amontlabs/lcu

Codex computer use, decoupled from the app, for usage inside any harness.

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LCU Codex computer use, decoupled from the Codex app. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd9d0809-8a6c-4931-a51c-b98daf05cb5f LCU exposes Codex's original computer-use runtime to your harness without requiring Codex authentication. The official ChatGPT desktop app must still be installed locally: it supplies the runtime and instructions, while LCU handles setup and harness integration. Copy this into your agent: In Claude Code on an Apple Silicon Mac, two commands do the same through its plugin manager; see Claude Code plugin: The first time an agent controls an app (Zed, Notes, Safari), the computer-use runtime asks you to allow it. The Claude app's Code tab used to fail that request with "Computer Use was not approved". lcu setup --agent claude-code now installs a small Claude Code mod, lcu-approve, that asks the question natively: as a question card in the Claude app, which flags the session as needing input, and as a Computer use approval pane in the terminal. The…

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  1. Quick start
  2. Features
  3. Approve apps from Claude, natively
  4. Manage approved apps with Touch ID
  5. Keep Computer Use across turns (Claude Code)
  6. Permissions
  7. Requirements
  8. Install manually
  9. Enable Chrome
  10. Enable computer-audio recording
  11. Pi commands
  12. Documentation

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Codex computer use, decoupled from the app, for usage inside any harness.

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amontlabs
Primary language
JavaScript
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2,060
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133
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License
MIT
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Created
2026-09-22T15:08:18.000Z
Last push
2026-10-21T12:33:12.000Z

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Owner-supplied topics: accessibility, agent-skills, browser-automation, claude-code, codex-cli, computer-use, desktop-automation, library, linux, macos, mcp, pi-agent, x11

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