AI Tools Directory

The tools we actually use.

Hand-curated. Editorial ratings. No affiliate noise. Each pairs naturally with one of our loops.

coding · paid

Cursor

4.8

The AI-first code editor for shipping faster.

Cursor's Custom Commands feature is purpose-built for loop libraries. Native /refactor and /audit support inside any file.

Open
assistant · freemium

ChatGPT

4.7

OpenAI's flagship chat assistant powered by GPT-5.

The most widely adopted general-purpose AI assistant. Supports custom GPTs, voice, code interpreter, and a persistent Memory feature that pairs well with a loop library.

Open
productivity · freemium

Raycast

4.7

Productivity launcher with AI assistant built in.

Raycast AI Commands let you bind any loop to a global hotkey - /tighter on any selected text in any app.

Open
assistant · freemium

Claude

4.6

Anthropic's thoughtful assistant with the strongest steelmanning.

Claude Opus is the strongest model for perspective and reasoning loops. Projects let you load a loop library as persistent context.

Open
research · freemium

Perplexity

4.5

Search-grounded answers with inline citations.

Perplexity's Focus modes are themselves loops - Academic, Reddit, Wolfram. Stack with /cov for cited verification.

Open
assistant · freemium

Gemini

4.4

Google's long-context multimodal assistant.

Gemini 2.5 Pro's 1M-token context window makes it the natural home for research-deep-dive loops over long documents.

Open
devtools · freemium

Warp

4.4

The terminal with native AI integration.

Warp AI in the terminal turns /audit and /5why into one-line commands during incidents.

Open
coding · freemium

Replit Agent

4.3

Build full apps from a single prompt.

Replit's agentic builder runs implicit Plan-Then-Execute loops under the hood. Add explicit /redteam before deploy.

Open
coding · freemium

Windsurf

4.3

Agentic editor from Codeium with multi-file edits.

Cascade agents pair well with /pte (Plan-Then-Execute) and /redteam loops for safer agentic coding.

Open
productivity · paid

Notion AI

4.2

AI features built into Notion docs and databases.

Notion AI Blocks pair well with /tighter and /persona loops for in-doc editing.

Open