How I'd Plug the MiniMax M3 API Into a Coding Agent Without Rebuilding the Stack
Every time a promising new model shows up, I run through the same mental math before getting excited: how much of my existing agent setup survives the swap, and how much do I have to tear out and rebuild just to try it. Most of the time the answer is "more than I'd like," which is exactly why I ignore half the models that cross my feed. MiniMax M3 is one of the rare ones where the answer turned out to be "almost none of it," and it's worth walking through why, because the reasoning applies beyond just this one model.