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Desktop Automation with Codex
by nicbarth·Mar 6, 2026·1 point·0 comments
AI Analysis
●MidBold Bet
LLM-driven desktop automation from screenshots, but unreliable and dangerous.
Strengths
- •Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) with pluggable LLM runners (Claude, Codex, Ollama).
- •Task markdown format makes workflows human-readable and version-controllable.
- •Global hotkey kill switch prevents runaway bots from destroying user data.
Weaknesses
- •Screenshot-to-action loop is fragile; author admits 'mostly works' and risks accidental actions.
- •No safeguards against destructive commands; high liability for unattended runs.
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Target Audience
Power users and automation engineers testing LLM-driven RPA on personal workflows
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UiPath · Blue Prism · Anthropic Computers.json research
Post Description
Tried using doing some desktop automation by sending codex screenshots and stepping through generated instructions. It's rough, but it (mostly) works. In the screenshot it accidentally presses 71336 haha.
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