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Sam Despo

Sam Despo's AI Tools Library

Find the right AI tool for your project.

A short, honest list of the best AI tools, MCPs and Claude Code skills, explained in plain English. No jargon, no 6,000-tool haystack. Just what works.

93 tools · 30 MCPs · 24 skills · hand-picked, updated regularly

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Browse by what you're trying to do

Every category is a short list of the tools worth your time, not everything that exists.

Sam's picks

Start with these

If you only try a handful, try these.

All tools

  • Canva

    Image, Logo & Design

    Make social posts, decks and flyers from templates, with AI that writes and edits for you.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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  • Claude

    AI Assistants & LLMs

    Anthropic's assistant for writing, analysis and thinking things through with you.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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  • Claude Code

    Coding & Dev Tools

    An agent that lives in your project folder, reading, writing and running code for you.

    Sam's pickPaid
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  • Gamma

    Presentations & Docs

    Paste an outline and get a finished, well-designed deck, document or web page in minutes.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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  • Grammarly

    Writing & Content

    Fixes spelling, grammar and tone in whatever app you're already typing in.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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  • Klaviyo

    Marketing & Ads

    Email and SMS for online stores, with AI that writes, segments and predicts.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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  • Lovable

    Website & App Builders

    Chat your way to a full web app, with a real database and logins, no code needed.

    Sam's pickFreemium
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Tools, MCPs and Skills: what's the difference?

Three directories, three different jobs. Here's the one-line version of each.

For Claude Code

Top MCPs

Connectors that let Claude use your other tools: browsers, databases, GitHub, Slack and more.

All MCPs

  • GitHub MCP

    Coding & Deployment

    Lets Claude open pull requests, read issues and check builds in your GitHub repos.

    Sam's pickFree
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  • Notion MCP

    Productivity & Comms

    Lets Claude search, read and write your Notion pages and databases.

    Sam's pickFree
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  • Playwright MCP

    Browser & Search

    Gives Claude a real web browser so it can click around, test and screenshot sites.

    Sam's pickOpen source
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  • Supabase MCP

    Databases & Data

    Lets Claude create tables, run queries and deploy functions in your Supabase project.

    Sam's pickFree
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For Claude Code

Top Skills

Instruction packs that make Claude great at a specific job.

All skills

  • Frontend design

    Design & Front-end

    Makes the websites Claude builds look designed instead of generic.

    Sam's pickOpen source
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  • Skill creator

    Coding Workflows

    Helps Claude write, test and improve a new skill for any job you repeat often.

    Sam's pickOpen source
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  • Word documents (docx)

    Documents & Files

    Have Claude write and edit real Word files, with headings, tables and tracked changes.

    Sam's pickFree
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