Naveen Rao: Let Agents Probe Every PowerPoint Feature, Then Rewrite the App
NaveenGRao · x · 2026-10-08
Naveen G. Rao proposes having an agent systematically exercise every feature of a piece of software like PowerPoint, understand its behavior, write a spec, and then regenerate the application in code. He argues agents should be capable of thoroughly interrogating any software, and suggests this would be a good benchmark-style task for MacroHard.
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