GitHub Copilot adds computer use to control desktop apps in public preview
PaulShellDev · x · 2026-10-02
GitHub Copilot's computer use is now in public preview in Copilot CLI and the Copilot app on macOS/Windows. Copilot can operate desktop software on your behalf—reading app content and visual context, clicking controls, typing, scrolling, dragging, and navigating across apps—enabling automation of legacy GUI-only software without APIs, CLIs, or MCP. Control requires user approval, always-allowed apps can be reviewed or reset, and org settings can disable it. Enable via /computer on in CLI or Settings → Computer Use in the app.
More from coding & agent
- Researcher shows a free open-source slide tool that beats PowerPoint and dodges AI design clichés — Afinetheorem · 2026-10-02
- Making a one-video history of the internet with Claude inside Cursor — prasenx · 2026-10-02
- Opus 5.5 turns Strudel live coding into an interactive jam session via MCP — repligate · 2026-10-02
- Skyvern 3.0 rebuilt from scratch hits SOTA 90.5% on Odyssey browser agent benchmark, stays open source — ycombinator · 2026-10-02
- How to test model switches for AI agents before shipping to catch silent tool-calling regressions — Fun_Employment6042 · 2026-10-02
- Databricks launches ai_decide, a sub-second structured decision AI function cheaper than LLMs — matei_zaharia · 2026-10-02