Claude computer use use cases: 6 real examples
Agentic Feats lists 6 sourced examples of Claude computer use in real work; 3 link the artifact; most common job type: research (2). Newest first.
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Ethan Mollick received a finished Gatsby lesson plan spreadsheet for high schoolers with no obvious errors, after delegating and walking away.
Gatsby lesson plan spreadsheet
Claude with Computer Use downloaded The Great Gatsby, researched lesson plans and standards, and filled a spreadsheet on its own.
It created the text file as asked, but after clicking a result it took a screenshot too early and hallucinated the answer.
Restaurant search with computer use
Claude's computer-use agent searched Google for vegetarian restaurants near Bond Street and saved results to a notepad file on a remote machine.
Claude opened MakeMyTrip, cleared a sign-in popup after a second prompt, and began filling the search fields; no finished booking is shown.
Flight booking with computer use
Claude's computer use, running in a Docker container, opened Firefox and tried to book a New Delhi to Mumbai flight on MakeMyTrip.
In about 90 seconds it returned four posts with view and like counts, plus a suggested angle for each.
X feed research for posts
Claude computer use, sent from the phone via Dispatch, opened Chrome, read the author's logged-in X feed, and picked posts worth writing about.
Claude opened Chess and reported the board state, but never played a game, and half an hour of use drained the five-hour Claude Pro allotment.
Claude computer use on Mac
Claude used its new computer use feature to take over a Mac, open the Chess app, and try to play a game.
The task finished in 19 minutes, with numbers formatted in the spreadsheet and a screenshot trail of every step.
Wallet data into spreadsheet
Claude computer use pulled wallet data and dashboard numbers across the author's desktop, then summarized them in an open spreadsheet.
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