The tool directory.

Choose a task, then read the fit and the consideration. These are independent editorial listings of external tools, linked directly to their providers.

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NotebookLM

Research & documents

The official NotebookLM address now opens Google’s Gemini Notebook.

Read across a set of source documents.

A starting point for a project brief when the material already exists in notes, reports or specifications. Source references help you return to the supporting passage.

Before choosing: Check the imported sources and their versions. A reference can support a statement without resolving a conflict between documents.

Project brief guide
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Claude

Writing & reasoning

Draft and reason through written material.

Consider it for a first draft, a close reading of supplied text, or a support response shaped by your approved policy. Give it the source material and a clear output brief.

Before choosing: Read every factual statement and promise against your source. Fluent writing is not evidence that the policy permits an answer.

Support reply guide
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Perplexity

Research & documents

Find a starting point for web research.

Useful when the first job is finding sources around a question. Follow the cited pages and keep the evidence you need for your own research note.

Before choosing: Open each important source, check its date, and look for the original publication. A sourced answer can still misread or omit context.

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Cursor

Code & development

Work on code inside an AI-assisted editor.

A candidate when your work centres on understanding and changing an existing codebase. Give a small, verifiable task and inspect the resulting changes in context.

Before choosing: Agree the edit scope before delegating. Review the diff and run checks that exercise the behaviour you intended to change.

Visit CursorOfficial provider site

GitHub Copilot

Code & development

Get coding assistance in a GitHub workflow.

Consider it when code suggestions, conversation and delegated coding tasks need to sit near your existing development workflow. Select a mode that matches the task and review process.

Before choosing: Review generated changes, including dependencies and permissions. Passing checks and a plausible explanation do not replace a maintainer's review.

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n8n

Workflow automation

Connect steps across services.

Look here when the problem is moving approved data through a repeatable sequence of triggers, transformations and actions. Map the process before adding AI to a step.

Before choosing: Check credentials, data access and failure handling for every connected service. Hosting an automation yourself still leaves it needing an owner.

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Adobe Firefly

Images, voice & slides

Explore image ideas and generative edits.

A starting point for visual concepts or edits where a person will select, refine and approve the result. Describe the intended use and compare the output with the design brief.

Before choosing: Check the model, feature and current terms for your intended use. Review trademarks, recognisable people and other rights in the result.

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ElevenLabs

Images, voice & slides

Prepare a spoken version of written content.

Consider text-to-speech for a narration draft when your script is ready. Listen to the full result for pronunciation, pacing and whether the chosen voice suits the material.

Before choosing: Confirm permission for the voice and script. Check the provider's terms and listen before publishing; a generated voice can imply an identity.

Visit ElevenLabsOfficial provider site

Gamma

Images, voice & slides

Turn an outline into a presentation draft.

Useful when the argument is known but the slide structure needs a first pass. Supply your outline, then edit the narrative, wording and visual hierarchy yourself.

Before choosing: Check every claim and visual. Inspect the format you will actually share, because a readable draft is not automatically a finished presentation.

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Fireflies.ai

Meeting notes

Prepare a transcript and meeting summary.

A candidate when a meeting recording needs to become an editable follow-up. Use the transcript to locate decisions, proposed actions and unresolved questions.

Before choosing: Confirm recording and upload permission. Compare important passages with the recording, then ask the team to confirm owners and deadlines.

Meeting notes guide
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A task that falls between categories?

Start with the input and the result you need. We can discuss a tool shortlist by email, including the checks your team will need to make.

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What makes a tool a useful candidate?

A clear connection between your task and its documented capabilities. The notes above are our interpretation of that connection, rather than comparative test results. Check the provider’s current features, terms and access before choosing.

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