The AI tools guide

AI tools,
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Work through a codebase, review a pull request, or keep several coding agents in view. Find a tool that fits the job.

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Start with the job.

Make a code change, review a pull request, or coordinate a few agents. These walkthroughs show how to use the tools along the way.

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Learning path · 5 steps

Make a code change with an assistant

If you have a bug to fix or an unfamiliar function to change, you already have a useful reason to try a coding assistant. This path follows that job from understanding the code to checking the edit. Codex, Claude Code and Pi can all take part; the important comparison is whether the assistant makes the work easier to understand and finish.

Step 1 of 5

Start with the access you already have

Choose an assistant that fits the project’s data requirements, your operating system and the account available to you. Codex and Claude Code are straightforward candidates when you already use the corresponding service. Pi is worth a look when provider choice or customization is part of the requirement. You do not need to install all three to learn whether this way of working helps.

Planned coverageComing soon10 tools · 4 paths

These guides are not ready yet.

Learning path · Coming soon

Run local models

How much model can your hardware comfortably run, and what work will it be good for? This planned guide will connect model choice and local processing with a task you can try. It is not ready yet.

Learning path · Coming soon

Connect your data

A planned guide to giving an assistant a small approved source to search, then following its answers back to the original material. Setup and the worked example are still being reviewed.

Learning path · Coming soon

Evaluate quality and cost

Which tool leaves you with more useful work after mistakes, retries and review time are counted? This planned guide will explain how to compare the same tasks fairly. It is not ready yet.

Learning path · Coming soon

Monitor production AI

A planned guide to following an AI request through its model and tool calls, so you can understand a failure or an unexpected bill. The guide is still being prepared.

Model providers · Coming soon

OpenAI API

For building an application that calls OpenAI models directly. The planned guide will cover access, authentication, usage controls and data handling. If you want help working in a repository, the Codex guide is available now.

Model providers · Coming soon

Anthropic API

For applications that call Anthropic models directly. Access, authentication, usage controls and data handling will be covered in a separate guide. For work inside a codebase, start with Claude Code.

Local models · Coming soon

Ollama

Planned coverage will connect hardware requirements and model choice with a useful local task. The installation instructions and example still need a full documentation review.

Local models · Coming soon

LM Studio

The future guide will explain setup, model choice and where your data is processed. Its first worked example is still to be reviewed.

Model access · Coming soon

OpenRouter

A planned guide to understanding which provider handles a model request, what terms apply and how it is billed. The profile is not ready yet.

Workflow connections · Coming soon

n8n

The planned guide will follow an automation from its input through the services and credentials it needs. Setup and the worked example still need review.

Evaluation and monitoring · Coming soon

Langfuse

Planned coverage will explain how to inspect model requests and evaluate their results, including what information is sent to the service. The guide is still being prepared.

Evaluation and monitoring · Coming soon

Phoenix

A planned guide to examining AI behavior and tracing where evaluation data goes. Setup and the worked example still need a full review.

Evaluation · Coming soon

Promptfoo

The planned guide will show how to compare results on the same task and understand what the tests establish. Current installation instructions and the example still need review.

Agent workflows · Coming soon

LangGraph

A planned guide to how an agent workflow tracks its progress and resumes after an interruption. The setup and first worked example still need review.