AI Tools for Creators

A curated collection of AI skills, MCP servers, and workflow tools for content creators.

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This is a living collection. Some tools are mine, most are things I've found and vouch for. If something's here, I've used it or someone I trust has.

Skills

What's a skill? A markdown file that teaches an AI coding agent how to do a specific task. Drop it into your project, and the agent follows the instructions. No code to install — just a file.

Drop-in instruction files for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.). Copy the file, point your agent at it, done.

Writing & Content

Skill What it does Author
avoid-ai-writing Audit & rewrite content to remove AI writing patterns — 53 pattern categories + a 109-entry replacement table. Rewrite / detect / edit-in-place modes, optional voice profiles (casual/professional/technical/warm/blunt), and a zero-dependency detector engine. Installs as a Claude Code / Cowork plugin or a standalone skill. @conorbronsdon
demo-gif-skill Add a reproducible demo GIF to any repo's README in one prompt. Picks the method (vhs for terminals, Playwright for web apps), writes a committed recording script so the GIF regenerates instead of going stale, optimizes under 8 MB, and embeds it with real alt text. Works in Claude Code and any agentskills.io agent. @conorbronsdon

Productivity & Workflow

Skill What it does Author
agent-workspace Memory and hygiene for agent workspaces — six lifecycle skills (/start, /end, /update, /today, /reconcile, /recover) with a configurable state layout. State files, session logs, daily heartbeats, drift and worktree cleanup. @conorbronsdon
reconcile Tripwire check for multi-session drift — scans commits and state files for inconsistencies from parallel sessions. Part of agent-workspace. @conorbronsdon
recover Scan for orphaned worktrees and stale branches after crashes. Read-only by default, cleanup requires approval. Part of agent-workspace. @conorbronsdon
agent-skill-builder Build agent skills that don't rot. Generates skills from plain-language descriptions with the design decisions most generators skip (invocation control, arguments, context budget), validates them with a bundled checker, and pins its spec knowledge to a CI-watched snapshot. New/review/migrate modes. @conorbronsdon
ssot-check Single-source-of-truth drift auditor, now tool-backed: deterministic stdlib CLI (45 tests) + skill wrapper + pre-commit hook + GitHub Action. Finds facts hand-copied across docs, builds a manifest of canonical locations, and flags every copy that drifted. @conorbronsdon
agent-memory-kit The curation loop for agent memory — capture, recall, and a read-only curator that finds rot and contradictions before your agent is confidently wrong. Plain markdown and JSON, five slash commands, human-reviewed diffs. @conorbronsdon

Development & Code Review

Skill What it does Author
code-review Multi-agent PR review — orchestrates Copilot + parallel subagents (adversarial, operational, reference-comparison) sized to PR risk. Catches architectural P0s that single-pass review misses. @conorbronsdon
eval-integrity Audit an LLM benchmark repo for credibility practices — 36 scoreable sub-checks across seven dimensions, a JSON result schema for CI, and three audit fixtures. Answers: would your published numbers survive an adversarial reviewer? @conorbronsdon

Research & Booking

Skill What it does Author
angel-diligence Pre-investment research and deal-memo generation. Parallel web research with strict citation rules; separates verified facts from claims; ends in a verdict scaffold, never an invest/pass call. @conorbronsdon
guest-circuit Map a prospective podcast guest's appearance circuit — where they've been, their stump speech, and the unclaimed angle for your show. Uses Podcast Index when configured, web search otherwise. @conorbronsdon

MCP Servers

What's MCP? Model Context Protocol — a standard way to connect AI agents to external tools and data (calendars, databases, APIs). Think of it as a USB-C port for AI.

MCP servers give AI agents access to real tools and data.

Content & Publishing

Server What it does Author
Transistor-MCP Full Transistor.fm API access — episodes, analytics, transcripts, show management. @conorbronsdon (fork of @gxjansen)
substack-mcp Read posts, manage drafts on Substack. No publish or delete by design — safe for agent workflows. @conorbronsdon
podcastindex-mcp Podcast Index API — search by person/topic, trending podcasts, feed health checks, cross-platform episode discovery. @conorbronsdon
op3-mcp OP3 (Open Podcast Prefix Project) analytics — downloads over time, listener geography, app share, per-episode breakdowns. Read-only by design. @conorbronsdon

Productivity & Workspace

Server What it does Author
gws-mcp-server Google Workspace access — 39 curated tools across Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Docs, and Tasks. Built on the official gws CLI. @conorbronsdon

Benchmarks & Evaluation

If you're building with agents, you eventually need to measure them. Tools for that:

Project What it does Author
cot-bench Open agent evaluation leaderboard. Three judges score every scenario (two open-weight, one frontier reference) across CLEAR-aligned metrics: efficacy, cost, reliability, latency. Rubrics are code, and every raw judge score is published so you can audit the results. @conorbronsdon
podcast-benchmark Benchmark any podcast against its peers using only public data — catalog depth, cadence, transcript availability, feed hygiene. No download estimates, every number sourced and timestamped. @conorbronsdon

Web Apps

Standalone tools that run in the browser. No agent, no install.

App What it does Author
track-finder Paste a tracklist or a YouTube playlist URL and get search links for every track on SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, or Beatport. Progress saves in your browser. Built for DJs and playlist builders. @conorbronsdon

How to Use These

Skills (Claude Code)

Most skills follow the agentskills.io standard and work across tools. For Claude Code specifically:

  1. Download the skill file (usually SKILL.md or similar)
  2. Place it in your project directory or reference it in your CLAUDE.md
  3. Invoke it — most skills include slash command instructions

Skills (Other Agents)

Skills in the agentskills.io format work with Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, OpenHands, and 40+ other tools. Check each skill's README for tool-specific setup.

MCP Servers

Each MCP server has its own install instructions. Generally:

  1. Clone the repo
  2. npm install && npm run build
  3. Add the server to your Claude Code or Claude Desktop config

See Anthropic's MCP documentation for setup details.

Contributing

This is a curated list, not a dump. If you've built or found a tool that's genuinely useful for content creators, knowledge workers, or anyone who ships ideas for a living:

  1. Open an issue describing the tool and why it's worth including
  2. Or submit a PR adding it to the right section

Quality bar: you've actually used it, not just bookmarked it.

About

Maintained by Conor Bronsdon. I host the Chain of Thought podcast covering AI infrastructure, developer tools, and how practitioners actually use this stuff. Many of these tools were built or discovered through conversations with guests on the show.

New to AI tools? Check out AI Learning Resources — a curated path from "what is AI?" to building your own workflows.

If you want to go deeper on any of these topics, the podcast is a good place to start.

Disclaimer

All views, opinions, and statements expressed on this account are solely my own and are made in my personal capacity. They do not reflect, and should not be construed as reflecting, the views, positions, or policies of Modular. This account is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Modular in any way.

License

MIT (see LICENSE).