Efficient Agent Training for Computer Use
On the map: LLM agents and tool use → GUI and mobile agents
Abstract (arXiv)
Scaling up high-quality trajectory data has long been a critical bottleneck for developing human-like computer use agents. We introduce PC Agent-E, an efficient agent training framework that significantly reduces reliance on large-scale human demonstrations. Starting with just 312 human-annotated computer use trajectories, we further augment them by synthesizing diverse alternative action decisions with Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Trained on these enriched trajectories, our PC Agent-E model achieved a remarkable 141 relative improvement, and even surpassed the Claude 3.7 Sonnet by 10% in relative terms on WindowsAgentArena-V2, an improved benchmark we also released. By integrating robust human computer use skills with automated AI data synthesis capabilities, our method not only brought substantial improvements over training on human trajectories alone, but also significantly surpassed direct distillation from Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Code, data and models are available at https://github.com/GAIR-NLP/PC-Agent-E
Key facts. Cited by 18 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in GUI and mobile agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 26 of its 56 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 20 May 2025.
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- 2024On the Effects of Data Scale on UI Control Agents6 Jun
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- 2026ProCUA-SFT Technical Reportcited by 2
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- 2026ProCUA-SFT Technical Report15 Jun 2026
- 2026From Question Answering to Task Completion: A Survey on Agent System and Harness Design14 Jun 2026
- 2026Learn from Weaknesses: Automated Domain Specialization for Small Computer-Use Agents27 May 2026
- 2026Gym-Anything: Turn any Software into an Agent Environment7 Apr 2026
- 2026AutoWebWorld: Synthesizing Infinite Verifiable Web Environments via Finite State Machines15 Feb 2026
- 2026Autonomous Continual Learning for Environment Adaptation of Computer-Use Agents10 Feb 2026
- 2025Surfer 2: The Next Generation of Cross-Platform Computer Use Agents22 Oct 2025
- 2025ComputerRL: Scaling End-to-End Online Reinforcement Learning for Computer Use Agents19 Aug 2025
- 2025NaturalGAIA: A Verifiable Benchmark and Hierarchical Framework for Long-Horizon GUI Tasks2 Aug 2025
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- 2025Instruction Agent: Enhancing Agent with Expert Demonstrationcited by 1
- 2026Efficient Test-Time Adaptation through Human-AI Interactioncited by 0
- 2026Efficient Test-Time Adaptation through Human-AI Interaction3 Sep 2026
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