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AI Toolbox Open-Source AI Tools, Skills and My AI Stack

This AI toolbox collects the open-source AI tools I’ve built for developers and WordPress sites, the skill and design libraries that grew out of them, and the AI stack I use for coding, research and images.

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • WordPress
379 GitHub stars
Across my public repos, live from GitHub
154 public repos
Skills, plugins and dev tools
51 forks
Copies other developers made to adapt
5 free WordPress AI plugins
MCP, chat, AI providers and agent access

Tools I’ve Built Skills, WordPress Plugins and MCP Tools

Free AI tools for developers, each one built because I kept repeating the same job by hand. Filter by type, star a repo that helps, and open an issue when something breaks.

  • GitHub stars: 143Forks: 22

    wpgaurav/bricks-skills

    Bricks Builder Skills

    Teaches your AI tool to build Bricks Builder sections and templates as JSON you can paste straight in.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skill
  • GitHub stars: 140Forks: 19

    wpgaurav/generateblocks-skills

    GenerateBlocks Skills

    Teaches your AI tool to write GenerateBlocks layouts with valid block markup, so pages don't break in the editor.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skill
  • GitHub stars: 8Forks: 4

    wpgaurav/kadence-skills

    Kadence Blocks Skills

    Teaches your AI tool to write Kadence Blocks templates as production-ready block markup.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skill
  • GitHub stars: 18Forks: 1

    wpgaurav/WordPress-skills

    WordPress Skills

    A large set of reusable skills for WordPress, design, SEO, marketing and frontend work.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skills
  • GitHub stars: 3Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/claude-code-skills

    Claude Code Skills

    Cleanup skills for copy, design and code, including stop-slop, red-pen and polish.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skills
  • GitHub stars: 3Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/design-slop

    Design Slop

    Finds and removes generic AI-looking patterns in websites, landing pages, dashboards and UI components.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skill
  • GitHub stars: 1Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/seo-magic

    SEO Magic

    A privacy-first agent skill that checks an existing page against its search intent and reorders the title, snippet and structure to match.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • Agent skill
  • GT Exclusive AI Skills Pack

    A free pack of ready-to-install skills for SEO, visuals, documents, GenerateBlocks and WordPress work.

    • Free
    • ZIP
    • Downloads page
  • site-agent

    Site Agent

    A free WordPress MCP plugin that connects Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor to your site, with OAuth sign-in, staged edits and PHP rollback.

    • Free
    • Plugin
    • MCP server
  • alpha-chat

    Alpha Chat

    An open-source AI chatbot for WordPress that answers from your own content, with RAG, MySQL vector storage and source cards.

    • Free
    • Plugin
    • AI chatbot
  • gt-deepseek-for-ai

    GT DeepSeek for AI

    Adds DeepSeek to the WordPress AI Client, with reasoning, tool calls, structured output, editorial abilities and context-aware image ALT text.

    • Free
    • Plugin
    • AI provider
  • GitHub stars: 1Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/gt-ai-provider-for-openai

    AI Provider for OpenAI

    Adds OpenAI to the WordPress AI Client, with current-model defaults, a custom OpenAI connector and an editor sidebar.

    • Free
    • Plugin
    • AI provider
  • GitHub stars: 1Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/markdown-for-agents-wp

    Markdown for Agents

    A must-use plugin that serves clean Markdown to AI agents that ask for it, without a paid Cloudflare plan.

    • Free
    • Plugin
    • For AI agents
  • GitHub stars: 2Forks: 0

    wpgaurav/wp-mcp

    WP-MCP

    A TypeScript MCP server that exposes any WordPress site's REST API as tools for Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients.

    • Free
    • GitHub
    • MCP server
  • Claude Code Hooks Safe Starter

    A conservative hooks starter for Claude Code, with documented boundaries and no machine-specific secrets.

    • Free
    • ZIP
    • Downloads page

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Skills, Templates and Design Systems Free Picks Next to Paid Libraries

Each hub keeps the free material next to its paid library, so you can try the free version first. All-Access covers all three libraries in one yearly pass.

  • AI Skills

    Free skill repos and downloads, plus the AI Skills Library of maintained skills for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

    • Free and paid
    • Library $39/yr
  • Design Systems

    Design systems an AI coding agent can follow, with free guides and skills next to the Design Systems Library.

    • Free and paid
    • Library $39/yr
  • Templates & Planners

    Free Excel workbooks, docs and checklists, plus the Notion Templates Library.

