Show HN: Atlas – Let AI agents use your Mac without taking over your screen

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, ai-agents, desktop-automation, rust, gui-testing

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

Atlas creates a hidden secondary desktop on macOS so AI agents can interact with GUI apps (clicking, typing, testing) without taking over the user's screen. It integrates with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and others, providing a live view and manual control option. The hypervised desktop approach is a novel way to safely sandbox autonomous agent actions.

Target audience: AI agent developers, macOS power users, QA engineers

Repository: https://atlas.insanearts.io/ · Rust · MIT · 34 stars

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