Claude Now Operates Your Computer Through Direct Screen Control
Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet with the Computer Use API. The model receives screenshots and issues mouse clicks, keystrokes, and cursor movements to complete tasks. Users can now automate form filling, spreadsheet edits, and website navigation without writing code.
This shifts users from prompting language models to delegating entire desktop workflows. The technique teaches that vision plus action loops can replace manual repetition. Practitioners should audit repetitive computer tasks and map them to API calls instead of scripts.
Anthropic documented the feature on its official release page. Early enterprise testers report completing multi-step data entry sequences in under two minutes that previously required fifteen minutes of manual work.
Step 1: Visit https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use and enable the Computer Use API in your Anthropic console. Step 2: Provide Claude with a task description such as 'open Excel and update column C with last week's sales figures.' Step 3: Watch the model capture the screen, move the cursor, and execute the edits; verify the output file to confirm completion.