Seeing the Big Picture Through a Narrow Lens: Understanding Agent Products Through OpenManus

The recent &ldquo;Dawn of the East&rdquo; hype around Manus.im sparked significant attention. However, its evolution over the past few days has been dramatic, with numerous open-source projects attempting to replicate it. OpenManus, one of the earliest clones, claims to have replicated it in just 3 hours, though its parent team MetaGPT has been working on agents for much longer. I believe both…