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The AI tools directory

41 hand-picked tools across 22 categories, each with a plain-language summary of what it is good at.

Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool. It reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and helps you ship faster from the terminal, IDE or desktop.

  • Coding
  • Agents

Lovable

Describe an app or website in plain words and Lovable builds it, with a real codebase, hosting and a database. No deep coding skills required.

  • Coding
  • Design

Codex

OpenAI's coding agent. It works on tasks in parallel in the cloud or locally: pull requests, refactors, code reviews and automations.

  • Coding
  • Agents

Adobe Firefly

Adobe's creative AI studio. Generate images, video and audio from one place, with Adobe's own models and many partner models side by side.

  • Image generation
  • Content creator
  • Video generation

Cursor

An AI-first code editor. Fast autocomplete, an agent that edits across your project, and chat that understands your whole repository.

  • Coding
  • Agents

Replit

Build and deploy software in the browser with an AI agent, without spending a second on setup. Hosting and databases included.

  • Coding
  • Agents

Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding. Known for careful reasoning, long documents and a natural writing voice.

  • Chat
  • Writing
  • Research

ChatGPT

The assistant that brought AI to the mainstream. Chat, search, voice, image generation and agents in one app across web, desktop and phone.

  • Chat
  • Consumer
  • Writing

Gemini

Google's assistant, woven into Search, Gmail, Docs and Android. Strong at research, long context and anything inside the Google ecosystem.

  • Chat
  • Research
  • Consumer

Perplexity

An answer engine. Ask a question and get a direct, cited answer pulled from the live web, with sources you can check in one click.

  • Research
  • Chat

ElevenLabs

Lifelike AI voices. Text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects and conversational voice agents in dozens of languages.

  • Audio generation
  • Content creator
  • Agents

Zapier

Connect thousands of apps and let AI handle the steps in between. Build automations and agents without code.

  • Automation
  • Agents
  • Business operations

NotebookLM

Upload your own sources and ask questions grounded only in them. Turns documents into study guides, briefings and audio overviews.

  • Research
  • Educators
  • Writing

GitHub Copilot

The AI pair programmer inside GitHub and your editor. Completions, chat, code review and a coding agent that opens pull requests.

  • Coding
  • Agents

v0

Vercel's app builder. Generate polished React interfaces and full-stack apps from a prompt, then deploy them in one click.

  • Coding
  • Design

Midjourney

The image generator artists reach for. Distinctive aesthetics, rich texture and a web editor for refining, extending and animating images.

  • Image generation
  • Design
  • Content creator

Ideogram

An image generator that gets text right. Posters, logos, packaging and social graphics with legible, well-placed typography.

  • Image generation
  • Design
  • Marketing

Runway

A creative suite for AI video. Generate shots from text or images, restyle footage and edit with tools built for filmmakers.

  • Video generation
  • Content creator

Kling

A video model praised for realistic motion and physics. Turn text or a still image into cinematic clips with camera control.

  • Video generation
  • Content creator

Higgsfield

A studio for AI images and video with cinematic camera moves, presets and many leading models in one place.

  • Video generation
  • Image generation
  • Content creator

HeyGen

Presenter videos without a camera. Create avatar-led videos from a script and translate them into many languages with lip-sync.

  • Video generation
  • Marketing
  • Educators

Synthesia

Enterprise video from text. Build training, onboarding and how-to videos with AI presenters, templates and brand controls.

  • Video generation
  • Business operations
  • Educators

Suno

Make a full song from a sentence. Vocals, instruments and structure, with an editor for rewriting sections and stems.

  • Audio generation
  • Consumer
  • Content creator

Descript

Edit video and podcasts like a document. Delete words from the transcript and the media follows, with AI cleanup built in.

  • Content creator
  • Audio generation
  • Video generation

n8n

Workflow automation for technical teams. A visual builder with code when you need it, AI agent nodes and the option to self-host.

  • Automation
  • Agents
  • Coding

Make

Visual automation for complex workflows. Design branching scenarios across apps on a canvas, with AI steps where they help.

  • Automation
  • Business operations

Notion AI

AI inside your workspace. Search across Notion and connected apps, draft pages, summarise meetings and run agents on your docs.

  • Project management
  • Writing
  • Business operations

Gamma

Presentations, documents and simple websites made from a prompt or an outline. Good-looking by default, easy to restyle.

  • Design
  • Business operations
  • Marketing

Canva

Design for everyone, now with AI throughout. Generate images and copy, resize designs and apply your brand kit in seconds.

  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Content creator

Figma

The collaborative design tool, with AI for generating layouts, prototypes and working app drafts from a prompt.

  • Design
  • Coding

Grammarly

A writing assistant that follows you everywhere you type. Corrections, tone suggestions and AI rewrites in email, docs and chat.

  • Writing
  • Educators
  • Business operations

DeepL

High-quality translation for text and whole documents, plus a writing assistant that polishes tone and clarity.

  • Writing
  • Business operations

Otter.ai

Meeting notes that write themselves. Live transcription, summaries and action items for Zoom, Meet and Teams.

  • Business operations
  • Educators
  • Audio generation

Fireflies.ai

An AI notetaker that records, transcribes and analyses calls, then pushes summaries into your CRM and workspace.

  • Business operations
  • Recruiting / HR
  • Marketing

Julius AI

Chat with your data. Upload a spreadsheet or connect a database and get analysis, charts and clear explanations.

  • Data analysis
  • Sheets
  • Finance

Rows

A modern spreadsheet with an AI analyst built in, plus live data from tools like Stripe, Google Analytics and HubSpot.

  • Sheets
  • Data analysis
  • Database

Airtable

A flexible database your team can build apps on, with AI fields that summarise, categorise and generate content row by row.

  • Database
  • Project management
  • Business operations

Le Chat

Mistral's fast assistant from Europe. Web search, document analysis, image generation and agents, with strong privacy options.

  • Chat
  • Research

Harvey

AI built for legal and professional services. Drafting, research and document review tuned for law firms and in-house teams.

  • Consulting
  • Research
  • Business operations

Jasper

An AI platform for marketing teams. On-brand campaigns, copy and assets, with brand voice and knowledge built in.

  • Marketing
  • Writing
  • Content creator

Khanmigo

Khan Academy's AI tutor and teaching assistant. Guides students to answers instead of handing them out, and saves teachers prep time.

  • Educators
  • Consumer