Book a New Delhi to Mumbai flight with computer use
The author ran Claude's computer use in a Docker demo to book a flight from New Delhi to Mumbai; Claude opened Firefox and started the search, but the outcome isn't shown.
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- What they did
- The author ran Anthropic's computer use demo in Docker with an API key and prompted Claude to book a New Delhi to Mumbai flight for 1 December 2024. Claude opened Firefox and went to makemytrip.com. It stalled on a sign-in popup until the author added a prompt telling it to close it. It then filled in the cities and navigated the calendar.
- How it went
- Claude did not complete the booking. It got through the search form, including cities and date, after the popup was cleared and an error was retried. The author calls this a beta limitation.
- Worth knowing
- Claude struggled with the popup and needed a follow-up prompt from the author to get past it. Anthropic advises a sandboxed container and human sign-off on any financial transaction.
Try it yourself with Claude computer use
Open a browser and search for flights from [origin city] to [destination city] on [date], and compare the [number] cheapest and the [number] fastest options in a short list with airline, times and price. Stop at the passenger details page without entering anything. Show me your top pick and wait for my go-ahead before filling in any details, paying or submitting anything.
Source: rittikajindal.medium.com · Undated
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