Most developer agents today operate entirely in a sandbox or via text-based CLI. They are excellent at writing isolated functions, but they are completely blind to the external tools we actually use to ship software.
As soon as a project requires configuring an external service, generating API keys behind a login wall, or dealing with dynamic pricing tiers, the developer has to step in and handle the friction manually.
We wanted to see if we could bridge this gap. We are working on a visual developer agent—the Universal Operator.
Before we write the actual code, we wanted to get some feedback from other engineers on our approach.
The Problem: We want to build, not babysit
