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license: apache-2.0
pretty_name: MyPaint computer-use environment from a one-line request (REA)
tags:
- computer-use
- cua
- gui-agent
- rl-environment
- agentenv
- desktop
- linux
- rea
- painting
- raster-graphics
- openraster
- from-request
---
# MyPaint: a computer-use environment built from a one-line request
**The real MyPaint 2.0 painting app running on an Ubuntu 24.04 desktop, as an [agentenv](https://pypi.org/project/agentenv-framework/) computer environment. An agent completes the task only through screenshots, mouse and keyboard, and a verifier grades the saved files with no model.**
Claude Code built this environment from a one-line request in about 28 minutes, with only REA's build skill and MCP tools; [How it was made](#how-it-was-made) has the request and the steps. MyPaint opens a small drawing, `Documents/sunny-day.ora`, at launch, with its Layers panel closed: three layers, Night Sky, Sketch and Ground, over a background. The agent has to rename the Sketch layer to Crescent Moon and save. It sees only the screen and acts only with the mouse and keyboard.
## Watch
- Agent runs (Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 5.5): [run 1](media/solve-1.mp4), [run 2](media/solve-2.mp4), [run 3](media/solve-3.mp4)
- Witness, which proves the task can be done through the computer: [witness.mp4](media/witness.mp4)
Each video is the computer's own screen recording at 10 frames per second.
## The task
> In my drawing Documents/sunny-day.ora, rename the layer called Sketch to Crescent Moon and save it.
`bundle/artifacts/rename-sketch-layer-check/verify.py` reads the app's files through the computer's `data/get` view and passes only if every check holds:
| Check | Kind | File |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `renamed` | `value_equals` | `Documents/sunny-day.ora` |
| `sketch-gone` | `value_absent` | `Documents/sunny-day.ora` |
| `ground-kept` | `value_equals` | `Documents/sunny-day.ora` |
| `night-sky-kept` | `value_equals` | `Documents/sunny-day.ora` |
| `layer-count` | `member_count` | `Documents/sunny-day.ora` |
An `.ora` file (OpenRaster) is a zip, and REA reads `stack.xml` inside it, which lists the layers. The checks find layers by their `name`: a layer named Crescent Moon must exist and none named Sketch, Ground and Night Sky must keep their names, and the drawing must still have four layers, counting the background. REA's draft paired the renamed layer correctly but keyed it by its image file name, which MyPaint rewrites by stack position on every save; Claude Code found it by its new name instead and added the layer count.
## Results
3 of 3 runs passed, about $0.68 per run.
| Run | Outcome | Turns | Cost | Video |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | passed | 14 | $0.60 | [video](media/solve-1.mp4) |
| 2 | passed | 14 | $0.85 | [video](media/solve-2.mp4) |
| 3 | passed | 14 | $0.60 | [video](media/solve-3.mp4) |
## Run it
You need Docker. `agentenv-framework` builds the computer: Ubuntu 24.04 with the app installed from Ubuntu's archive (`mypaint` 2.0.1, with `librsvg2-common`).
```bash
pip install agentenv-framework==0.9.1431
hf download earakely-scale/MyPaintFromRequestComputerEnv-REA --repo-type dataset --local-dir mypaint-request
agent-env run mypaint-request/bundle --task rename-sketch-layer --agent claude-code --model <model>
```
The agent needs a model provider configured for agentenv. `--task smoke` only boots the computer, with no agent. `bundle/README.md` describes the bundle in detail.
## How it was made
Claude Code built this environment from a one-line request, given only [REA](https://github.com/morluto/rea)'s build skill and REA's MCP tools:
> Build me a MyPaint environment where the agent renames a layer in a small drawing and saves it.
It asked only the skill's upfront questions, wrote no app-specific scripts, and finished in about 28 minutes.
MyPaint crashed on brush strokes during the build, which cost about 7.5 minutes, so Claude Code made the seed drawing with the flood fill tool. The steps were REA's usual ones:
1. **Capture.** REA launched MyPaint on a Linux desktop and recorded its package, windows and opened files while the edit was made. It also recorded the app's state folders before and after.
2. **Export.** REA turned the capture into an agentenv `computer_app`. It installs the app, seeds the starting files, starts the app, and waits for its main window. It also serves typed views of the app's files for verifiers.
3. **Task.** The task's checks were validated against the capture: they fail on the starting state and pass on the captured end state.
4. **Witness.** In a fresh computer, the layer was renamed through computer actions alone, and the checks were read at four stages. They held on the first try:
| Stage | Checks |
| --- | --- |
| `seed` | fail, as expected: the layer is still named Sketch; the kept-layer checks pass |
| `after_edit` | pass |
| `near_miss` | fail, as expected: the layer was renamed "Cresent Moon" |
| `after_reset` | fail, as expected: `data/reset` restored the seed |
The agent runs came after the build: Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 5.5 (`--model anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5 --no-emulate`, on an amd64 host) solved the task 3 times, each run recorded.
## What's inside
```
bundle/ the agentenv bundle: envs/ (app module, seed files), tasks/, artifacts/ (verifier), evals/
media/ witness and agent-run recordings (MP4) with short GIF previews
results.json the runs above, with each check's result
```
## Limits
- MyPaint 2.0.1 crashes on brush strokes in this computer: an agent that paints on the canvas will crash the app. Renaming a layer needs no painting, and none of the three runs painted.
- The checks read layer names only, not pixels: deleting Sketch and adding a new layer named Crescent Moon passes too.
- The bundle installs `librsvg2-common`, the SVG image loader MyPaint's icons need, beside the app as an extra package.
- The computer installs whatever `mypaint` Ubuntu 24.04's archive holds at build time (2.0.1 for these runs); it is not pinned.
- Three runs is a small sample: the solve rate shows the task is solvable, not how hard it is.
## Licences
The bundle code, the task and the synthetic seed files are Apache-2.0. MyPaint itself is not included: the computer installs it from Ubuntu's archive (`mypaint` 2.0.1, with `librsvg2-common`) at build time, under its own licence (GPL-2.0-or-later).
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