MiniMax adds live Mini Apps to MiniMax Code

MiniMax has launched Mini Apps in its MiniMax Code desktop app. Each one is a long-running application with a frontend and a Node.js backend. It installs as a plugin, and it and the agent can call each other. MiniMax's case is that agent work is spread across separate conversations, and HTML dashboards that agents generate go stale as soon as they are made. A live page fixes both.

A Mini App builds on the MiniMax Plugin protocol and adds a miniapp.json manifest. Its server fetches data, saves results to a persistent data directory and offers the app's features to the agent through hosted MCP. The host app handles processes, ports, authentication, credentials and publishing that can be rolled back. Pages show up in the conversation sidebar or can open in their own window.

A new /miniapp-creator command turns a one-sentence request in chat into a working app. The agent first runs read-only queries to make sure each data source returns real data. It then writes the page and backend, publishes the app and checks it with screenshots.

The first official apps include a stock dashboard, a CadQuery 3D model viewer and MiniMax Bot, which hands long-running tasks to background agent conversations. The source for MiniMax Bot and for community-built apps is in the open-source MiniMax-Code-MiniApps repository.

On security, the host keeps account credentials, and apps must declare their permissions in the manifest. Anything a page sends to the agent lands in the user's input box first, so the user can review it. MiniMax warns that Mini App code runs locally as the user. The feature is available now in local sessions on macOS and Windows.