Tools

Multithreaded lossless PNG optimizer that shrinks screenshots, slices and icons in bulk without quality loss and strips unneeded metadata, handy for design handoff or compressing images before a site launch. Install with Homebrew on macOS.

Spec-driven development MCP: the agent writes requirements, design and task docs in three steps, then implements task by task. A web dashboard or VS Code extension lets PMs review, comment, approve and track progress. Needs Node.js; launch the dashboard separately via npx.

Create, read and modify xlsx workbooks without Microsoft Excel installed: formulas, formatting and conditional formatting, charts, pivot tables and tables. Runs locally over stdio or as a remote HTTP service.

High-fidelity SVG rendering library and CLI that exports SVG icons and illustrations to PNG at chosen sizes, good for batch asset export. No system dependencies, with pixel-identical output across platforms. No SVG animation support; install with cargo or grab a macOS build from Releases.

Open-source marketing plugin with 48 skills: SEO and AI search optimization (GEO), GA4 and Search Console analysis, ad diagnostics for Google, Meta, X, LinkedIn, Reddit and TikTok, and WordPress upkeep. Some SEO skills need only a URL; live data requires NotFair OAuth and linked accounts.

Expo's official plugin covering Expo Router navigation, native UI, data fetching and SDK upgrades, plus EAS builds, OTA updates and app store submission. Some service-related skills rely on paid EAS.

From Dagger: gives each coding agent its own container and git branch so multiple agents work in parallel without interfering, with command logs and the ability to take over the terminal at any time. Connects via MCP; needs Docker and Git. Still experimental.

From Dagger: gives every coding agent an isolated container and Git branch so several agents can work in parallel, and you can view command logs, take over the terminal or discard results anytime. Needs Docker and Git locally; still experimental.

Hugging Face's official hf CLI: search, download and upload models and datasets, manage repos and storage buckets, and run jobs on Hugging Face's cloud. Output adapts automatically for agents, and hf skills add installs companion skills. Uploads and similar actions need a login.

Knownsec's open-source Python-use agent: describe a task in plain language and it writes and runs Python on your machine, e.g. tidying Excel files, summarizing attendance or screening resumes. Needs Python 3.11+ and a model API key such as DeepSeek; code runs locally, so back up important files.

Extracts any website's logo, colors, fonts, spacing, shadows and motion in one command, exporting W3C design tokens, a Tailwind theme, DESIGN.md or a brand guide PDF, plus WCAG contrast checks. Good for competitor and brand audits. Needs Node.js 18+; run dembrandt install-browser first.

Design engineer Jakub Krehel's UI polish skill covering animation, typography, icons, hover states, optical alignment, concentric radii, shadows and hit areas, with quick and full review modes, so agents get the details right when building or reviewing UI. Works on web code; needs Node.js.

NVIDIA's official plugin that finds and installs the right skills from NVIDIA's catalog for your task, spanning CUDA acceleration, NIM inference, NeMo training, RAG blueprints, Omniverse simulation and robotics. Listed in both the Claude and Codex official marketplaces.

NVIDIA's official, verified catalog of hundreds of skills covering CUDA-X libraries, NeMo training, NIM and Dynamo inference, RAG blueprints, Jetson, Omniverse and robotics simulation. The install adds only nvidia-skill-finder, which recommends other skills and installs them once you confirm.

Open-source PDF table extraction with a camelot CLI: exports tables from financial reports, bank statements and statistical reports to Excel, CSV or Markdown, with an accuracy score. Needs Python 3.10+; handles text-based PDFs by default, scans need the ml and ocr extras. Double-check results.

One server connecting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle and SQLite, exposing just two tools by default to save context, with read-only mode and SSH tunneling. From Bytebase.

Fast Rust toolkit for tabular data with nearly 80 subcommands for querying, stats, cleaning, validation, joins and format conversion on CSV and Excel. Also offers an MCP server and a Claude Cowork plugin.

Browserbase's official skills: drive a local or cloud browser with the browse CLI for web scraping and search, turning site traffic into an OpenAPI spec, adversarial UI testing and competitor research. Cloud features need a Browserbase account.

Query Google Analytics 4 in natural language: read account and property info and run standard, funnel and realtime reports. Official from Google Analytics (experimental); requires Google Cloud Application Default Credentials.

Community plugin marketplace bundling hundreds of subagents, slash commands, hooks and skills by category, installable individually or all at once, with the buildwithclaude.com site for browsing community plugins and MCP servers.

Official Scenario skills: generate production-ready images, video, voiceover and music, textures and 3D assets through the Scenario MCP, for product shots, ads, storyboards and game art, plus expert skills for Blender, Maya and ZBrush. Needs a Scenario account (free tier available).

Plugin marketplace for investment research: six plugin groups covering yfinance market data, earnings previews and recaps, DCF valuation, option payoff charts, ETF premiums, read-only news from X, Discord and other social sources, and TradingView data. Research only, not investment advice.

AWS's generally available agent toolkit and plugin marketplace: plugins such as aws-core, aws-agents and aws-data-analytics bundle the AWS MCP Server with evaluated skills for IaC, serverless, containers and billing. Calling AWS APIs requires configured credentials.

MCP server from the opengeos GeoAI project: segment buildings, roads and vegetation in satellite imagery from text prompts, detect vehicles and ships, spot changes between images, estimate canopy height and fetch NAIP, Sentinel-2 and Landsat imagery. Install from the repo (Python 3.10+).