Codex Ambitions Revealed: Three-Column Layout Becomes Standard for AI Agents, Plugin Ecosystem May Become the Next Competitive Battlefield
Recently, mainstream AI Agent products like Codex, Claude Desktop, and Cursor 3.0 have adopted a three-panel layout design, which is not coincidental imitation but an inevitable trend in interaction optimization. Traditional chatbot two-panel layouts suit simple Q&A, but in the Agent era, AI can autonomously code, modify files, and use tools, requiring users to intuitively review operations, hence the right workspace. Additionally, longer usage t....