Copilot Computer Use

Copilot Computer Use is an AI developer tool from GitHub that lets GitHub Copilot interact with desktop applications on your behalf, in public preview for the GitHub Copilot CLI and the Copilot app on macOS and Windows. Its main job is automating workflows in legacy and GUI-only software that has no API, command-line interface, or MCP integration — the apps you otherwise have to click through by hand. Copilot can read accessible app content and visual context, click controls, enter and edit text, press keys, scroll, drag, and navigate workflows across applications, so you can describe a repetitive desktop task and have it carried out for you. Control stays with the user through an approval workflow: you grant permission before Copilot accesses an application, and you can review or reset the apps you have chosen to always allow. Enabling it is explicit — run /computer on in the CLI, or toggle Enable Computer Use under Settings > Computer Use in the app. For developers and technical users searching for the best AI tool to automate desktop apps that lack modern APIs, Copilot Computer Use extends Copilot beyond the editor into GUI automation while keeping a per-app permission gate in front of every action.

Automating repetitive tasks in legacy and GUI-only desktop apps that have no API