Windows 95 desktop · mercury-3

Output generated Cost / run $0.0236 Runtime 85.0s

Prompt for this run

Build a Windows 95-style desktop interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as needed. Write it to `index.html` in the current working directory using your file tools. Inline your own CSS and JavaScript. Do not use external assets, CDNs, or network requests. No third-party libraries are provided. Required behavior: - Show desktop icons for Notepad and About, a taskbar, a Start button/menu, and a clock that updates to the local time. - Double-clicking an icon or selecting its Start-menu item opens the corresponding window. Notepad contains an editable text area; About contains a short information panel. - Windows can be dragged by their title bars, focused by clicking, and closed. The focused window appears in front. Closing and reopening an application must work; retaining Notepad text during the session is optional. - Each open application appears in the taskbar. Clicking its taskbar entry brings its window to the front. The Start menu opens and closes and dismisses after launching an application. - Keep title bars reachable within the desktop. Use CSS and inline drawings for the retro chrome and icons; no external assets. Verify: Open Notepad through the Start menu, enter text, and drag its title bar. Open About and switch focus using a taskbar entry. Check that the selected window comes to the front and that closing a window removes its taskbar entry.

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TAKE IT TO CODE

A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.

RUN

modelmercury-3

vendorInception

harnesspi 0.87.1 · browser iteration

generated2026-10-23

METRICS

runtime85.0s

tokens in1006k

tokens out24k

cached949k

cost / run$0.0236

Transcript · 95 messages

system

user

assistant

→ write /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html (17818 bytes)

toolResult

Successfully wrote to /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html

assistant

→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"inspect"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"    win.style.left = (120 + Math.random() * 140) + 'px';\n    win.style.top = (40

toolResult

Successfully replaced 1 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

assistant

→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":350,"y":240}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"type","text":"Hello World"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"  <div id=\"windows\"></div>","newText":"  <div id=\"windows\"></div>\n  <div styl

toolResult

Successfully replaced 1 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

assistant

→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

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→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"        if (this.savedText !== undefined) ta.value = this.savedText;\n        c.ap

toolResult

Successfully replaced 2 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

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→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":350,"y":240}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"type","text":"Hello World"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad (11)\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"drag","x":250,"y":80,"toX":600,"toY":300}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad @ 480,290\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"    win.classList.add('focused');\n    focusId = win.dataset.app;\n    updateTaskb

toolResult

Successfully replaced 1 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

assistant

→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z11\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z11\n_\n□\n✕\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":730}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z11\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nabout z12\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nAbout this desktop\nA Windows 95-style desktop built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No external assets, libraries, or network requests are used.\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":140,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z13\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nabout z12\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nAbout this desktop\nA Windows 95-style desktop built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No external assets, libraries, or network requests are used.\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

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→ browser {"action":"click","x":532,"y":120}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z14\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nabout z12\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nAbout this desktop\nA Windows 95-style desktop built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No external assets, libraries, or network requests are used.\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":220,"y":777}

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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z14\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nabout z15\n_\n□\n✕\ni\nAbout this desktop\nA Windows 95-style desktop built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No external assets, libraries, or network requests are used.\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":532,"y":120}

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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z14\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":61,"y":118}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z14\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z14\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":350,"y":240}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z16\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"type","text":"persist"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad (7)\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":552,"y":120}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z17\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:56 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":558,"y":80}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z18\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":350,"y":240}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nnotepad z19\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"type","text":"!"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad (8)\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"        ta.addEventListener('input', function() {\n          var t = w.querySelect

toolResult

Successfully replaced 3 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

assistant

→ edit

{"path":"/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":"  <div id=\"windows\"></div>\n  <div style=\"display:none\">DBGMARK</div>","newTex

toolResult

Successfully replaced 1 block(s) in /tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html.

assistant

→ browser {"action":"reload"}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":600,"y":400}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

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→ browser {"action":"click","x":40,"y":777}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\ni\nAbout\nStart\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

→ browser {"action":"click","x":100,"y":698}

toolResult

{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\ni\nAbout\nNotepad\n_\n□\n✕\nStart\nNotepad\n9:57 AM","images":"model does not support images"}

assistant

Done. The app is built as a single self-contained `index.html` (inline CSS/JS, no external assets) at `/tmp/job-ciZO0s/index.html`. **What I built** - Teal desktop with Notepad + About icons (inline SVG), a beveled taskbar with Start button, tray clock, and a Start menu - Win95-style " chrome: gradient blue title bars, beveled borders (light/dark), pressed-state buttons, raised/depressed taskbar buttons - Window manager: open/focus (z-order), drag by title bar with clamping so title bars stay reachable, minimize/maximize/close, taskbar entries per open app, Start menu toggles and dismisses on launch or outside click - Notepad (editable textarea) and About (info panel with OK button); Notepad text survives close/reopen **Verified in browser (console clean, no errors)** - Initial render: icons, Start button, taskbar, clock ticking local time (9:56 → 9:57) - Start menu opened via Start button, closed on outside click, dismissed after launching - Notepad opened via Start menu; typed text into the textarea (confirmed via char count) - Dragged its title bar: window position changed (reported new coords); dragging capped so the title bar stays on-screen - About opened via Start menu (info panel + OK shown); taskbar showed both entries - Clicked Notepad's taskbar entry: its z-index rose above About (brought to front); same for About - Closed About and Notepad via title-bar ✕: window and its taskbar entry removed - Reopened Notepad; saved text restored across close/reopen **Not runtime-verified** - Desktop-icon double-click: handler is wired, but the browser tool can't synthesize a `dblclick`, so I verified it by code inspection only - Minimize/maximize buttons recognized present but not exercised in the test pass (not required)