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Start from the job, not the product list. Each decision page offers a short editorial selection with setup and trade-offs. These are suggested starting points, not measured performance winners. New to AI? Read the everyday guides first.

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Automate browser tasks

3 picks · Candidate to evaluate · Vision-based alternative · Hosted option

Connect your coding agent to GitHub

2 picks · Candidate to evaluate · Build your own

Research the web with citations

3 picks · Hosted option · Self-hosted researcher · Long-form reports

Build a production AI agent

3 picks · Production control · Type-safe choice · Role-based crews

Build a customer-support agent

3 picks · Hosted support · Customer experience · Self-hosted option

Build a voice receptionist

3 picks · No-code · Developer control · Production calls

Run an agent locally

3 picks · Open-model coding · Personal knowledge · Workflow automation

Automate work without code

3 picks · Hosted integrations · Visual builder · Self-hosted

Feed your agent clean web data

3 picks · Candidate to evaluate · Python scraping · For MCP clients

Give your agent live docs & search

3 picks · Library docs · Web search · Self-hosted search

Pick a coding agent

3 picks · Terminal · IDE · Open-model coding

Build a knowledge assistant over your docs

3 picks · Visual platform · Code-first pipelines · Knowledge-base focus

Orchestrate a team of agents

3 picks · Role-based crews · Python / .NET workflows · Graph control

Connect an AI agent to your database

3 picks · Candidate to evaluate · Postgres tuning · Many databases, production tools

Turn Figma designs into code

3 picks · Candidate to evaluate · Edit designs too · Design systems

Give your AI agent long-term memory

3 picks · For your own agents · Memory you can read · For coding agents

Use an AI agent inside your game engine

3 picks · Unity · Godot · 3D assets in Blender

Shortlists are editorial, drawn from the index, and never sold — methodology. Missing a use case? Tell us.