 | I've been building Understudy, an open-source desktop agent that can operate GUI apps, browsers, shell tools, files, and messaging in one local runtime. The core idea is teach-by-demonstration: you do a task once, the agent records screen video + semantic events, extracts the intent rather than coordinates, and publishes a reusable skill. Video: Youtube In this demo I teach it: Google Image search -> download a photo -> remove background in Pixelmator Pro -> export -> send via Telegram Then I ask it to do the same thing for another target. GitHub: understudy [link] [comments] |
Understudy: local-first, desktop agent that learns tasks from gui demonstrations (MIT, open source)
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Key Points
- Understudy is an open-source, local-first desktop agent (MIT-affiliated) that can operate GUI apps, browsers, shell tools, files, and messaging in one local runtime.
- It uses teach-by-demonstration: you perform a task once, the agent records screen video and semantic events, extracts the intent rather than coordinates, and publishes a reusable skill.
- In a demonstration, it learns a multi-step workflow (Google Image search, download a photo, remove background in Pixelmator Pro, export, and send via Telegram) and can generalize to new targets.
- The project is hosted on GitHub at understudy-ai/understudy with a supporting video demo on YouTube.
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