Issue 00 · 15 Oct 2026 · Preliminary form
Today's form
New AI tools, scored and ranked. Two cards: one for builders and vibe coders, one for everyday professionals. A form guide is a ranking on recent form, not a web form and not a betting slip.
Every score in Issue 00 is preliminary and reviewed from public documentation. Nothing on this page has been through the hands-on test yet. Paid placement does not move a number.
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Builders & vibe coders
Ship a small web app from a prompt
The safe picks for this job.
Editor-native agent. The safe pick when the job is the repo.
Terminal agent on the Claude plan. Close to Cursor, different workshop.
The incumbent in the editor. Solid, and no longer the only agent in the race.
Prompt to a hosted app. The vibe-coder's short path.
Cloud and desktop agent. Formerly Windsurf on the desktop.
Open source, and easy to miss beside the hosted editors. You bring a model key and it edits the repo from the terminal.
Skip them for this job. A scratching can still score well in its own race.
Scratched from this card. Strong image form, and it does not ship the app.
Scratched from this card. The voice is the race it is actually in.
Everyday professionals
Turn a long document or a meeting into something you can send
The safe picks for this job.
The professional odds-on. Strong on documents, drafts, and staying with the thread.
Answers from your sources. That constraint is the feature.
The default option. Specialists have to be better than this at one job.
Cited web answers. The research tool that shows its work.
Notes without a bot in the room. Odds-on for the meeting job.
Underrated when the thing you need to send is a deck, not another chat transcript.
Skip them for this job. A scratching can still score well in its own race.
Scratched from this card. Gen-4.5 makes video, not a brief you can mail.
Scratched from this card. Same tool is odds-on for builders. A coding agent is the wrong tool for the meeting write-up.
Newest releases
New in the book
Notes from vendor pages about what these products are shipping now. They are not hands-on tests.
Cursor
Cloud agents and automations are listed on Premium and above.
Claude
The current plan page lists Claude Design, Slides, and Docs alongside chat.
Devin
Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop. Cascade's successor on the desktop is Devin Local.
v0
The pricing page publishes separate token rates for v0 Mini, Pro, Max, and Max Fast.
ChatGPT
The current plan page puts Codex and ChatGPT Work on the paid tiers.
NotebookLM
Now called Gemini Notebook. Google renamed NotebookLM in July 2026; same product, links still redirect.
Gamma
Credit grants are published on the plan page: 1,000 on Plus, 4,000 on Pro.
Runway
Gen-4.5 is the clip model named on the current pricing comparison.
ElevenLabs
Eleven v4 is the voice model featured on the current site.