AI tools to build AI helpers (agents)

n8n

Automation & AI Helpers

Lots of automations for little money, if you or someone you know can handle the tech setup.

Zapier

Automation & AI Helpers

Simple 'when this happens, do that' automations between thousands of apps, with no coding.

LangChain

Automation & AI Helpers

Programmers building their own AI apps.

OpenAI API

For Developers

Programmers adding ChatGPT-style AI to their own apps.

Trying free AI demos in your browser, and finding AI models.

General Input Specialists

Automation & AI Helpers

Handing a repeat chore to an AI that learns how you do it.

Free software for running AI 'coworkers' that each have their own browser and files. Needs technical setup.

Research software for AI helpers that improve themselves over time. For engineers.

Muse Wonder

Automation & AI Helpers

Trying Meta's newest AI for multi-step tasks.

guilds.run

Automation & AI Helpers

Lets technical teams build groups of AI helpers that work together, and see exactly what each one did.

AdAnt 2.0

Marketing & Sales

Testing lots of short video ad ideas quickly for a product or online store.

A free kit for programmers to build AI helpers.

Make

Automation & AI Helpers

Automations with several steps and choices, built by drawing a flowchart.

Lets an AI helper draw arrows and notes right on your screen, so it can point at what it means.

Memory for AI assistants that developers build. It lets them remember each user and learn from past mistakes instead of repeating them. Version 1.0 came out Oct 13.

mysetup.ai

Automation & AI Helpers

A site where people post the AI tools and setups they use. Nice for nosing around.

monid

Build Websites & Apps

One place for AI assistants to find and use outside tools. Think of it as an app store for AI helpers. For builders.

Decides which AI helper in a team should handle a task, or when to pass it on. Plumbing for developers.

qwen-audio-agent

Automation & AI Helpers

Lets AI assistants talk and listen in real time. A building block for voice apps.

Gives AI coding helpers a long-term memory, stored as simple notes on your computer. One for programmers.

A $7 gadget that lets an AI see and tap a real iPhone. A wild hobby project, no jailbreak needed.

Pizza Bot

Automation & AI Helpers

An inbox where AI helpers working in the background check in with you.

A Korean version of ARTEX, an AI tool security pros use to test systems for weak spots.

Free Claude add-ons that help run a LinkedIn account: posts, replies, a weekly plan, and a checker that makes drafts sound less like AI.

Agent.reviews

Build Websites & Apps

A review site where AI helpers rate the tools they use. Odd, and kind of interesting.

Turns one big coding goal into an ordered to-do list for AI helpers.

A list of add-ons that plug AI assistants like Claude into other apps and services. Handy if you're tech-curious.

A free alternative to TradingView stock charts, with your own AI helper built in.

A way for developers to turn AI helpers into repeatable step-by-step processes.

Warns programmers when two AI helpers are about to make conflicting changes.

Someone got an AI helper working on a cheap old Nokia phone. A fun hack.

A toolkit that gives AI helpers one consistent way to use many online services.

Adds a nicer menu and status bar to the Pi AI agent. Only matters if you already use Pi.

Ax-check.com

Build Websites & Apps

Checks whether AI helpers can actually use your website or product. Useful for founders curious about AI shoppers.

Skillbay

Automation & AI Helpers

A hand-picked board of add-on skills for AI helpers.

Keeps a software project's guides and progress notes up to date automatically, so AI helpers don't lose track.

OpenAPPA

Automation & AI Helpers

Free safety rails that stop AI helpers from doing things they shouldn't.

Tests how well AI helpers fix broken server systems. For IT engineers.

Adds voices and speech-to-text to the Hermes AI agent.

Practice worlds where researchers train AI agents. Technical.

Talk to your long-running AI jobs out loud to check on them or steer them.

MemorySync

Automation & AI Helpers

Gives AI helpers a shared memory. Developer plumbing.

Make and edit product videos with an AI helper.

Otis

For Developers

A simple AI helper that runs AI models on your own computer straight out of the box.

Ambi by Mistlabs

Productivity

An AI helper that remembers what you're doing across your Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch.

Agent Craft

Marketing & Sales

Helps you get more engagement and leads on social media using AI.

The Drive AI

Automation & AI Helpers

An AI helper that works on your files for you: sorting, summarizing and drafting.

Stops every command an AI helper starts, in one go. An emergency brake for developers.