Cortex Bot

Cortex Bot is a computer-using agent. Where Chat answers and Code changes a repository, a bot does things on a desktop: opens a browser, clicks through a flow, reads files, runs a shell command, and reports back in a few short messages. You can watch its screen while it works, and it asks before it does anything consequential.

Cortex Bot feature grid — A real desktop not a transcript, Your bots listed once, Plugins you chose, One product one sign-in — The public Bot page's four commitments: a real desktop, your bots listed once, plugins you chose, one product and one sign-in.

The shape of the product

Commitment	What it means
A real desktop, not a transcript	Each bot can have a computer: a screen, a browser, files. You watch it work instead of pasting a web page into chat.
Your bots, listed once	The account’s bots live in the sidebar. The pane is the open bot — conversation in the middle, its computer on the right.
Plugins you chose	A connected app reaches Chat, Bot, or both — you pick. A bot never inherits a tool you did not assign.
One product, one sign-in	Create a bot after you sign in. A guest session cannot own something it could never come back to revoke.

First run

An account with no bots gets the setup form, not an empty list. Name the bot, decide what it is for, and create it. There are no pre-made bots with invented names waiting in the list.

The open bot

Area	What is there
Sidebar	Your bots, listed once
Centre	The conversation — short bubbles from the bot, your replies, and parked approvals
Computer rail (right)	The live desktop, with Open desktop and Sleep, plus routines

Who can drive a bot

Guests see the public product page at /bot and the This space is reserved gate on deep links. Signed-in members create and drive bots. Bots are private to the account — see Sharing.

Bot compared with Chat and Code

	Chat	Code	Bot
Best at	Questions, writing, research	Changing a repository	Doing tasks on a desktop, on a schedule
Runs in	A snippet sandbox	An isolated guest, headless	An isolated guest with a desktop
You see	A streamed reply	A turn timeline	Short user-visible messages plus the live screen
Guardrail	Tool round budget	Ask / Plan / Agent	Allow / Deny / Always approvals

Where Bot lives

Surface	Host for the computer
Web app (`/bot`)	Cloud
Bot desktop app	Cloud, This PC
SSH	Shell only, no desktop

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Getting started

Core guides

Desktop

Advanced

The shape of the product

First run

The open bot

Who can drive a bot

Bot compared with Chat and Code

Where Bot lives

Next

​The shape of the product

​First run

​The open bot

​Who can drive a bot

​Bot compared with Chat and Code

​Where Bot lives

​Next

The shape of the product

First run

The open bot

Who can drive a bot

Bot compared with Chat and Code

Where Bot lives

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