Tech stack & AI resources

Tech stack: Tool directories, research, etc. and AI skills and plugins and MCPs - oh my! MCP servers, skills, and plugins that make AI tools actually useful.

10X Company

Co-founders of 10X Marketers, an AI-for-marketing community, now helping marketing and GTM teams build repeatable AI operating systems and workflows.

7 proven steps to choosing the right software for your team

The full selection process as a 15-page whitepaper. Ten criteria to define before you talk to a vendor, both comparison tables, the diligence checklist, and the one-page approval summary.

Salary intelligence for AI careers: real, anonymous comp data across 200+ role and city pages, a weekly read on which AI roles are growing and which are getting cut, profiles of AI-native companies, founder interviews, a newsletter and a Slack community. The job board pulls tens of thousands of roles from company career pages, most with pay ranges. Its location labels are precise: remote anywhere is marked apart from remote in named countries or regions, so you know before you click whether a role is open to you.

AI Skills Library

Ready-to-run Claude and ChatGPT skills for the work community professionals actually do, built from research, not guesswork: a research-backed collection covering moderation, onboarding, events, reporting, content, and membership across the full range of community types from brand and customer communities to nonprofits and local groups.

Alex Shtoff Blog (Connected Papers)

The personal blog of Alex Shtoff, a Connected Papers engineer, with clear technical explanations of how citation-graph similarity is computed. Worth reading if you want to understand the mechanics behind that kind of tool, not just use one.

Artificial Corner — New to AI? Start Here

Artificial Corner is a free hub of practical guides on AI tools, prompting, and model comparisons like ChatGPT versus Claude versus Gemini. It also covers automation workflows built on Cowork, Claude's computer-use feature.

Artificial Intelligence in CX

A directory of articles, reports, and events on how AI is changing customer experience. Covers chatbots, generative AI, and automation across contact centers and CX teams.

arXiv CS Help (Category Taxonomy)

Official arXiv documentation explaining the Computer Science category taxonomy, including the difference between categories like cs.LG and cs.AI. Worth checking before you submit a paper.

Before you use Claude, create this .md file

How to use a simple Markdown file as a personal context file for Claude, so your results are more consistent across sessions. A five-minute setup with a real payoff.

Best AI tools for 2026

A curated roundup of standout AI tools for the year, with notes on what each one is actually best for. Useful when you want a shortlist instead of another giant directory.

Best Claude skills

A roundup of high-leverage Claude skills worth building into your own workflow. Practical rather than a feature list.

career-engine

An AI-powered job search plugin for Claude Code. It runs a multi-agent pipeline for CVs and cover letters, with an employment coach, a review loop, and DOCX export. Open source on GitHub.

ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude in 2026

A plain-language comparison of the three leading chatbots, covering strengths, weaknesses, and which one fits which task. Useful when you're deciding where to spend your AI subscription budget.

Claude automates your entire computer

An overview of using Claude's computer-use capability to run tasks end to end on your machine. Good context before you try building your own automation.

Claude: Basics, best features, skills

An overview of Claude's core features and the skills worth building early. A solid starting point if you're new to the tool.

Claude Code templates

A free, open source library of over a thousand ready-to-install agents, slash commands, and MCP integrations for Claude Code. Browse and install directly rather than building each piece from scratch.

Claude Context

Claude Context gives a coding agent semantic search over your whole codebase. It indexes your code into a vector database and returns only the relevant files for a question. You use it so the agent stops guessing which files to read on large repos.

Claude Design: From Beginner to Pro in 15 Minutes

This is a recorded session where Hiten Shah uses Claude Design to make and change designs. He shows examples from building his own website and ends with five takeaways. You watch it to see the tool in use before trying it yourself.

Claude setup

Getting-started steps for setting up Claude so you're working effectively from day one. Skip the trial and error and start here instead.

Claude usage limits: best practices

Practical ways to work around Claude's usage limits so a long session doesn't grind to a halt. Useful once you're relying on Claude for daily work.

Cloud Run MCP

Cloud Run MCP lets an AI coding agent deploy apps to Google Cloud Run. You install it as an MCP server. Then the agent can deploy services, list them, and read logs without you running commands.

CodeGPT

A Visual Studio Code extension for AI coding agents that lets you bring your own API key, so your code and data stay under your control. Covers generation, refactoring, and debugging.

Cowork: Automate repetitive computer tasks

An introduction to Cowork and what it can automate on your computer. Start here before the more specific Cowork guides.

Cowork projects

How to organize your Cowork automations into projects so your work stays structured and reusable. Useful once you have more than one or two automations running.

Cowork scheduled tasks

How to set Cowork tasks to run on a recurring schedule, so routine automations happen without you starting them each time. Practical setup steps.

Cowork setup

Step-by-step setup for getting Cowork running and ready for real automation work. Start here before building your first task.

Don't use Claude wrong

Common mistakes people make with Claude and how to fix them, from vague prompts to skipping context. A quick read before you build a real workflow around it.

Figma MCP Server Guide

This repo explains how to set up the Figma MCP server and use it well. It includes setup steps, best practices, and reusable skills for turning Figma designs into code. You read it before wiring Figma into your agent.

File GPT

Open source tool that extracts and transcribes content from a file, then lets you chat with it directly. Handy for pulling information out of documents without reading the whole thing.

