Computer Use Agents

This covers the perception-reasoning-action loop that powers AI agents controlling computers through vision and mouse/keyboard actions. You get practical patterns for Anthropic's Computer Use API including screenshot capture, action execution, and the critical timing quirks (agents pause 1-5 seconds while "thinking" between actions). The sandboxing section is essential since you absolutely cannot run these on bare metal without isolation. Useful if you're building automation that needs to interact with GUIs where APIs don't exist, though the token costs from constant screenshots add up fast. The code examples show real pyautogui integration and proper step limiting to prevent runaway loops.