The tools we actually use.
Hand-curated. Editorial ratings. No affiliate noise. Each pairs naturally with one of our loops.
Cursor
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.
ChatGPT
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.
Raycast
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.
Claude
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.
Perplexity
Search-grounded answers with inline citations.
Perplexity's Focus modes are themselves loops - Academic, Reddit, Wolfram. Stack with /cov for cited verification.
Gemini
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.
Warp
The terminal with native AI integration.
Warp AI in the terminal turns /audit and /5why into one-line commands during incidents.
Replit Agent
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.
Windsurf
Agentic editor from Codeium with multi-file edits.
Cascade agents pair well with /pte (Plan-Then-Execute) and /redteam loops for safer agentic coding.
Notion AI
AI features built into Notion docs and databases.
Notion AI Blocks pair well with /tighter and /persona loops for in-doc editing.