Tools

Recreates the deprecated Explanatory output style with a SessionStart hook: adds Insight notes before and after code that explain implementation trade-offs and codebase conventions. Official Anthropic plugin; uses extra tokens.

Learning mode: at key decision points such as business logic or error handling, asks you to write 5-10 lines of code yourself while explaining the trade-offs. Official Anthropic plugin built on a SessionStart hook; uses extra tokens.

Compiles Markdown chapters into an online book with a table of contents, full-text search and themes, good for manuals, lecture notes and course material; agents can edit chapter files and rebuild to preview. Maintained by the Rust team; install a prebuilt binary or via cargo.

Unofficial Python library and CLI for driving Google NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook): bulk-import sources, ask cited questions, and generate and download podcasts, videos, slides, quizzes and flashcards. Ships an agent skill. Relies on undocumented APIs and needs a Google sign-in.

Open-source zero-shot TTS via f5-tts_infer-cli: from a few seconds of reference audio it reads Chinese or English text in the same voice, handy for lessons and videos. Needs Python, PyTorch and FFmpeg, ideally a GPU. Pretrained models are non-commercial; get consent before cloning a voice.

Rewrites an article or script as narration, then builds a click-through 16:9 web presentation you can screen-record into an explainer video, with optional synthesized voiceover. Good for lessons, YouTube tutorials and product walkthroughs. Needs Node.js; voiceover needs a MiniMax or OpenAI key.

Turns Markdown outlines into interactive HTML mind maps you can collapse and zoom, with inlined assets for offline use and a watch mode that refreshes live. Good for mapping requirements, lesson planning and organizing knowledge.

Open-source AI presentation generator that builds slides from a topic or uploaded documents and exports PPTX or PDF, with a built-in MCP endpoint for agents. Good for lesson decks and reports. Self-host with Docker and configure an LLM API key, then have an admin create an MCP key.

Twelve research skills from Prof. Yuyu Luo's team at HKUST (Guangzhou), built on a decade of top-venue publishing and reviewing: idea evaluation, intro and body writing, polishing, surveys, pre-submission review, figures, Draw.io rebuilds and rebuttals. Non-commercial license.

Turns outlines or scripts into web slides that present in the browser (not .pptx files), with 36 themes and 15 full deck templates; press S for presenter mode with script and timer. Good for lessons, training and reports. Plain local files; no account or API key needed.

Open-source alternative to NotebookLM's podcast feature: turns web pages, PDFs, images, YouTube videos or text into two-host conversational audio, useful for lecture notes or articles. Uses Gemini and OpenAI API keys by default, or local models plus free Edge TTS.

Unofficial nlm CLI and MCP server for NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook): bulk-create notebooks, import web pages and docs, and generate audio overviews, quizzes, flashcards, mind maps and slides for teaching and study. Relies on undocumented APIs and a Google sign-in, so it may break.

Unofficial CLI and MCP that let agents work with NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook): bulk-import sources, ask questions with citations, and generate audio overviews, quizzes, flashcards, mind maps and slides. Uses undocumented APIs and may break; needs a Google sign-in and uv.

Local neural text-to-speech engine that converts text to speech offline, with voices in dozens of languages, handy for listening materials or narrating articles and course slides. Needs Python; download a voice model before first use. The project is currently looking for maintainers.

Turns any codebase into an interactive browser course: real code with plain-language explanations, animations, hover glossaries and scenario quizzes. Built for people who build software with AI but can't read code, and useful for intro programming classes. Needs only an agent and the repo.

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.

Builds Markdown and Jupyter notebooks into online textbook sites with a TOC, math, citations and cross-references, plus publication-quality PDF export; popular for course notes. A Jupyter subproject installed via pipx or npm; PDF export needs Typst or LaTeX.

Turns a topic or article into a narrated explainer video in English or Chinese: research, script, voiceover, storyboard and per-shot animation, with subtitles and chapter cards. Needs Node.js, ffmpeg and Python; takes about 1-3 hours depending on length. Free for non-commercial use only.

Explains a codebase, feature, command or pull request to someone new to it as a PR Lens canvas: one plain sentence first, then a walkthrough that grows the diagram from two boxes to the whole picture, delivered as a shareable link. Requires the PR Lens skill and its npx CLI.

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.

Adapts an explanation to its audience, from a 5-year-old to a high schooler, college student, parent or executive, adjusting vocabulary, analogies, tone and depth. Useful for teachers, parents and explaining expert topics to laypeople. No account or extra software needed.

Turns a paper (arXiv link or PDF) into method diagrams, slides with a generated image per page (PPTX/PDF export) and an in-depth HTML explainer with formulas, for lab meetings and lectures. No API key; images use Codex's built-in generator or, in Claude Code, a separate image skill.

Describe what you need and get a typeset PDF: turn handwritten notes or scanned textbooks into LaTeX handouts and cheat sheets, make exams with answer keys, write papers, theses, posters, resumes and letters. 27 templates plus chart and mail-merge scripts. Needs TeX Live (install script included).

Microsoft Azure's official tool for translating Markdown, Jupyter notebooks and image text into 50+ languages; re-translates only changed parts and keeps links and formatting. Needs Python 3.11+ and an Azure OpenAI, OpenAI or Anthropic key; images need Azure AI Vision.