# Robocorp (slim)

> Robocorp's open-source automation stack for Python, now run by Sema4.ai, with libraries for Windows desktop, cross-platform desktop, browser and document automation. Tasks run locally through rcc or Python, with Control Room as the hosted orchestrator.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.md (~4,950 tokens) · this version ~1,430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

**B · 65.5/100 · rank #337 of 1076 · #3 in Desktop & mobile app control · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: Apache-2.0 libraries with passing CI, releases in the last month and an agent skill in the repository make it practical for agent-written desktop automation. robocorp.com now redirects to Sema4.ai, whose docs, pricing, terms and rcc downloads sit behind a bot check, and recent library issues mostly go unanswered.

## Facts

- Kind: SDK + MCP · vendor: Sema4.ai · category: Desktop & mobile app control · legal entity: Sema4.ai (full legal name not confirmed) · provenance 73/100
- Packages: pypi `rpaframework`, pypi `robocorp`, pypi `robocorp-windows`
- Auth: None · pricing: Free · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- What is graded: The open-source Robocorp automation stack. The `robocorp` libraries (tasks, log, work items, vault, storage, browser, windows, excel) and RPA Framework (`rpaframework`, `rpaframework-windows` and others). Sema4.ai's Action Server is a separate product
- Desktop control: RPA.Windows and robocorp.windows (Windows UI Automation, locators for windows and controls). RPA.Desktop for keyboard, mouse, screen and image matching on Windows, macOS and Linux. JavaAccessBridge for Java apps and SAP
- Running tasks: `rcc task run` in an environment defined by `robot.yaml` and `conda.yaml`, or plain Python with `python -m robocorp.tasks run tasks.py`. Robot Framework suites run with RPA Framework keywords
- Hosted orchestration: Control Room at cloud.robocorp.com, used by work items, vault and storage. Plans and prices are on sema4.ai, which answered with a bot check
- Runtimes: Python 3.10 or later. robocorp 3.1.4 lists up to 3.15, rpaframework 33.0.2 up to 3.14
- Telemetry: No telemetry code found in the libraries. rcc has a `configure identity --do-not-track` setting, which the repository's test fixtures switch on. Its default was not read
- Agent skill: `robocorp-automation` skill for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other coding agents, covering rcc templates, local runs and validation

- Scores: Reliability 87, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 65, Agent ergonomics 59, Security & auth 44, Payments & pricing 60, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 81, Transparency & trust 65 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Scored as local software. · Schema & documentation, Graded as a library. · Agent ergonomics, No tool definitions in context. · Security & auth, Graded as a library. · Payments & pricing, The libraries are free and self-hosted, so 20 + 20 + 20 under the self-hosted rule. · Maintenance & community, rpaframework 33.0.2 on 4 October 2026 (30). · Transparency & trust, Apache-2.0 for both repositories (30).
- Sources: 9, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: desktop.rpa, desktop.control, desktop.orchestration, desktop.scripting, browser.control
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robocorp.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/robocorp.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp from a page on robocorp.com or sema4.ai or one of their subdomains, or the README of github.com/robocorp/rpaframework, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Install libraries with `pip install robocorp` and add `rpaframework` or `robocorp-windows` separately. robocorp-windows is not in the meta-package
2. Use RPA.Windows or robocorp.windows on Windows only. On macOS or Linux use RPA.Desktop, which works by keyboard, mouse and image matching
3. Ask the user for the rcc download link for their platform, because the release notes page blocks automated requests
4. Run a task package with `rcc task run --robot robot.yaml --task "TASK NAME"` and read the final status as well as the log output
5. Keep secrets in robocorp.vault or environment variables and register sensitive names with robocorp.log so they are hidden from logs

## Connect

```bash
pip install robocorp rpaframework
```

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add robocorp/robocorp
claude plugin install robocorp-automation@robocorp
```
Full config and headless snippets are in the full page. Through letme (picks today, calling later): https://letme.dev/robocorp

## Similar tools

| Tool | Grade | Score | Shared capabilities | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UiPath | B | 68.2 | desktop.rpa, desktop.orchestration, desktop.control | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.min.md |
| Automation Anywhere | D | 50.9 | desktop.rpa, desktop.orchestration, desktop.control | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.min.md |
| Robot Framework | BB | 76.4 | desktop.scripting, desktop.rpa | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robot-framework.min.md |
| AutoHotkey | D | 52.8 | desktop.control, desktop.scripting | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autohotkey.min.md |
| AutoIt | D | 46.3 | desktop.control, desktop.scripting | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autoit.min.md |


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