Agent-S is an open-source agentic framework that autonomously interacts with graphical user interfaces to perform desktop tasks. It requires external paid API services for its main generation and grounding models and is designed for single-monitor screens.
Project overview
It reports surpassing human-level performance on the OSWorld benchmark with a score of 72.60%.
Project type
AI Agent · RAG
Use cases
Knowledge Q&A
Deployment
Refer to project documentation
License
Apache-2.0
Best for
Developers, AI engineers, and researchers working on AI agent automation and browser automation.
Users requiring an agent that outputs executable Python code to control graphical interfaces.
Key capabilities
Enables autonomous interaction with computers through an Agent-Computer Interface to perform complex tasks on your desktop.
Optional feature enabling the agent to execute Python and Bash code locally for data processing, file operations, and system automation.
Assists the worker agent by reflecting on actions to improve task completion.
Limitations and risks
The agent is designed for single monitor screens only.
The agent runs Python code to control the computer and the optional local environment executes arbitrary code; it should be used with care.
Requires external paid API services for the main and grounding models.
Getting started
Setup difficulty is rated medium. Users must install the Python package and system dependencies like Tesseract, configure API keys for external models, and set up a separate grounding model endpoint. The framework can be run via CLI or SDK.
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