The Stack
AI Tools Directory
Approved, cautionary, and restricted tools for your AI workflow.
Each card shows what the tool is best for — use the filters to narrow it down.
Google Antigravity
Best for: Spec-to-code alignment, drift detection
Provides traceability over generation.
Agent-first IDE that acts as a 'Mission Control' for autonomous AI agents. Capable of planning, coding, browser testing, and full-stack feature implementation.
Cursor
Best for: Refactoring, multi-file changes, spec-driven implementation
Strong intent preservation across files.
AI-native fork of VS Code. Features powerful 'Tab' autocomplete and 'Composer' for multi-file edits. Deeply understands your codebase.
GitHub Copilot
Best for: Inline autocomplete, intent-aware edits
Enterprise-grade with ubiquitous IDE support.
The industry standard for code completion. Integrated deeply into Visual Studio, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs.
Windsurf
Best for: Flow-state coding, context-heavy tasks
Predictive context awareness anticipates your next move.
Agentic IDE focusing on 'Flow'. Integrates deeply with your terminal and codebase to anticipate your next move.
Kiro
Best for: Spec-driven development, structured AI coding
Converts vibe-coding into traceable specs with requirements, design, and tasks.
Amazon's spec-driven agentic IDE. Turns natural-language prompts into structured requirements, architecture designs, and sequenced implementation tasks.
Claude Code
Best for: Complex refactoring, architecture review
Superior reasoning with huge context window.
Anthropic's CLI-first coding agent. excels at reasoning, complex architecture analysis, and multi-step refactoring via terminal.
ChatGPT (Team)
Best for: System design, tradeoff analysis, debugging
Strong system-level reasoning and exploration.
General purpose AI assistant. Good for brainstorming, high-level architecture discussions, and writing documentation.
Aider
Best for: Rapid refactoring, feature additions
Git-native with auto-commits and model-agnostic.
Command-line tool that lets you pair program with LLMs. Edits code in your local git repo directly.
Gemini Code Assist
Best for: Cloud infrastructure, legacy code analysis
Huge context window with deep GCP knowledge.
Google's enterprise coding assistant. Deeply integrated into Google Cloud Platform and supports massive context windows.
Midjourney
Best for: Mockups, slide visuals, concept art
Best-in-class artistic style at high resolution.
AI image generation tool. Creates high-quality visuals from text descriptions.
Jasper AI
Best for: Marketing copy generation
Not approved — data privacy concerns.
AI marketing content platform.