I let an AI agent drive my remote desktop. It can't touch my passwords.

Description and use

An AI agent automated a remote installer wizard while keeping passwords private and allowing instant control takeover.

Problem

Managing multiple remote desktop sessions while keeping credentials secure.

Outcome

The AI agent successfully automated the installer wizard across remote sessions while preserving password confidentiality and allowing instant take‑back control.

Workflow

• Handed one remote session to an AI agent and instructed it to run an installer wizard.
• Agent clicked through screens until an admin login prompt appeared.
• Agent paused and waited for the user to type the password.
• User entered password manually and the agent continued.
• The session returned to the user after the lease ended or was taken back immediately.
• The author tested the feature on a throwaway VM to observe the pause at credential prompts.

Evidence

It clicked through every screen without me touching anything. Then it hit the admin login prompt and stopped. It didn't try to type a password. It waited for me.

Source

No secrets for the agent. It can view, click, type, and navigate, but passwords and credentials stay with you.

Source

Time-limited lease. You grant control for a set period, and when it ends, control returns to you.

Source