Tools

Recognizes images or whole PDFs (including scans) with math formulas and tables into Markdown and LaTeX, strong on English and Chinese and supporting 80+ languages, handy for digitizing exams, lecture notes and study notes. An open-source Mathpix alternative that runs locally with Python.

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.

PDFMathTranslate 2.x (command pdf2zh_next), built on BabelDOC: translates papers and other PDFs while keeping formulas, charts, TOC and annotations, outputting translated and bilingual side-by-side versions. Uses a free translation channel by default, or your own OpenAI, DeepSeek or other API key.

869 medical skills compiled by FreedomIntelligence from a dozen open-source libraries: SOAP notes, discharge summaries, drug interactions, clinical guidelines, PubMed/FDA lookups, genomics and device regulation. Made for OpenClaw, usable elsewhere; some need API keys. Doctors must review output.

Standards-based command-line calendar that syncs iCloud and other CalDAV calendars via vdirsyncer, so agents can query your schedule and quickly add events; also has an interactive UI. Setting up vdirsyncer takes some technical effort; no Windows support.

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.

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+.

Converts PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, audio, web pages and YouTube transcripts into Markdown that agents can read and cite. Built on Microsoft MarkItDown; the Docker image lacks audio transcription and image recognition, so build locally for full features.

Open-source meeting bot and real-time transcription platform: sends a bot into Google Meet, Teams or Zoom and transcribes live by speaker, with MCP so agents can dispatch bots and read transcripts. Use the hosted service (API key) or self-host.

WhatsApp CLI: pair as a linked device, sync messages to local SQLite, search offline, send text and files, and manage groups, with --json output for agents. Built on the unofficial WhatsApp Web protocol.

Searches Korean statutes, case law, administrative rules and local ordinances via the Korean Ministry of Government Legislation's Open API, verifies whether cited provisions and cases exist, and compares versions over time. Needs a free API key and Node.js; have a lawyer review results.

Perplexity's official MCP with four tools: web search, grounded Q&A, deep research and reasoning, available remotely or run locally. Requires a Perplexity API key.

A Chinese-first editing skill that also works on English: strips boilerplate, padded lead-ins and stiff phrasing while keeping numbers, conditions, commitments and the author's voice. Can flag issues without rewriting. It doesn't detect AI text or promise to evade detectors.

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.

A research-writing plugin from K-Dense: searches the literature in real time before drafting, then produces papers, reviews, grant proposals, posters and slides with verifiable citations and figures. Literature search needs a Parallel API key; PDF output needs LaTeX.

Two-stage deep research: drafts an editable outline for the topic, then parallel subagents search the web item by item and compile a Markdown report. Good for literature reviews, competitor research and due diligence. Install by copying files per the README, plus pip install pyyaml.

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.

Turns a paper's method description (text or PDF) or data files into publication-ready diagrams and plots, with several AI reviewer roles refining each figure. Needs an OpenAI or Gemini API key (billed per image), Python and uv. A community reimplementation, not by the original paper's authors.

Terraform and OpenTofu best practices from Anton Babenko: diagnoses the failure mode first, then guides testing, module structure, state management, CI/CD and security scanning. Works for AWS, Azure and GCP.

Translates entire books: splits PDF, DOCX or EPUB into chunks for parallel subagents, keeps terminology consistent, resumes interrupted runs and verifies with hashes, then outputs HTML, DOCX, EPUB or PDF. Needs Calibre, Pandoc and Python.

Extracts issuer, amount, date, invoice number and other fields from PDF invoices using YAML/JSON templates, exporting CSV, JSON or XML. Ships several text-extraction backends, OCR for scanned invoices and an optional AI fallback.

A native Go MCP server for Kubernetes and OpenShift: talks to the API server directly to create, read, update and delete any resource, view pod logs, exec commands and install Helm charts, without needing kubectl. Supports multiple clusters.

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.