Introducing Task Recordings

OpenAdapt is built on the idea that AI agents work better when they can learn from human demonstrations. Rather than starting from scratch on every task, a demo-conditioned agent retrieves a relevant past demonstration and uses it as a reference — like having a worked example before attempting a problem. To develop and evaluate this approach, we record humans performing real desktop tasks: spreadsheet formulas in LibreOffice Calc, file management in Windows Explorer, system settings changes, and more. Each recording captures every click, keystroke, and screenshot in sequence. ...

March 3, 2026 · 2 min · OpenAdapt Team

LibreOffice Calc: Annual Asset Changes

Task Create a new sheet in LibreOffice Calc with 4 headers (“Year”, “CA changes”, “FA changes”, “OA changes”), then calculate the annual changes for each asset column by referencing data on Sheet1 and format the results as percentages. This recording was made on a Windows VM as part of the Windows Agent Arena benchmark evaluation. Recording OpenAdapt Recording LibreOffice Calc Annual Changes 21 steps windows 1 Right-click on the "Sheet1" tab at the bottom and select "Insert Sheet" or "New Sheet" 2 Click cell A1 and type "Year" 3 Press Tab and type "CA changes" 4 Press Tab and type "FA changes" 5 Press Tab and type "OA changes" 6 Click cell A2 and type "2015" 7 Press Enter and type "2016" 8 Press Enter and type "2017" 9 Press Enter and type "2018" 10 Press Enter and type "2019" 11 Click cell B2 and type "=(Sheet1.B3-Sheet1.B2)/Sheet1.B2" 12 Press Enter 13 Click cell B2, then drag the fill handle down to B6 14 Click cell C2 and type "=(Sheet1.C3-Sheet1.C2)/Sheet1.C2" 15 Press Enter 16 Click cell C2, then drag the fill handle down to C6 17 Click cell D2 and type "=(Sheet1.D3-Sheet1.D2)/Sheet1.D2" 18 Press Enter 19 Click cell D2, then drag the fill handle down to D6 20 Click and drag to select cells B2:D6 21 Click the % button in the toolbar (or press Ctrl+Shift+5) Replay with OpenAdapt Download Recording OpenAdapt is not installed. ...

March 1, 2026 · 2 min · OpenAdapt Team