Which AI tools are actually worth using?

Field notes from tools I use in apps and agency work.

Three verdicts

Field notes, not trend rankings.

Daily driver

Used in regular work.

Situational

Useful for a narrow job.

Skip

Not a default choice.

Showing 9 field notes.

Claude Code + MCPDaily driver9.8/10
Claude 3.7 / Projects (Voice Card)Daily driver9.6/10
Make.com + n8nDaily driver9.5/10
Ghost (Postgres for Agents)Daily driver9.3/10
Ahrefs + Screaming Frog + GSCDaily driver9.7/10
Jules + CodeQL + VercelDaily driver9.2/10
Dart AI + NotionSituational8.4/10
Ollama (Local Open-Weight Models)Situational8.2/10
One-Click “Auto-Blog” SEO SaaS WrappersSkip or replaced2.5/10

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