AI-Enabled Development Workflow — Toolkit (Claude Code, Codex, gstack, Compound Engineering, Conductor, superwhisper, Chops)

A developer shared a toolkit of AI-powered tools for software development, including Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, Garry Tan's gstack skill pack, Every's compound engineering plugin, Melty Labs' Conductor for parallel agents, Superwhisper for voice-to-text, and Chops for managing agent skills. The tools aim to enhance developer workflows by enabling natural language coding, multi-agent parallelism, and skill management.

The tools I use to ship software with AI agents. Grab them, try them. Short link / QR: https://is.gd/OR4uyz https://is.gd/OR4uyz Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. Understands your codebase, runs commands, edits files, handles git — all through natural language. The foundation everything else here plugs into. Available as CLI, desktop app, web claude.ai/code , and IDE extensions VS Code, JetBrains . Why I use it:It's the engine — does the actual work in my repo, not just suggestions in a sidebar. - Site: https://claude.com/claude-code https://claude.com/claude-code - Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs https://code.claude.com/docs - Install: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code OpenAI's agentic coding CLI. Same terminal-agent idea as Claude Code, different model family. Useful to run side-by-side and compare approaches, or as a second opinion on hard problems. Why I use it:A second model that thinks differently — when Claude is stuck, Codex often isn't and vice versa . - Site: https://openai.com/codex https://openai.com/codex - GitHub: https://github.com/openai/codex https://github.com/openai/codex - Install: npm install -g @openai/codex Garry Tan's open-source Claude Code skill pack — ~30 opinionated slash-command skills that turn the agent into a virtual eng team: CEO review, design review, eng-manager review, QA, browser automation, ship/deploy. Nearly 100K GitHub stars. Why I use it:Turns one agent into a whole team — it reviews my plans and my code before I ever look. - Site / GitHub: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack https://github.com/garrytan/gstack - Skills list: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/docs/skills.md https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/docs/skills.md - Install: git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/garrytan/gstack.git ~/.claude/skills/gstack cd ~/.claude/skills/gstack && ./setup Every's plugin Dan Shipper + Kieran Klaassen . Philosophy: each unit of work makes the next one easier. 50+ agents, 38+ skills, workflow-first: brainstorm → plan → work → review → polish → compound. 80% planning/review, 20% execution. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and more. Why I use it:Every task teaches the system — the agent gets sharper on my codebase instead of repeating mistakes. - GitHub: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin - Guide: https://every.to/guides/compound-engineering https://every.to/guides/compound-engineering - Install Claude Code : /plugin marketplace add EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin Mac app to run coding agents in parallel Melty Labs . Each task gets its own git worktree — branch, files, terminal, diff, review. Spin up 5 Claudes at once, each isolated. Free app; uses your existing Claude Code / Codex login for compute. Why I use it:Parallelism — 5 agents working different tasks at once instead of me babysitting one terminal. AI voice-to-text for macOS / iOS / Windows. Dictate into any app — including straight into Claude Code prompts. Offline + cloud models, 100+ languages, custom AI modes. Talking is faster than typing for long prompts. Free tier; Pro / Lifetime plans. Why I use it:I think out loud — dictating a paragraph of context beats typing it, and agents love context. - Site: https://superwhisper.com/ https://superwhisper.com/ - Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/superwhisper-ai-dictation/id6471464415 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/superwhisper-ai-dictation/id6471464415 - Install: brew install --cask superwhisper requires macOS 13+ macOS app to browse, edit, and manage agent skills in one place by Josh Pigford . Auto-discovers skill/agent files scattered across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Copilot, Aider, Amp. Built-in editor, live file watching, full-text search. Stop hunting through dotfiles. Why I use it:My skills sprawl across tools and dotfiles — Chops is the one place I see and edit them all. - Site: https://chops.md/ https://chops.md/ - GitHub: https://github.com/Shpigford/chops https://github.com/Shpigford/chops Shared at the meetup — @rholdy