    • Free and paid
    • Library $39/yr
  • All-Access

    All three libraries in one yearly pass, including everything added during the year.

    • Paid
    • $79/yr
    • $117 separately

The AI Stack I Use Strengths and Limits of Each Tool

These are the AI tools in my working setup, sorted by the job each one does. Every entry says what the tool does, what I use it for, and the limit you’ll run into.

Claude and Claude Code Coding and planning

What it does
Anthropic’s assistant, plus Claude Code, an agent that works in your terminal: it reads a codebase, runs commands and edits files.
What I use it for
Planning and building WordPress plugins and themes, the skills on this page, and the scripts I use to maintain my sites.
Where it falls short
Long agent sessions burn through plan limits, and it sometimes calls a WordPress function that doesn’t exist, so I review every diff.
Visit Claude

ChatGPT and Codex Images and coding

What it does
OpenAI’s assistant and its Codex coding agent, with image generation built in.
What I use it for
Generating images for graphics, and coding tasks where a second model helps next to Claude Code.
Where it falls short
Generated images still garble small text, so I keep words out of the image and add them in code.
Visit ChatGPT

Cursor Editing in an IDE

What it does
A code editor built on VS Code with an AI agent, inline edits and chat across the whole codebase.
What I use it for
Changes I want to watch file by file in an editor instead of running them from the terminal.
Where it falls short
The entry Start plan runs out fast on agent-heavy work, so budget for Pro if you code with it daily.
Visit Cursor

Perplexity Research

What it does
An AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources.
What I use it for
Tracking down primary sources when I’m checking a fact, a price or a changelog.
Where it falls short
It sometimes leans on thin or outdated pages, so open the source before you trust a number.
Visit Perplexity

Ollama Private data

What it does
Runs open-weight language models locally on your Mac, with no cloud account.
What I use it for
Quick jobs on files I don’t want to send to a cloud service.
Where it falls short
Local models are slower and less capable than Claude or GPT, and the larger ones need a lot of memory.
Visit Ollama

Semrush Search data

What it does
An SEO suite for keyword research, backlink audits and tracking how AI answers mention a brand.
What I use it for
Keyword research, backlink audits and checking whether AI answers mention my sites.
Where it falls short
It’s expensive for one small site, and AI visibility data covers a sample of prompts, not every question people ask.
Try Semrush

Canva Quick graphics

What it does
A browser design tool with templates plus AI image and editing features.
What I use it for
Fast social graphics and slide layouts when a custom design would be overkill.
Where it falls short
Designs drift toward the template look unless you change the type, spacing and colors.
Try Canva

The Rest of My Setup

Editors, Mac apps, hardware and hosting are on my toolbox page, with what I use each one for.

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Questions About the AI Toolbox

Something I didn’t cover? Ask me on the contact page.

What’s in this AI toolbox?

Three things: the open-source AI tools I’ve built (agent skills, WordPress AI plugins and MCP tools), hubs for my skill, template and design system libraries, and the AI stack I use for coding, research, images and search data.

Are these AI tools free?

The GitHub repos, the free skills pack and the WordPress plugins on this page are free, and each repo shows its license on GitHub. The AI Skills, Design Systems and Notion Templates libraries are paid at $39 a year each, or $79 a year for all three with All-Access.

What is an AI agent skill?

A folder with a SKILL.md file that teaches an AI coding agent one job, such as building a Bricks layout or reviewing a design for generic AI patterns. Claude Code, Codex and Cursor read the short description and load the full skill only when a request matches it.

How do I connect Claude or ChatGPT to my WordPress site?

Use an MCP server. Site Agent is my free WordPress plugin for it, with OAuth sign-in, staged edits and PHP rollback. WP-MCP is a TypeScript server that runs outside WordPress and talks to the REST API. My WordPress MCP setup guide compares both with the official MCP Adapter.

Which AI tools do you use most?

Claude Code for planning and coding, ChatGPT with Codex for images and extra coding help, Perplexity for research, and Semrush for search data. The stack section above lists what each one does well and where it falls short.

How current are the GitHub numbers?

They come from the GitHub API and refresh every few hours, so a new star can take a little while to show up here.

Can I use these tools in client projects?

Yes, within each tool’s license, which is listed on its GitHub repo or product page. If you need a custom WordPress plugin or AI integration built, reach me through the contact page.

Follow Along on GitHub or Start With a Skill

New repos and releases show up on my GitHub profile. If you’d rather start with ready-made skills for Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, the AI Skills hub has the free ones and the library.