Tools · 2026
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The AI tools, voice + agentic stack, design utilities, and workshop tools I actually use to ship. Hover to preview, click to open.
AI tools I use daily
The stack I actually open every morning. Production-grade AI building blocks, plus the editor, agent, and prompt-runners that ship the work.
Claude
My default LLM for everything from quick reasoning to long-context analysis. Anthropic's chat client.
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal-native AI coding agent. The reason my release cycles went from weeks to hours.
Cursor
AI-first editor — pair Claude Code in the terminal with Cursor in the editor and you have the full agentic loop.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's chat client. Useful as a second opinion on tricky problems and for image gen via DALL·E.
Gemini
Google's frontier model — strong for grounded research with Google Search built in.
OpenRouter
One API across Claude, GPT, Gemini, Mistral, and dozens more. The routing layer in production AI products.
ElevenLabs
Best-in-class TTS for production voice AI. Real-time streaming, voice cloning, multilingual.
Deepgram
Production-grade ASR. Sub-300ms streaming transcription with diarization and VAD.
n8n
Visual workflow automation. Webhook → Claude → side-effects in five minutes; the agentic plumbing layer.
Lovable
Browser-based AI app builder. Useful for clients who need to see a clickable prototype today.
v0 by Vercel
Generate Tailwind + shadcn UI from a prompt. Great for getting a baseline component you can refine.
Anthropic Console
API keys, usage, prompt caching insights, and the workbench. The control surface for production Claude apps.
Voice & agentic stack
The open-source pieces I assembled into Phiny.ai voice mock interviews and Northway Tech's voice caddie.
LiveKit
Real-time WebRTC infrastructure. Rooms, agents, recording, and a Python SDK that plays nicely with Pipecat.
Pipecat
Open-source framework for real-time voice and multimodal AI. The pipeline orchestrator behind ASR → LLM → TTS.
Model Context Protocol
The protocol that lets LLM clients (Claude Code, Desktop, Cursor) discover and call tools. Subject of one of my papers.
AG-UI
Standardized UI protocol for agent ↔ frontend events. Build chat UIs, tool-call panels, and human-in-the-loop reviews.
Algolia
Hybrid keyword + vector search. Top-K retrieval that I rerank with Claude in production RAG pipelines.
AI SDK by Vercel
TypeScript SDK with streaming, tool calls, and structured output across Claude, GPT, Gemini.
Workshop tools
Curated set from my AI for Marketing guest lecture at BITS Law School, Mumbai — the tools attendees walked away knowing how to use.
Workshop landing
All workshop materials, demos, and the full tool list shown live on stage at BITS Law School, Mumbai.
Midjourney
Image generation with the strongest aesthetic priors for marketing creative.
Canva AI
AI-assisted design tools inside Canva — Magic Write, Magic Edit, Magic Resize.
ElevenLabs Voice
Voice-over generation for ads, demos, and explainers.
Runway
Generative video and image-to-video for content teams.
Suno
AI music for jingles, intros, and brand audio.
Design & UI
shadcn/ui
Copy-paste accessible React components. The de-facto UI kit on top of Tailwind + Radix.
Beautiful Mockups
Beautiful mobile and web mockups in seconds.
Maizzle
HTML email templates with Tailwind.
Hypercolor
Tailwind gradient explorer — drop into any project.
Haikei
Generate SVG blobs, waves, and decorative backgrounds.
Ray.so
Convert code to beautiful images for posts and slides.
Storyset
Free, customizable illustrations.
Heroicons
Hand-crafted SVG icons by the makers of Tailwind.
Simple Icons
3000+ free SVG brand icons. Powering this site's tech badges.
Everyday utilities
Remove.bg
One-click background removal.
Metatags.io
Generate and preview Open Graph metadata.
Picsum
Random placeholder images.
Responsively
Multi-device browser for testing responsive layouts.
Dev Fonts
Compare every popular monospace font side by side.