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Search and download arXiv papers and read the authors' LaTeX source section by section, export BibTeX and follow topic updates, with papers cached locally. No API key needed.

Microsoft's official skill collection: 170+ skills focused on Azure SDKs (Python, .NET, TypeScript, Java, Rust) and Microsoft Foundry development, plus plugins, custom agents and MCP configs. Microsoft recommends picking skills per project rather than installing them all.

Open-source local video editor with a multi-track timeline. Claude Code or Codex can rough-cut by chat, cut flubs and pauses from the transcript, and add subtitles, transitions and music as drafts you approve. Needs the desktop app with a project open; AI features need your own API keys.

Unified search across 20+ academic sources including arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar and OpenAlex, returning deduplicated, normalized results and downloading full text via open-access channels first. Most sources need no API key.

Measurement-first audits and optimization of web quality using Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools performance traces and CrUX data, covering Core Web Vitals, WCAG 2.2 accessibility, SEO and best practices, for any frontend framework. By Addy Osmani (not an official Google project).

Postgres rules ranked by impact: query optimization, indexing, connection pooling, RLS security, schema design and lock troubleshooting, with wrong-vs-right SQL examples, applicable to any Postgres. Maintained by Supabase.

Replaces arXiv preprint entries in your .bib file with the official published versions from DBLP and ACL Anthology, keeping citation keys, to tidy references before camera-ready. Overwrites the file by default, so preview with --dry-run. Mainly covers CS venues; needs Python 3.10+.

Open-source, agent-friendly BI: define metrics and dashboards in YAML and SQL, and rill init generates project instructions and MCP config for Claude Code so agents can build business dashboards and answer questions in natural language. Local use is free; publishing to Rill Cloud needs an account.

From a single topic, the agent writes a storyboard, generates paper-cutout collage visuals, motion, narration, music and subtitles, and assembles a Vox-style explainer or ad with ffmpeg, checking with you on storyboard and style. Needs a prepaid Atlas Cloud API key, ffmpeg and Python.

Bright Data's official MCP: web search (Google, Bing, Yandex), any page to Markdown, structured data extraction from e-commerce, social and other platforms, and remote browser control. Needs an API token; includes 5,000 free requests a month.

LLM translator for novels, subtitles, ebooks and game text: one-click glossaries keep names consistent and translations get auto-reviewed. Besides the desktop app it has a CLI (translate/analyze, JSONL status). Download from Releases and bring an LLM API; commercial use needs the author's OK.

Runs open image models like FLUX, Qwen Image and Z-Image locally on a Mac: text-to-image, reference-based edits, inpainting and upscaling, all on-device. Needs Apple Silicon and uv; the first run downloads models and is slow. Check each model's license before commercial use.

Simon Willison's website screenshot CLI: batch screenshots from YAML, record demo videos, export PDF and HTML, run JavaScript in pages to extract data, and dump accessibility trees. Built on Playwright; install a browser on first use.

Translates whole EPUB books, Word files, SRT subtitles and TXT with local Ollama or cloud LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek), keeping layout and timings. Builds a glossary for consistent terms and can resume jobs. Mainly a desktop app; the CLI runs from source; cloud models need an API key.

A video production workspace for Claude Code: scripting, AI voiceover, music, generated visuals and Remotion rendering to MP4, with explainer and product-demo templates. The full workflow needs the cloned repo and Node.js 18+; AI generation needs your own cloud GPU (e.g. Modal's free tier).

Four tools for real-time web search, page content extraction, site mapping and full-site crawling, available as a remote server or run locally. Maintained by Tavily; needs an API key or OAuth sign-in, and a free account is available.

Uses hooks to enforce test-driven development in Claude Code: blocks implementation without a failing test, prevents code beyond what tests require, and can use lint results to push refactoring. Needs Node.js 22+. Still maintained, but the author suggests its successor Probity for new projects.

Open-source video editing API and MCP server: add video, audio, subtitles, stickers, effects and keyframe animation, then generate drafts you can open and keep editing in CapCut or JianYing. Requires running the Python service locally and installing FFmpeg.

MiniMax's official CLI, built for agents: chat with MiniMax models from the terminal and generate images, video and speech, plus speech transcription, image understanding and web search. Works with the international platform. Requires a MiniMax Token Plan subscription.

A CLI and Python library by Simon Willison: imports JSON and CSV straight into SQLite with automatic table creation, runs in-memory SQL queries over files, and supports full-text search and table transformations.

Self-hostable long-term memory for agents, offering MCP, a REST API and a web dashboard: semantic search, knowledge graph and automatic memory consolidation. Embeddings are computed locally; choose SQLite, Cloudflare or Milvus as the backend.

Shows technical details of audio and video files (codec, bitrate, resolution, frame rate, channels, duration); the CLI can output JSON or XML for checking platform specs before delivery. Free and local; install with Homebrew on macOS.

Local text-to-speech CLI built on the open Kokoro model: batch-converts TXT, EPUB and PDF to MP3 or WAV by chapter, with multiple languages, voice blending and speed control; handy for audio versions of course materials. Needs Python 3.11-3.12 and two model files downloaded first.

Higgsfield's official skills: generate images, video and voiceover from a single prompt for product shots, e-commerce hero images, YouTube thumbnails, brand guidelines and narrated explainers. Requires the Higgsfield CLI and a signed-in account; generations use account credits.