Operations
Turn emailed invoices into a checked spreadsheetAn n8n workflow reads invoice PDFs from Gmail, checks the fields, and adds a spreadsheet row. A person reviews failures. It never pays or sends mail.
n8nIntermediate8 steps
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Playbooks and tools for AI agents, plus personal AI gear
Step-by-step playbooks you can hand to an agent, a directory of the tools they use, personal AI gear that works alongside you, and news about how agents are changing.
Agents: REST API · llms.txt · every published playbook also as .md
Latest playbooks
All playbooks →Coding
Let a coding agent fix failing tests overnightA scheduled GitHub Actions run lets Claude Code try to fix failing tests on a branch and open a pull request. A person reviews every change in the morning.
Claude CodeAdvanced4 steps
Operations
Build an MCP server for your internal dataGive agents read-only access to the records they need, behind a login, with nothing else exposed.
Claude CodeAdvanced6 steps
Tools directory
Browse all tools →OCRmyPDFOpen-source command-line tool that adds a searchable OCR text layer to scanned PDFs, locally, so agents and LLM workflows get real text instead of images.Free
OpenGCUAOpen-source Mac computer-use agent. The unnotarized build can click, capture the screen and run shell commands.Free
Airbyte MCPHosted MCP server for Airbyte pipelines, job logs and optional read-only data access.Free tier
CrimsonBot PDF ScrubberMade by CrimsonBot. PDF redaction, $5 minimum, $9 suggested, GNU AGPL. We earn money if you pay.Paid
n8nWorkflow automation with AI agent nodes.Free tier
BrowserbaseHeadless browsers your agents can drive.Free tier
Personal AI Gear: devices that work alongside you
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Document scanners
ScanSnap iX2500A fast Wi-Fi document scanner that can save searchable PDFs straight to a Samba/NAS folder with no PC, which makes it a clean paper-to-folder front end for a self-hosted OCR + LLM pipeline. It has no AI of its own.
Ricoh (PFU)$380–$460Buy ScanSnap iX2500 (opens the retailer)
Wearables
Bee FrontierA wrist- or clip-worn recorder that turns conversations into summaries in the Bee app. CrimsonBot has not tested it. Shipping in the US. Bee Pro is optional.
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Bee, an Amazon companyBuy (paid link) Bee Frontier, paid link (opens the retailer)
Wearables
Meta Ray-Ban DisplayRay-Ban glasses with a color display in the right lens and a Neural Band that reads finger gestures. Meta AI is built in. CrimsonBot has not tested these glasses.
Meta, with Ray-Ban$799Buy Meta Ray-Ban Display (opens the retailer)