docs(docs/ai-coder/agents): note OpenAI as a supported computer-use provider (#24967)

PR #24772 (merged 2026-05-04) added OpenAI alongside Anthropic for
computer use, plus an admin selector under the virtual desktop toggle.
Three places in the agents docs still said "Anthropic only" — this
updates them.

No other content changes. Anthropic is still the default.

Fixes
[CODAGT-310](https://linear.app/codercom/issue/CODAGT-310/enable-openai-computer-use-in-codercoder)

---

@nickvigilante — heads up, the kind of release-train drift we keep
hitting:

- Feature is on `main`, so docs on `main` need to describe it.
- Feature is **not** in `release/2.33` and **not** in `v2.34.0-rc.0`
(both cut before #24772 merged). It will ship in v2.34.
- `coder.com/docs` follows `main`, so once this lands, v2.33 users see
"OpenAI is supported" and find no toggle.

Fwiw our [`doc-check`
workflow](https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/main/.github/workflows/doc-check.yaml)
would have caught this on #24772 — it's exactly what it's for. It [did
trigger](https://github.com/coder/coder/actions/runs/25326759671) but
the chat-create step errored out (curl exit 22) and nobody re-ran it, so
the analysis never happened. Worth tightening that path so a transient
API blip doesn't silently skip the check.

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Ben Potter
2026-05-05 10:39:05 -05:00
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@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ These tools manage sub-agents — child chats that work on independent tasks in
parallel.
| Tool | What it does |
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `spawn_agent` (`type=general` or `explore`) | Delegates a task to a sub-agent with its own context window. |
| `wait_agent` | Waits for a sub-agent to finish and collects its result. |
| `message_agent` | Sends a follow-up message to a running sub-agent. |
| `close_agent` | Stops a running sub-agent. |
| `spawn_agent` (`type=computer_use`) | Spawns a sub-agent with desktop interaction capabilities (screenshot, mouse, keyboard). Requires an Anthropic provider and the desktop feature to be enabled by an administrator. |
| `spawn_agent` (`type=computer_use`) | Spawns a sub-agent with desktop interaction capabilities (screenshot, mouse, keyboard). Requires an Anthropic or OpenAI provider and the desktop feature to be enabled by an administrator. |
### Provider tools
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@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ are only available to root chats. Sub-agents do not have access to these
tools and cannot create workspaces or spawn further sub-agents.
`spawn_agent` with `type=computer_use` additionally requires an
Anthropic provider and the virtual desktop feature to be enabled by an
administrator.
Anthropic or OpenAI provider and the virtual desktop feature to be
enabled by an administrator.
`read_skill` and `read_skill_file` are available when the workspace contains
skills in its `.agents/skills/` directory.
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ It requires:
- The [portabledesktop](https://registry.coder.com/modules/coder/portabledesktop)
module to be installed in the workspace template.
- An Anthropic provider to be configured (computer use is an Anthropic
capability).
- An Anthropic or OpenAI provider to be configured. Administrators select
which provider agents use under the **Computer use provider** dropdown
next to the virtual desktop toggle. Anthropic is the default.
### Workspace autostop fallback