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Tools worth installing
A short list we add to carefully. Each entry says what it does, who it helps and how hard it is to start.
Browse all 23 resourcesProductivity
Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) (opens in a new tab)
A research notebook that answers questions using the documents you add, with citations back to the passages it used.
BeginnerResearched from docsProductivity
MarkItDown (opens in a new tab)
A Python tool from Microsoft that converts PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other files into Markdown text for AI tools.
IntermediateWe testedDeveloper tool
Ollama (opens in a new tab)
Downloads and runs open-weight language models on your own computer, with a local API other tools can use.
BeginnerResearched from docsMCP server
MCP reference servers (opens in a new tab)
Small example servers from the Model Context Protocol project (Filesystem, Git, Fetch, Memory, Time and others) that show how an assistant connects to tools.
IntermediateWe tested
Compare models on facts, not hype.
Every figure links to the provider's own documentation and shows the date we checked it. Our own testing is labelled separately.
Open the model profiles| Family | Provider | Current models | Context window | Open weights | Sources checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | ProviderAnthropic | Current models4 | Context windowVerified. 1M tokens | Open weightsDraft. No | Sources checked 11 Nov 2026 |
| GPT | ProviderOpenAI | Current models4 | Context windowVerified. 1.05M tokens | Open weightsDraft. No | Sources checked 11 Nov 2026 |
| Gemini | ProviderGoogle | Current models6 | Context windowVerified. 1M tokens | Open weightsDraft. No | Sources checked 11 Nov 2026 |
| Grok | ProviderxAI | Current models1 | Context windowVerified. 500K tokens | Open weightsDraft. No | Sources checked 11 Nov 2026 |
| Llama | ProviderMeta | Current models3 | Context windowNot yet checked. Not yet checked | Open weightsDraft. Yes | Sources checked 11 Nov 2026 |
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