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Agentic Mode with AskUI

Agentic mode allows your automation to operate at a higher level of abstraction by giving the AI agent a goal to accomplish rather than specifying individual steps. This enables more flexible and powerful automations that can adapt to changing interfaces and solve complex tasks.

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Getting Started with Agentic Mode

To use agentic mode, you’ll need to:

1. Set up authentication with Anthropic (see Model Usage)
2. Use the act() command with a clear goal description
3. Let the agent work autonomously to accomplish the task

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Understanding Agentic Mode

Unlike single-step commands that perform specific actions (like clicking a button or typing text), agentic mode lets you describe what you want to accomplish, and the AI agent figures out how to achieve it.

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Key Benefits

• Goal-oriented automation: Focus on what you want to achieve, not how to achieve it
• Adaptability: Agents can navigate changing UIs and unexpected scenarios
• Reduced maintenance: Less need to update scripts when interfaces change
• Complex task handling: Accomplish multi-step workflows with a single instruction

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Using the act() Command

The act() command is the gateway to agentic mode in AskUI. It takes a natural language description of your goal and lets the agent work autonomously to accomplish it.

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Basic Syntax

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Example: Booking a Flight

from askui import VisionAgent

with VisionAgent() as agent:
    agent.act("book a flight from Berlin to Paris in January")