Hermes Agent Now Runs Background Computer Use on Mac, Windows & Linux

Key Takeaways

• It runs in the background. A "CUA-Driver" posts input events directly to target processes, so your real OS cursor never moves and windows don't jump to the front. You see a separate overlay cursor only when it's acting — you can keep typing elsewhere while it works.
• Cross-platform. Background computer use now works on Mac, Windows, and Linux, using each OS's native accessibility stack — most rival tools are Mac-only because background control needs deep OS access.
• Model-agnostic. It works with any vision-capable model — Claude, GPT, Gemini, any OpenRouter model, or a local model — as long as it can read screenshots. You're not locked to one provider.
• Safety guardrails. Destructive actions (deleting files, sensitive edits) require your approval; force-deleting files, emptying trash, locking the screen, and dangerous sudo flags are hard-blocked at the tool level. A fully-manual approval mode confirms every action.
• Prompt-injection defense. The agent won't click permission dialogs, won't type passwords, and is instructed to ignore commands embedded in on-screen text or screenshots — only your instructions count.