# OpenAI Computer Use
URL: /integrations/openai-computer-use

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title: OpenAI Computer Use
sidebarTitle: OpenAI Computer Use
description: Wire OpenAI's computer-use tool into a Steel browser session.
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---

The OpenAI Computer Use integration runs OpenAI's vision-based agent loop on a Steel browser session. The model takes screenshots through Steel, decides the next action (click, type, scroll), and Steel executes it, so you can automate complex web tasks without writing custom selectors.

It pairs well with Steel's anti-bot capabilities, proxy support, and sandboxed environments.

### Requirements

*   **OpenAI API Key**: An OpenAI model with computer use
*   **Steel API Key**: Active Steel subscription
*   **Runtime**: Python 3.10+ or Node.js 20+

### Connect Steel to OpenAI

Steel's `sessions.computer` API takes screenshots and executes actions; pair it with OpenAI's Responses API computer-use tool:

```typescript Typescript -wc
import { Steel } from "steel-sdk";

const steel = new Steel({ steelAPIKey: STEEL_API_KEY });
const session = await steel.sessions.create({
  dimensions: { width: 1024, height: 768 },
});

// Take a screenshot via Steel
const { base64_image } = await steel.sessions.computer(session.id, {
  action: "take_screenshot",
});

// Send to OpenAI's Responses API with computer-use, then route returned
// actions back through `steel.sessions.computer({ action: ... })`.
```

Full runnable starter: [Steel + OpenAI Computer Use recipe →](/cookbook/openai-computer-use)

### FAQ

### How do I connect OpenAI Computer Use to a Steel browser session?

Create a session with explicit `dimensions` (the example uses 1024x768), take a screenshot with `steel.sessions.computer(session.id, { action: "take_screenshot" })`, send the `base64_image` to OpenAI's Responses API computer-use tool, and route returned actions back through `steel.sessions.computer({ action: ... })`.

### Does OpenAI Computer Use work with Steel's proxies, stealth mode, and CAPTCHA solving?

Yes — the page notes it pairs well with Steel's anti-bot capabilities, proxy support, and sandboxed environments. These are session-creation options (e.g. `useProxy`, `solveCaptcha`, `stealthConfig`) and don't change the agent loop.

### How does the screenshot/action loop work?

Steel screenshots the session, you send the image to the Responses API with the computer-use tool, the model returns the next action, and Steel executes it via `sessions.computer` — then the loop repeats until the task is done.


### Resources

*   [OpenAI Computer Use documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/tools-computer-use) – Official documentation from OpenAI
*   [Steel Sessions API reference](/api-reference) – Technical details for managing Steel browser sessions
*   [Steel Discord](https://discord.gg/steel-dev) – Get help and share what you build