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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.
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The New Software Shelf
Catalog Shelf
TL-001Model
Claude
Editor’s Verdict
A reference point the field measures against.
Anthropic's frontier model family for reasoning, coding, and agents.
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Compatible
- Cross-platform
- Updated
- In rotation
TL-002Tool
ChatGPT
Editor’s Verdict
Earns its place by getting out of the way.
OpenAI's assistant with a free tier and Plus/Pro plans for frontier models.
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Compatible
- Cross-platform
- Updated
- In rotation
TL-003Tool
Cursor
Editor’s Verdict
A reference point the field measures against.
AI-first code editor with deep repo context and multi-file edits.
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Compatible
- Cross-platform
- Updated
- In rotation
TL-004Tool
GitHub Copilot
Editor’s Verdict
Does one thing, and does it without fuss.
In-editor code completion and chat across most major IDEs.
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing
- Paid
- Compatible
- Cross-platform
- Updated
- In rotation
AG-001Agent
Claude Code
By Anthropic
Editor’s Verdict
Sets the bar the others answer to.
Agentic coding in the terminal — reads, edits, runs, and ships across your repository.
- Platform
- Hosted
- Pricing
- By maker
- Compatible
- Tool-use
- Updated
- In rotation
AG-002Agent
Devin
By Cognition
Editor’s Verdict
Capable, current, worth a serious look.
Autonomous software engineer that plans, writes, tests, and deploys whole tasks.
- Platform
- Hosted
- Pricing
- By maker
- Compatible
- Tool-use
- Updated
- In rotation
SK-001Skill
skills
@anthropics
Editor’s Verdict
The default answer for a reason.
Public repository for Agent Skills
- Platform
- Agent skill
- Pricing
- Free
- Compatible
- 157.4k★
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
SK-002Skill
claude-mem
@thedotmack
Editor’s Verdict
A community staple, battle-tested.
Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future sessions. Works with Cla
- Platform
- Agent skill
- Pricing
- Free
- Compatible
- 85.4k★
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
Agents Need Parts
Hardware
HW-01NVIDIA
Jetson Orin Nano
$249In Stock
Pocket-scale GPU dev kit for running vision and language models at the edge — agents that see and act in the room.
- Compute
- 67 TOPS
- Memory
- 8 GB LPDDR5
- Power
- 7–25 W
- Connect
- GbE · M.2
Edge AI
HW-02Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 5
$80In Stock
The workhorse single-board computer. Quad-core, PCIe, and a tinkerer's whole world of HATs and add-ons.
- CPU
- 4× A76
- Memory
- up to 16 GB
- Power
- 5V / 5A USB-C
- Connect
- Wi-Fi · PCIe 2.0
SBCBest Seller
HW-03Google
Coral USB Accelerator
$60Ships in 1 wk
An Edge TPU on a stick. Snap local inference onto any machine without lighting up a power bill.
- Accel.
- Edge TPU
- Perf
- 4 TOPS
- Power
- 2 W
- Connect
- USB-C 3.0
Low Power
HW-04Framework
Framework Laptop 16
$1,399Pre-order
A laptop you can actually open. Swappable GPU, repairable everything — the maker's daily driver.
- GPU
- Modular
- Memory
- up to 96 GB
- Power
- 180 W
- Connect
- USB4 · modular
Repairable
Maker Marketplace
DIY Kits
KIT-01Intermediate
Build Your First Local AI Server
~$900A weekend·5 parts
A quiet, always-on box that serves open-weight models on your own network — no tokens metered, no data leaving the house.
In the kit
- 01Mini-ITX board + Ryzen CPU
- 02Single RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
- 0332 GB DDR5
- 041 TB NVMe SSD
- 05SFX power supply + case
You supply: Screwdriver set, Thermal paste, A spare monitor
You’ll have
Ollama serving 7–13B models over your LAN, 24/7.
KIT-02Beginner
Portable Agent Box
~$320An afternoon·5 parts
A battery-powered edge computer that runs a vision-and-language agent anywhere — in the field, on the bench, off-grid.
In the kit
- 01Jetson Orin Nano dev kit
- 02USB-C power bank (100 W)
- 03Wide-angle CSI camera
- 04Printed carry enclosure
- 05Pre-flashed JetPack card
You supply: USB-C cable, microSD reader
You’ll have
A pocketable agent that sees and reasons without a network.
KIT-03Intermediate
Private Voice Assistant
~$180~5 hrs·5 parts
A speaker that listens and answers entirely on-device — wake word, transcription, and reply, with nothing sent to a cloud.
In the kit
- 01Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB)
- 02ReSpeaker mic array
- 033 W speaker + amp HAT
- 04Whisper.cpp + Piper
- 05Walnut enclosure kit
You supply: Soldering iron, Hot glue gun
You’ll have
A homepod-style assistant that never phones home.
KIT-04Advanced
Home GPU Cluster
~$4,200Two weekends·5 parts
Three nodes lashed together to fine-tune and serve larger models than any single card can hold. The maker's home lab, grown up.
In the kit
- 013× node: Ryzen + RTX 4090
- 022.5 GbE managed switch
- 03Open-frame mining rack
- 041600 W PSU per node
- 05Ray + vLLM cluster config
You supply: Crimping tool, Label maker, Patience
You’ll have
A 3-node cluster fine-tuning and serving 70B models.
KIT-05Beginner
Personal Knowledge Base
~$110~3 hrs·5 parts
A self-hosted RAG appliance that indexes your notes, papers, and bookmarks so an agent can answer from everything you've ever read.
In the kit
- 01Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB)
- 021 TB USB SSD
- 03pgvector + embeddings
- 04Open-WebUI front end
- 05Pre-built Docker stack
You supply: A web browser, Your document folder
You’ll have
Ask-anything search across your whole personal archive.
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