Glossary

Computer use

An AI agent capability in which the model operates a desktop or browser through screenshots, clicks and keystrokes. Everything on the screen is input it may follow, so run it in an isolated virtual machine, container or browser profile with a domain allowlist, keep credentials out of its reach and have a person confirm purchases, messages and other irreversible actions.

Also called: computer-use agent · browser agent
Defined in: Anthropic: Computer use tool

Covered in

Guide

Sandbox model-generated code and computer-use agents

Run the code an agent writes, and agents that drive a browser or desktop, inside a boundary built for hostile code: a disposable runtime with no secrets and no default network, hard resource limits, and a person in front of every side effect.

Practice: Local project: Run model-generated Python in a locked-down container