hand predictable UI workflows to a local runner to cut computer-use agent costs
Iinganouo · reddit · 2026-09-16
A proposal to cut computer-use agent costs: instead of screenshot→decide→click loops, let the agent hand off predictable UI workflows to a local runner (wait, find element, click, type, wait for condition) that returns a structured result, only handing control back on surprises. The author asks whether existing tools already solve this, whether UI flows are too brittle, or whether vision calls simply aren't expensive enough to matter.
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