You do not need every tool here. Use this list to pick the few extras that remove friction for your setup, then skip the rest until you have a real reason.
Good default for notes, editing, and local-first setup.
Best for secrets, AI IDEs, voice, and meetings.
Use trials for short workshop experiments.
Optional means optional. The core workshop still works.
Useful during setup or the live workshop. Install only the pieces that match how you already work.
Second-brain workspace for workshop notes, prompts, and reusable agent patterns.
Easier file editing when you want to inspect or tweak project files directly.
Best-in-class password and secrets storage for API keys, logins, and shared vaults.
Developer-flavored secrets alternative when you want open source vault workflows.
Paid AI IDE for students who prefer an editor-first alternative to Claude Code CLI.
Meeting notes app for capturing calls without turning every session into admin work.
Voice generation for Windows users who want parity with Mac's say workflows.
Free-tier meeting notes alternative when Granola is more than you need.
Use these after the core loop is working and you are ready to automate, search, or scrape with agents.
Workflow automation for turning agent prototypes into repeatable business processes.
Agentic search API for finding web results by meaning instead of only keywords.
Web scraping API for turning messy websites into clean data your agent can use.
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