Hi @Paige-Shopify another example here: I’m a cofounder of Fudge, an AI-first app embedded in Shopify Admin. Our main interface is a conversation, so the persistent Sidekick input leaves merchants with two chat boxes stacked together.
So for us, it’s more than just screen space. It’s unclear which assistant they’re talking to, whether it has the context of their conversation, and which app will actually carry out the request. For an app where chat is the primary interface, that’s a pretty fundamental UX problem.
I posted about this separately here, and other developers have shared similar concerns.
Could conversational apps have a way to collapse the persistent input while keeping Sidekick accessible through the Admin navigation? It would also be helpful to understand Shopify’s intended experience for AI-first apps like ours.
Thanks for listening to the feedback and passing it on to the team.