OpenComputerUse is computer use for agents that runs in the background, as an MCP server. You start a session with an app and get back a session id, drive the app with that id, then end the session. The app works behind your other windows and your pointer, keyboard focus and frontmost app stay where they are, and sessions end when the MCP server exits.
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Start a session, use the returned id, and end it when done.
The pointer, keyboard focus and frontmost app stay yours.
On macOS it installs as a cask from a third-party tap.
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