Google Maps Platform Code Assist Toolkit

This MCP server feeds an agent the official Google Maps Platform docs and code samples. The agent then writes Maps code against current APIs instead of outdated ones. You install it when you build anything with Google Maps.

GTM Skills

An open library of almost 400 go-to-market agent skills written by practitioners, covering prospecting, ABM, outreach, ads, SEO, AEO, pricing and RevOps. Search by outcome, author or company.

How does RAG work?

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Explained: How AI Decides Which Pages to Search & Cite

How I learn Claude

A self-study approach for getting better at Claude over time, with specific habits and exercises. Useful if you want structure instead of trial and error.

How to go from AI beginner to pro

A structured learning path for leveling up your AI skills, from the basics through more advanced workflows. Good if you want a sequence to follow instead of scattered tips.

How to make Claude write like you (voice)

A workflow for teaching Claude your own writing voice, so its output actually sounds like you instead of a generic AI draft. Worth the setup time if you use Claude for writing regularly.

How to move from ChatGPT to Claude

A practical guide to switching your workflows from ChatGPT to Claude, including what changes and what doesn't. Written for people making the actual switch, not just curious.

HubPlus Community

HubPlus helps community creators build a community people pay to be part of. It gives creators one home to run events, sell memberships, manage products and merch, support chapters, review applications, send newsletters, bring discussions together, and understand what is working across their community. Built for founders, organisers, associations, chapter leaders, and community teams, HubPlus helps turn community activity into attendance, participation, revenue, and retention.

Jamstack site generators

A community-maintained showcase of open source static site generators, with stars and language listed for each. One way to build a portfolio site from code instead of a site builder.

Lapa Ninja Skills

Lapa Ninja lists agent skills that help AI coding agents build interfaces. Each entry names the author and says what the skill does, covering animation, UI guidelines, design tokens, and React patterns. You browse it to find skills to install in your agent.

Lister

Curated rankings of AI tools, SaaS and agencies. Researched, structured, and kept current. 01: RANKED What goes into a Lister Score Capability Adoption Value Momentum Trust 02: STRUCTURED Built for people and AI Each list leads with a direct answer, a clean ranking table and a plain-language verdict on every entry: easy to scan, and easy for AI assistants to quote. "The best X is Y for most people, Z for teams." 03: KEPT CURRENT Reviewed and refreshed Rankings are reviewed and refreshed as the market moves: pricing changes, new entrants, shifting momentum. Notable changes are logged in the public changelog.

Magento Open Source

The official repository for Magento Open Source, a free e-commerce platform for building your own online store. Adobe maintains it with a large contributor community, under the OSL 3.0 licence.

Magnific

Magnific is an AI platform for images, video, and audio, formerly called Freepik. You run models, upscale images, build node-based workflows, and share projects with a team. It also has an API, an MCP server, and plugins, and all plans cost money.

Moge.ai

A real-time directory of AI tools and apps, organized across dev, design, automation, and content categories. Good for spotting new releases before they turn up anywhere else.

My GitHub

My GitHub profile. The repos here are the tools I build for my own work: agent pipelines, document templates, and small utilities. Open source, so take whatever is useful.

Netlify Agent Setup

This Netlify doc shows how to connect an AI agent to Netlify. It covers the one-command setup, the Netlify MCP server, and the agent skills for building and deploying. It links to a setup guide for each supported tool.

NotebookLM MCP

This tool automates Google NotebookLM through a REST API and an MCP server. An agent can add sources, ask questions with citations, and generate audio overviews, videos, reports, mind maps, and quizzes. It also rotates multiple Google accounts and re-authenticates on its own.

Prompt Formula

A reusable framework for structuring prompts so you get clearer, more reliable output. Worth bookmarking as a reference rather than memorizing.

PulseMCP

PulseMCP is a popular community resource and analytics-heavy directory for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem. Everything MCP: servers, clients, use cases, tools, and The Agentic Loop newsletter

RewritePal

A paraphrasing tool built to rewrite text without content filters getting in the way. Free to use, no sign-up required.

Run Cowork tasks from your phone

Shows how to trigger Cowork automations from your phone, so a task can start while you're away from your desk. Short walkthrough, no technical background needed.

SmartBear MCP server

This MCP server connects an AI agent to SmartBear's testing and monitoring products. The agent can query test data, read error reports, and manage API definitions. You need API tokens for whichever SmartBear products you use.

Smithery

Smithery is a directory of more than 14,000 MCP servers. It hosts the servers and handles auth, credentials, and sessions for you. You use it to connect an AI agent to a tool without installing or configuring the server yourself.

There's An AI For That

A large directory of AI tools with a timeline view that shows which ones came first and which are copies. Search by task to find something niche fast.

TryAnAI — Find AI Tools That Actually Work

A directory of AI tools that verifies each listing is live and rates it for quality, so you're not clicking through to dead links. Browse by category to find something new.

UI UX Pro Max Skill

An agent skill that gives Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other AI coding assistants design judgment. It bundles 67 UI styles, 161 color palettes, 57 font pairings and 99 UX rules, plus a generator that turns a one-line brief into a design system. Open source on GitHub.

Wappalyzer

Install a Chrome extension like Wappalyzer. When you see something in the wild that you like, a checkout flow, in-app message, help center, booking experience, analytics layer, or anything else relevant to your work, use it to see whether you can identify the technology behind it. You won’t always get the full answer, but it can reveal useful tools, patterns, and categories you may not have known to search for.

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