What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?
This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.
Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):
Grammarly – proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication
ChatGPT / Claude – mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising
Figma – I can put the basic graphics together quickly.
Translator – sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue
Gmail – and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts
[and soon one more that I am working on – SafeLimit – prevents me from being banned on LinkedIn, so I will not lose my account.]
What are your five?
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Great question! My essential 5:
1. Vexula — my all-in-one for invoicing, clients & proposals (launching it on PH today! 🚀)
2. Notion — notes & docs
3. Slack — team comms
4. Figma — design work
5. Google Workspace — email & calendar
What's on your list? 👀
Mine would probably be:
ChatGPT – brainstorming and getting unstuck.
Figma – quick visuals and launch assets.
Notion – keeping everything organized.
WindowHopper 😉 – I always have way too many windows and tabs open, so it genuinely saves me time.
Slack – where most of my day seems to happen.
Curious how many people have a productivity tool on their list that they built themselves. 😄
my 5:
1.skimming.ai-My own product where Drop in anything Ask Get a Grounded Cited Answer
2. claude / chatgpt thinking out loud
3. figma - design when i need to, mostly collaboration
4. notion - documentation and planning
5. Capcut -
My list would be ChatGPT/Claude for thinking and synthesis, Cursor or Codex for implementation, Notion for keeping context organized, Slack/Gmail for staying in the loop, and GitHub for the actual source of truth. The common thread is that the best tools reduce context switching instead of adding another place to check.
Here are my five-
1. GitHub - daily version control for the local codebase
2. Claude / ChatGPT - Coding and analysis
3. Gather Town Hall - teammates
4. Gmail / WhatsApp - Awesome engagement tools for connecting with people
5. Reddit - Getting real-life latest activities from the internet
Propane
Anyone know any tools that help to manage your AI context for agents and your team simply? doing a bit of research!
Based on my kind of work, I think I would be a Google Girl :P
- Chrome
- Google Keeps
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Meet
- Google Calendar
- Gmail
- Google Maps
- Claude - occasionally
- Youtube
Figma and ChatGPT are probably my most-used tools.
I design SaaS landing pages, and I've noticed that better messaging + better UX usually beats adding more features. Most founders spend months building products and only a few hours improving the page that actually converts visitors into customers.
Curious—what tool helps you understand your users better?
Mine would be:
ChatGPT / Claude – brainstorming, debugging, research, and turning rough ideas into working solutions.
VS Code – where most of my web scraping, automation, and data engineering work happens.
Playwright – probably my most-used tool for browser automation and modern web scraping.
PostgreSQL – because scraped data isn't useful unless you can organize and analyze it.
Gmail – client communication, project updates, and somehow still my backup task manager 😅
Interesting how AI tools have made almost everyone's list. Curious how this thread would have looked just 3 years ago.
@prashant_patil14 Also curious too. I remember my workflow without AI tools, now I can't imagine working without them now. Productivity level really spiked in the age of AI.
Querri
Google/Gmail/Docs
Claude Co-Work
ChatGPT
GitHub
Canva