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Show HN: Drive any macOS app in the background without stealing the cursor

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Why This Matters

This new macOS background app driver enables seamless automation of native applications without disrupting user focus, enhancing productivity and automation capabilities for developers and power users. Its cross-platform agent framework also simplifies building autonomous agents across various operating systems, fostering innovation in automation and remote management.

Key Takeaways

Build, benchmark, and deploy agents that use computers

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Cua Driver - Background computer-use on macOS

Drive any native macOS app in the background — agents click, type, and verify without stealing the cursor, focus, or Space, even on non-AX surfaces like Chromium web content and canvas-based tools (Blender, Figma, DAWs, game engines). Use with the CLI or MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, and custom clients. Every session records as a replayable trajectory.

/bin/bash -c " $( curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trycua/cua/main/libs/cua-driver/scripts/install.sh ) "

Full tool reference, architecture notes, and the Claude Code skill ship with the package: libs/cua-driver/README.md .

Cua - Agent-Ready Sandboxes for Any OS

Build agents that see screens, click buttons, and complete tasks autonomously. One API for any VM or container image — cloud or local.

pip install cua

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