Operator-Use

A personal assistant that operates your computer. Just like you.

Operator is an AI agent you message from anywhere Telegram, Discord, Slack, or Twitch and it works on your computer. It reads files, browses the web, runs commands, clicks through apps, and remembers who you are. It runs locally, connects to any LLM, and gets smarter over time.

Inspired by nanobot and OpenClaw. Thanks for these wonderful projects.

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Key Features

🖥️ Desktop Control — Click, type, scroll, take screenshots, and open apps via native accessibility APIs (Windows UIA, macOS Accessibility (Beta), Linux (in progress)).

🌐 Web Browsing — Search, navigate, and extract content from the web.

💬 Multi-Channel — Message it through Telegram, Discord, Slack, Twitch, or MQTT.

🧠 Memory — Remembers you, your preferences, and past conversations across sessions.

📅 Scheduling — Cron-based recurring tasks and a heartbeat system for proactive work.

🎙️ Voice I/O — Full STT and TTS support across multiple providers.

🔌 Any LLM — Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Groq, Ollama, and many more.

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Multi-Agent in Action

Two Operator agents — Jarvis and Ultron — communicating on the same machine.

Jarvis detected a bug in the inter-agent tool (invalid Windows path characters), patched the code, rebooted itself, and successfully reached Ultron. Ultron was then assigned as a researcher and tasked with a deep analysis on photosynthesis — which it delivered in full.

Jarvis spots the bug, fixes it, and connects to Ultron	Connection confirmed — agents communicating
Ultron accepts the researcher specialization	Ultron delivers a full research report on photosynthesis

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Table of Contents

• Multi-Agent in Action
• Install
• Quick Start
• Channels
• Supported LLMs
• Voice (STT / TTS)
• CLI Reference
• Docker
• Contributing
• Security
• Citation
• Star History
• License

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📦 Install

Try it instantly (no install needed — runs setup on first launch):

uvx operator-use

Install permanently (then just type operator every time):

uv tool install operator-use
operator

With pip:

pip install operator-use
operator

First run automatically launches the setup wizard. After that, operator starts your agent directly.

Update

uv tool upgrade operator-use
# or
pip install -U operator-use

uv tool upgrade operator-use

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Run the setup wizard

operator onboard

This walks you through choosing an LLM provider, entering your API key, and connecting a messaging channel.

2. Start the agent

operator

That's it. Message your bot and it will start working.

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💬 Channels

Connect Operator to the platform you already use:

Channel	What you need
Telegram	Bot token from @BotFather
Discord	Bot token + Message Content intent
Slack	Bot token + App-Level token
Twitch	OAuth token + channel name
MQTT	Broker host + topic

Telegram (Recommended)

1. Create a bot

• Open Telegram, search @BotFather
• Send /newbot, follow the prompts
• Copy the bot token

2. Configure via wizard

operator onboard

Select Telegram and paste your token when prompted.

Or edit your config directly:

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
      "allow_from": ["YOUR_USER_ID"]
    }
  }
}

Find your user ID by messaging @userinfobot on Telegram.

3. Run

operator run

Discord

1. Create a bot

• Go to the Discord Developer Portal
• Create an application → Bot → Add Bot
• Copy the bot token

2. Enable intents

In the Bot settings, enable MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT.

3. Get your User ID

• Discord Settings → Advanced → enable Developer Mode
• Right-click your username → Copy User ID

4. Configure

{
  "channels": {
    "discord": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
      "allow_from": ["YOUR_USER_ID"]
    }
  }
}

5. Invite the bot

• OAuth2 → URL Generator → Scopes: bot
• Bot Permissions: Send Messages, Read Message History
• Open the invite URL and add the bot to your server

6. Run

operator

Slack

1. Create a Slack app

• Go to api.slack.com/apps → Create New App → From scratch
• Under OAuth & Permissions, add bot token scopes: chat:write, im:history, im:read
• Install the app to your workspace and copy the Bot User OAuth Token

2. Enable Socket Mode

• Under Socket Mode, enable it and generate an App-Level Token with connections:write scope

3. Configure

{
  "channels": {
    "slack": {
      "enabled": true,
      "bot_token": "xoxb-...",
      "app_token": "xapp-..."
    }
  }
}

4. Run

operator run

Twitch

1. Get an OAuth token

Generate a chat OAuth token at twitchapps.com/tmi.

2. Configure

{
  "channels": {
    "twitch": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "oauth:YOUR_TOKEN",
      "nick": "your_bot_username",
      "channel": "your_channel_name"
    }
  }
}

3. Run

operator run

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🤖 Supported LLMs

Operator works with any of these providers:

Provider	Notes
OpenAI	GPT-4o, o3, etc.
Anthropic	Claude 3.5/4 series
Google	Gemini 2.0/2.5 series
Mistral	All Mistral models
Groq	Ultra-fast inference
Ollama	Local models
Azure OpenAI	Enterprise Azure deployments
Cerebras	Fast inference
DeepSeek	DeepSeek-V3, R1
NVIDIA	NVIDIA NIM
OpenRouter	200+ models via one API
vLLM	Self-hosted inference
LiteLLM	Unified proxy
GitHub Copilot	Via Copilot API

Configure your provider during operator onboard or in your config file.

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🎙️ Voice (STT / TTS)

Provider	STT	TTS
OpenAI	✓	✓
Google	✓	✓
Groq	✓	✓
ElevenLabs	✓	✓
Deepgram	✓	✓
Sarvam	✓	✓

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🖥️ CLI Reference

operator onboard     Interactive setup wizard
operator run         Start the agent
operator agent       Agent configuration
operator gateway     Manage channels
operator channels    List active channels
operator models      List available models
operator sessions    View conversation sessions
operator status      Show system status
operator logs        Stream logs

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🐳 Docker

docker build -t operator .
docker run --env-file .env operator

Exposed ports:

Port	Purpose
8080	Webhook server (Telegram / Discord / Slack)
8765	ACP server (Agent Communication Protocol)
1883	MQTT (plain)
8883	MQTT (TLS)
9222	Chrome DevTools Protocol

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for branch strategy, dev setup, code style, and PR guidelines.

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Security

To report a vulnerability, please follow the steps in SECURITY.md. Do not open a public issue for security concerns.

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Citation

If you use Operator-Use in your research or project, please cite it as:

@software{operator_use_2026,
  author    = {CursorTouch},
  title     = {Operator-Use: An AI Agent That Operates Your Computer},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://github.com/CursorTouch/Operator-Use},
  license   = {MIT}
}

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Star History

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.