Tools

Turns SRT subtitles into a hand-drawn whiteboard animation on warm paper that follows the narration, exported as MP4, pausing for approval at storyboard, line art and annotation steps. Good for lesson explainers. Needs Python; line art from an image-capable agent or your own.

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.

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.

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.

Mistral's official open-source terminal coding assistant: uses Mistral models to read and write code, run commands and search the codebase, with multiple agent profiles and subagents, plus Skills, MCP and a --prompt scripting mode. Needs a Mistral API key.

Classic CLI for reading and writing metadata in hundreds of file types including images, video, audio and PDF, covering EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP and camera makers' proprietary tags, with batch editing, stripping and conversion. Requires Perl.

Self-contained modern TeX/LaTeX engine based on XeTeX and TeX Live that downloads and caches support files on first build, compiling .tex to PDF in one command without installing a full TeX distribution.

Generates hand-drawn-style Excalidraw diagrams (.excalidraw files you can keep editing on excalidraw.com) from text, choosing fan-out, timeline or convergence layouts by how concepts relate. Optional uv and Playwright let the agent render and check layouts; colors live in one file you can restyle.

From ISCAS's Chinese Information Processing Lab: Claude Code or Codex write slides from your brief, render each page to check layout, and export an editable PPTX, for lectures and academic talks. Needs macOS, Linux or WSL with Python (uv), npm and LibreOffice; install per the README.

Converts AsciiDoc, a Markdown-like plain-text markup, into HTML5, DocBook and man pages, and with official extensions into PDF and EPUB, suited to technical books, textbooks and large manuals. Ruby-based; install with Homebrew on macOS.

Gives agents Exa web search and page content fetching, with an optional multi-step research agent and advanced filtered search. Maintained by Exa; the hosted service works anonymously with limits, and signing in or adding an API key raises them.

WordPress's official CLI: install and update plugins and themes, manage posts and users, import and export content, run database search-replace and configure multisite from the terminal, without opening wp-admin. Requires PHP 7.2.24 or later.

CLI and TypeScript runtime for discovering and calling MCP servers from the terminal and scripts: list tool signatures and call tools directly, or generate a standalone CLI or typed client from a server. Auto-imports existing MCP configs from Claude Code, Codex and others.

Local FFmpeg video editing skill: ask in plain language to cut and join clips, remove silence, reframe to vertical, add subtitles, normalize loudness and export to TikTok, Reels or YouTube specs, fully offline with no API key. Needs ffmpeg and Python 3; also usable as an MCP.

Read-only mirror of the community plugin marketplace maintained by Anthropic, with 2,000+ community plugins that passed submission review and automated security scans, for Claude Code and Claude Cowork.

Cloudflare's official Workers CLI: develop and debug Workers locally, deploy them, manage D1, R2, KV and other resources, and tail live logs. Cloudflare recommends installing it per project; requires a Cloudflare account.

Microsoft's official Azure CLI (az) for managing VMs, storage, resource groups and other Azure resources, with JMESPath queries, table or JSON output and clear exit codes for scripting. Run az login first.

17 social media skills from MarTech AI newsletter author Charlie Hills: build a voice profile from an interview and 3-5 past posts, then write LinkedIn posts, Reels scripts, hooks and content matrices, plus Gemini prompts for thumbnails and carousels. Some skills take optional Apify or Gemini keys.

Moves files to the trash instead of deleting them, with commands to list, restore and empty trashed files, so anything an agent deletes by mistake can be recovered. Follows the FreeDesktop.org trash spec and shares the trash with GNOME and KDE.

Stores agent memory as local Markdown notes that both people and AI can read, write, search and link, and you can open them directly in Obsidian. Local-first, open source and free, with a paid cloud sync option.

Firebase's official CLI: deploy Hosting, Cloud Functions and security rules, run local emulators, read and write databases and import or export users. The same repo also provides the official Firebase MCP server. Requires a Firebase sign-in.

Lets agents manage Firebase projects: read and write Firestore and Realtime Database, manage Auth users, validate security rules, and check Crashlytics crashes and function logs. Maintained by Firebase; sign in to the Firebase CLI first.

Teaches agents to write video prompts for ByteDance's Seedance 2.0: input limits, @ asset references and camera language, with templates for product ads, short dramas, dance, scenic clips, e-commerce and explainers, in English and Chinese. Prompts only; generate videos with your own account.

Teaches agents to code against the latest Gemini API and Python/TypeScript SDKs: multi-turn chat, function calling, structured output, and image and speech generation, while avoiding deprecated older models. Maintained by Google's Gemini team.