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30 AI tools, tried by hand and shelved by the job you're trying to get done — writing, visuals, video, spreadsheets and language learning. Free tier, access and Chinese support are checked up front.
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ChatGPT
OpenAI's assistant for writing, analysis, coding and everyday questions.
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ChatGPT
FeaturedOpenAI's assistant for writing, analysis, coding and everyday questions.
Claude
FeaturedA thoughtful AI assistant for writing, research, coding and long documents.
Cursor
FeaturedThe AI code editor: autocomplete, chat and agents across your codebase.
Midjourney
FeaturedStriking, artistic images from text prompts.
Runway
FeaturedGenerate and edit video with state-of-the-art models.
ElevenLabs
FeaturedLifelike text-to-speech, voice cloning and dubbing.
Gamma
FeaturedBeautiful presentations, docs and sites, generated from a prompt.
Perplexity
FeaturedAn answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.
Google's multimodal assistant, built into Search, Gmail and Docs.
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The newest additions to the directory.
ChatGPT
FeaturedOpenAI's assistant for writing, analysis, coding and everyday questions.
Claude
FeaturedA thoughtful AI assistant for writing, research, coding and long documents.
Google's multimodal assistant, built into Search, Gmail and Docs.
Open-weight reasoning models with a free chat app and a low-cost API.
Run open large language models locally with one command.
Cursor
FeaturedThe AI code editor: autocomplete, chat and agents across your codebase.
AI Chatbots
General-purpose assistants you can talk to.
ChatGPT
FeaturedOpenAI's assistant for writing, analysis, coding and everyday questions.
Claude
FeaturedA thoughtful AI assistant for writing, research, coding and long documents.
Google's multimodal assistant, built into Search, Gmail and Docs.
Open-weight reasoning models with a free chat app and a low-cost API.
Run open large language models locally with one command.
Coding
AI pair programmers, app builders and coding agents.
Cursor
FeaturedThe AI code editor: autocomplete, chat and agents across your codebase.
An agentic coding tool that works in your terminal, IDE and browser.
AI pair programmer inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.
Describe a UI or app and get working React code you can deploy.
Prompt, run, edit and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser.
Build and ship apps from a prompt with an AI agent and hosting built in.
Image Generation
Create and edit images from text prompts.
Midjourney
FeaturedStriking, artistic images from text prompts.
Image generation that gets text and typography right.
Generate production-ready art and assets with fine control.
Real-time image generation, upscaling and enhancement.
A curated shelf, not a link wall
No link walls with hundreds of entries. Every AI tool on CurateShelf is tried before it gets a spot, then shelved by what you are actually trying to get done — writing, visuals, video, spreadsheets and language learning.
Every card focuses on the three things that matter: the free tier, the access requirements, and where the Chinese-language experience genuinely holds up.
How much you get before paying.
Whether extra network setup is needed.
Whether the Chinese holds up for real work.
Duplicates, dead products and thin wrappers don't make the shelf. No link farms, no padding.
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