What is computer use?
Answer in brief
Agents that operate a graphical desktop or browser through screenshots, mouse and keyboard actions.
Computer use in agent sandboxes
Computer-use agents need a sandbox with a virtual display (for example Xvfb with a VNC or streaming server) and usually a full Linux desktop or headless browser. That requires more memory and a longer-lived session than a code interpreter.
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Agent Sandboxes. (2026). What is computer use?. agentsandboxes.org. Last reviewed November 8, 2026. https://agentsandboxes.org/glossary/computer-use/
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