# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Expose launch_app action in computer use module

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #51132: computer_use(windows): agent refuses to launch apps despite cua-driver exposing launch_app MCP tool
- PR #51137: fix(computer_use): expose launch_app + list_apps as proper actions
- PR #129372: fix(computer_use): launch apps and bind ready windows

These issues and PRs concern a problem where the computer-use agent does not expose or use the launch_app (and list_apps) functionality as proper actions, despite the underlying cua-driver MCP tool supporting it. The members focus on surfacing this capability correctly within the agent.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #51132: computer_use(windows): agent refuses to launch apps despite cua-driver exposing launch_app MCP tool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51137: fix(computer_use): expose launch_app + list_apps as proper actions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tools/computer_use/backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/schema.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`
- **#121852: fix(computer_use): expose launch_app action**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#129372: fix(computer_use): launch apps and bind ready windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `skills/autonomous-ai-agents/computer-use/SKILL.md`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_launch.py`, `tools/computer_use/backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_capture.py`, `tools/computer_use/cua_backend_launch.py`, `tools/computer_use/schema.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/computer-use.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`