AI automation for your desktop

Numa is AI automation for work that happens on your actual computer.

Most automation tools connect cloud apps together. They wait for a trigger, call an API, move data between services, and run the same path every time. That is useful when the work is predictable and every app has a clean integration.

But a lot of real work is not like that.

You open a spreadsheet, check a PDF, copy a number from an internal dashboard, rename files, update a browser tab, compare two documents, draft a message, and save the result somewhere specific. The work crosses apps. The steps change depending on what is on screen. Sometimes there is no API. Sometimes the tool is an old desktop app, a company dashboard, or a one-off workflow only your team understands.

Numa is built for that kind of work.

What Numa does

Numa is a desktop AI agent for macOS and Windows. It can see your screen during active tasks, use your mouse and keyboard when needed, open local apps, work with files, and follow multi-step workflows.

You can ask Numa to handle work in plain language:

"Organize these invoices into folders by client and month."
"Read this PDF and update the spreadsheet with the totals."
"Open the client dashboard, export yesterday's numbers, and draft the update."
"Rename these files using the format I showed you last time."
"Run the workflow I recorded for Monday reporting."

The point is not only that Numa can answer. The point is that Numa can act.

How this is different from chatbots

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot are useful when you need an answer, a draft, an explanation, or a plan. They live in a chat window. You still have to move the result into the real apps where your work happens.

Numa closes that gap. It operates on the desktop itself. It can look at the app in front of you, decide the next step, click, type, run code when that is faster, and keep going until the task is done or it needs your input.

Use a chatbot when you want to think through something. Use Numa when the answer needs to become action on your computer.

How this is different from workflow automation tools

Zapier, n8n, and Make are strong tools for structured automation. If your workflow is "when a form is submitted, create a CRM record and send an email," they are usually the right tool.

Numa is for messier work:

The app has no API.
The workflow uses a local file or desktop app.
The steps vary based on what is on screen.
You normally teach a person by showing them once.
You need the task done in the same tools you already use.

Numa does not replace every workflow platform. It fills the gap where API-first automation stops.

Teach it once

For recurring work, you can record a workflow. You do the task once while narrating what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what "done" means. Numa learns the steps and can repeat that kind of work later.

That matters because reliable automation is not only about intelligence. It is about your preferences:

How you name files
Which folders you use
Which apps matter
Which steps require review
What should never be touched

Numa learns from the way you actually work.

What to use Numa for

Numa is a good fit for:

Repetitive desktop tasks
File organization
Spreadsheet updates
PDF and document workflows
Internal dashboards
Browser tasks across logged-in apps
Local app automation
Workflow recording and replay
Multi-step tasks that would be annoying to explain every time

It is not the right tool for fully deterministic production pipelines where every step must run exactly the same way with zero tolerance for ambiguity. Use traditional automation infrastructure for that.

Benchmarks

Benchmarks and task comparisons are coming soon. Until then, this page avoids performance claims and focuses on product fit.

The short version

Numa is AI automation for the work between your tools. It is a desktop AI agent that can control your computer, use your apps, learn your workflows, and complete multi-step work while you stay focused on higher-value tasks.