First Look: Manus - The new AI agent

If you've been following AI developments, you've probably noticed a recurring pattern: tools that promise to build full applications but deliver disappointingly limited results.

But what if I told you there's finally an AI agent that can actually create functional apps, perform complex research, and interact with the web in ways that feel genuinely useful?

Let's explore Manus.im, an AI agent that's changing what's possible in the no-code/AI-assisted development space.

What is Manus?

Manus is a new AI agent built by a team of Chinese researchers using Claude (not the latest model, which makes this even more impressive). It features a sandbox environment that gives it access to:

• A browser it can control
• A full development environment
• The ability to deploy applications
• Web scraping capabilities

Unlike many AI assistants that just generate code or explain concepts, Manus can actually execute tasks in a virtual environment, allowing it to build and test applications in real-time while you watch.

What can it do? Let's see it in action

During our workshop, we put Manus through several tests to see what it could handle: