Use your computer with Bearly

Computer Use lets Bearly work through the same windows and controls you use: it can inspect what is on screen, click, type, scroll, drag, use keyboard shortcuts, and move between visible apps.

It is available in the Bearly desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It is not available on the web or on mobile. A conversation that used Computer Use remains readable elsewhere, but return to that chat in the desktop app before asking Bearly to look at or control your computer again.

Computer Use can control the full desktop

Bearly may capture and send screenshots of your full display to the AI model selected for the task. It may also change focus, switch between visible apps, and control the mouse and keyboard. Close or hide anything you do not want included before granting access.

Complete a desktop task

1. Open a chat in the desktop app

   For the clearest result, open the app or window involved and leave it visible. You do not need to turn on a separate mode.

2. Describe the result and its boundaries

   Ask for the complete task in ordinary language. Include the app, the desired result, and any point where Bearly should pause.

   In the spreadsheet already open on my desktop, sort the Budget tab by due date. Stop before saving.

3. Review the permission request

   When Bearly needs desktop access, a Use your computer card shows the Goal, initial Scope, and Duration. Check these details before choosing:

   • Allow grants access for this reply. Access ends when the reply finishes.
   • This session → Allow session keeps access available for the current Computer Use session, including later replies, until you stop it.
   • Deny keeps desktop access blocked. You can revise the request or complete the step yourself.

   The initial scope may name one visible app, but Bearly can switch to another visible window or the full desktop while completing the approved task.

4. Follow the live activity

   A Computer control appears near the chat input while access is active. Its status shows whether Bearly is starting, looking, or working in an app. The response also includes a Computer Use activity record with the app or screen being used and the actions involved.

   Keep an eye on the computer while Bearly works. You can move sensitive information out of view or stop the task at any time.

5. Stop access when you are finished

   Select Stop in the Computer control to stop the current task and revoke its session permission. The chat’s regular stop control also stops an active Computer Use task.

Confirm sensitive actions

Some actions produce a second Confirm this computer action request. Review the reason, then select Allow only if the action matches what you asked for. Select Deny to prevent that action; you can then give Bearly a safer or more specific instruction.

For consequential work, tell Bearly where to pause—for example, before sending a message, submitting a form, saving over a file, or confirming a purchase. Computer Use can make mistakes, just as a person can when working quickly through an interface.

Allow system access on macOS

Computer Use needs permission to observe the screen and control other apps. If Bearly asks for either permission:

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility, then allow Bearly.
2. Under Privacy & Security, open Screen Recording and allow Bearly. Some macOS versions call this Screen & System Audio Recording.
3. Return to Bearly and send the request again.

If your system asks you to reopen Bearly after changing a permission, reopen it before retrying the task.

Finish Windows setup

On Windows, Bearly may offer a small Computer Use helper for more reliable control of protected and background windows.

• When Finish setting up Computer Use appears, select Finish setup and approve the Windows administrator prompt.
• When Finish updating Computer Use appears, select Update and approve the prompt.
• To check or retry setup later, open your account menu in the sidebar footer, choose App Settings, then select Runtime in the Desktop section. Review Windows Computer Use helper and choose Install or Update.

Windows asks for administrator approval because the helper is installed for everyone on that PC. Bearly itself continues to run as your normal user. You can choose Remove Computer Use helper from the same settings area; removal also requires administrator approval.

Computer Use may still handle ordinary visible windows without the helper, but protected or background windows can be less reliable. If a task stalls on one of those windows, finish or update the helper and try again.

If Computer Use does not start

What you see	What to do
Bearly says Computer Use is available only in the desktop app	Open the same conversation in the Bearly desktop app. Earlier results remain in the chat.
Bearly says the desktop app is too old or does not support Computer Use	Update Bearly to the current desktop release, reopen it, and retry.
Bearly asks for Accessibility or Screen Recording	Grant the requested macOS permission, then retry the message.
Bearly cannot find the app or window	Open or restore the relevant window so it is visible, then ask Bearly to continue.
A Windows helper installation or update was canceled	Open App Settings → Runtime and select Install or Update again.
Computer Use is blocked for your workspace	Ask a team administrator whether the assigned policy permits Computer Use and the models it needs.
An action fails or the wrong window is active	Select Stop, bring the intended window into view, and send a narrower instruction.

Managed-team administrators can control availability from Teams → team name → Policies → policy name → Code & Automation → Disable Computer Use.