Automate what APIs can't in one prompt done locally
OpenOwl is a desktop automation agent for macOS. It gives AI assistants (Claude, Codex, or any MCP-compatible AI) the ability to see your screen, click buttons, type into fields, and navigate across any app or browser. You describe a task in plain English. OpenOwl does the rest. It automates the tasks that APIs can't touch LinkedIn prospecting, Shopify admin updates, legacy CRM data entry, form filling, competitive research, and anything that normally requires you to sit there clicking for hours
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"Hey Product Hunt! Mihir here, maker of OpenOwl.I built this because of a frustration I couldn't shake:I'd ask Claude to help me with a task, and it would give me perfect step-by-step instructions... that I then had to spend 45 minutes clicking through myself.LinkedIn prospecting? "Go to this profile, click Connect, type this message." Great advice. But I still had to do all the clicking.Updating 200 product prices in Shopify? Claude knew exactly what to change. But there's no API for the admin panel. So I sat there. Clicking. For two hours.AI can think for you. But it couldn't act for you. That's the gap.OpenOwl is an MCP server that gives your AI assistant actual eyes and hands on your screen. It sees your screen, moves the cursor, clicks buttons, types into fields, and navigates between apps — not through APIs, but through the actual UI, like a human would.You describe what you need in plain English. OpenOwl does the rest.A few things worth knowing:Works with Claude, Codex, and any MCP-compatible AIRuns 100% locally on your Mac — screenshots and data never leave your machineInstall with one command: npm i openowlFree tier included — 50 tool calls/day, no credit card neededmacOS only right now (Apple Silicon + Intel)This started as a weekend project to scratch my own itch. Now it's something I use every single day — and genuinely can't go back to doing these tasks manually.What repetitive screen task would you hand off to your AI if it could actually click for you? Would love to hear what you'd use this for."
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"Is WIN support coming as well?"
GMA Community
"This is cool - can you tell me a bit about where it's more powerful than Claude Cowork or Perplexity's "browse for me" functions, or any major LLM with Playwright or similar installed? Again, really cool either way, definitely going to give this a swing! congrats on the launch :D"
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"most workflow automation tools nail the happy path. partial failures are where they fall apart - one step errors, the rest queue up, nobody notices until the downstream data is wrong."
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"Cool, Mihir! Currently dealing with that problem cause Calude perfectly set a plan for me but then I want to execute it, which should be made for an agent. Happy to see you helping on this!!"
GMA Community
"Smart idea,I really wanna give it a try."
