Tools

Anthropic's official OS-level sandbox CLI: restricts file and network access for agents, MCP servers and any command without containers, using sandbox-exec on macOS and bubblewrap on Linux. Currently a research preview.

Uses a Figma plugin and a local WebSocket server so agents can read and directly edit designs: create frames and text, adjust auto layout and styles, and replace copy in bulk. Requires Bun; now maintained by Grab.

Generates template-driven charts as single-file HTML: picks a chart from real Lupi, Basics, Glance, Maps and Interactive gallery implementations based on data shape, or fills one of 12 Chinese and English report templates. Defaults to Mono grayscale with semantic color presets. Written in Chinese.

Lets agents build, run, test and debug iOS and macOS projects and control simulators and physical devices, with a CLI mode too. Formerly XcodeBuildMCP, now maintained by Sentry; macOS only, requires Xcode 16 or later.

SwiftUI skill by Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: reviews and improves SwiftUI code, covering modern vs deprecated APIs, performance, navigation and layout, state management and VoiceOver accessibility, targeting iOS 26 and Swift 6.2.

Command-line color tool: generate, mix, lighten and darken colors, convert between HEX, RGB, HSL, Lab and more, build gradients and sets of distinct colors, pick readable text colors for a background, and simulate color blindness. Install via Homebrew; no account or API key.

21st.dev's official MCP: lets agents search and fetch UI components, themes and template code from the 21st.dev community, and generate components from a description once AI access is enabled. Absorbs the former Magic MCP; requires a free API key from 21st.dev.

Veteran suite of CSV command-line tools: in2csv converts Excel and JSON to CSV, csvcut, csvgrep and csvsort filter and sort, csvstat computes statistics, and csvsql runs SQL directly against CSV files.

Google's official skills for building ADK agents: dev workflow, scaffolding, the ADK Python API, evaluation with LLM judges and adaptive rubrics, deployment to Agent Runtime, Cloud Run or GKE, publishing and observability. Works with agents-cli; local dev needs only an AI Studio key.

In-chat fallback for the transitions.dev Timeline Inspector's Refine button: the agent long-polls a local relay and answers jobs with motion-token tweaks or a full transition recipe swap, and applies accepted changes. Idle polling costs credits, so the persistent CLI mode is preferred.

Polishes existing motion against the transitions.dev token scale for duration, distance, scale, blur and easing, matching each value by what the motion does rather than the nearest number, with rules for open/close asymmetry, hover in and out, stagger and intent delays.

The .NET team's official skill collection, grouped into plugins: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, MAUI, EF Core data access, MSBuild troubleshooting, performance diagnostics, testing, and framework upgrades and migrations. Maintained by Microsoft; install via the Claude Code or Codex plugin marketplace.

Semi-automated research assistant for CS and AI researchers that links ideation, Zotero literature management, experiment analysis and reporting, paper writing and reviewer responses, and keeps project knowledge in Obsidian. Branches for Codex and other agents exist.

Semi-automated research workflow for computer science and AI researchers: ideation, Zotero literature management, experiment analysis and reports, paper writing and polishing, and rebuttals, with optional Obsidian knowledge base. 40+ skills; also installable as a Claude Code plugin.

Design engineering plugin for product interfaces such as admin panels and dashboards: builds UI on design principles and saves spacing, color and hierarchy decisions to .interface-design/system.md to stay consistent across sessions. Not meant for marketing pages.

Lossy PNG compression CLI: converts images to 8-bit PNGs that keep transparency, usually 60-80% smaller, with batch processing and a quality range setting. Handy for slimming down web assets, slides and article images. Install via Homebrew on macOS; no account.

Lets agents generate production-ready Lottie animations (icon motion, loaders, data animations and more) from a text description or SVG, with a local player for live preview and tweaks. Export JSON for web, apps or After Effects. Needs Node.js locally.

High-quality GIF encoder built on pngquant: turns video frames or PNG sequences into animations, using cross-frame palettes and temporal dithering for thousands of colors per frame. Can take video piped straight from ffmpeg.

macOS screenshot and UI automation CLI: capture the screen, read the accessibility tree for structured UI elements, then click, type, and switch windows and menus. Also runs as an MCP server for Claude Code and Codex. Needs macOS 15+ with Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions.

macOS screen capture, accessibility-tree inspection and native UI automation, served over MCP so agents can see the screen and click, type and operate menus. Requires macOS 15+ with Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions granted.

Detects shot changes in video and splits long footage into scenes, exporting cut lists and per-scene thumbnails, useful for shot analysis, organizing footage and finding edit points. Runs locally; needs Python 3.10+, plus FFmpeg or mkvmerge for splitting.

LM Studio's official CLI: list, load and unload local models, start and stop the local API server, and check status and logs; ls, ps and other commands support --json output for scripts and agents. Requires the LM Studio desktop app.

Lingo.dev's official CLI: lingo push sends JSON, YAML, Markdown, PO, XLIFF, Android/Xcode strings and other files from your repo to its LLM localization engine, and lingo pull brings translations back; CI-ready. Needs a Lingo.dev account; usage-based pricing with a free sandbox.

From Callstack: lets coding agents drive and verify iOS, Android, HarmonyOS and desktop apps through accessibility snapshots, with taps, form filling, screenshots, logs and performance sampling, plus a built-in MCP server. Requires Node.js 22.12+.