The Desktop Agent Race: Codex, Antigravity, and Cursor Redefine the Developer Entry Point

Desktop agents are moving software development from an editor-centric workflow to a task-centric one. The differentiator is no longer only code completion, but context collection, tool access, approvals, test loops, and recovery.nnThe winning desktop agent will feel less like an autocomplete box and more like a controlled workspace that can plan, edit, run, and explain changes.

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