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Streaming text
Text that arrives as it's generated, not after. The defining interaction of the era - and the one everything else is measured against.
Scroll into view to begin streaming…
The interface
patterns of AI.
A handful of patterns have become the grammar of every AI product - from Claude and ChatGPT to Cursor, Perplexity, v0, and Bolt. This is a working catalogue of how they look, how they move, and why they feel the way they do, each one running live.
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Cognitive loops
Perplexity's answer flow is the reference: surface the search steps, show the reasoning, and back every claim with source cards the user can open.
What makes a reasoning UI feel trustworthy?
- Searching · reasoning interface trust
- Reading 4 sources
- Comparing claims
- Synthesizing answer
03
Generative canvases
Claude's Artifacts and ChatGPT's Canvas split generated work out of the transcript and into its own pane - editable, previewable, and never scrolled away.
04
Preview & sandboxed panes
v0 and Bolt.new turn a prompt into a running, interactive app in a sandboxed pane - the result isn't described, it's there to click.
localhost:3000/preview
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Multi-agent workspaces
Cursor's Composer, Copilot's coding agent, and Devin plan a change and apply it across many files at once - the interface makes that orchestration legible.
Add a dark-mode toggle across the app
Working…
06
Floating & ambient prompts
Two ways to ask: a Spotlight-style panel summoned with Command+K that floats over your work, or a chat bar docked to the bottom edge that keeps a persistent thread.