AI Tools Atlas
24 tasks · where to do it + the other tools worth knowing · private
The five that always figure: ChatGPT · Gemini · Claude · Microsoft Copilot · Cursor. Everything below assumes them and names what else matters.
Everyday research & fact-finding
do it in ChatGPT · Perplexity · Geminiassisted
other tools worth knowing- Consensus — peer-reviewed literature, citation-backed
- Elicit — structured evidence & systematic review
- Scite — citation quality checks
- NotebookLM — reason over your own sources
Build a feature across a codebase
do it in Cursor · Claude Codeassisted
other tools worth knowing- GitHub Copilot — broadest enterprise + IDE reach
- OpenAI Codex — Gartner enterprise leader, 5M+ weekly
- Amazon Q Developer — if you're on AWS
- Tabnine — if code can't leave your building
Debug, explain & review code
do it in ChatGPT · Claude · GitHub Copilotassisted
other tools worth knowing- Cursor — in-editor, whole-repo context
- Codex — agentic fixes
Draft long-form writing
do it in ChatGPT · Claude · Geminiassisted
other tools worth knowing- Jasper — brand-tuned marketing drafts
- Writer — enterprise style & governance
- Sudowrite — fiction
Rewrite, tighten & fix tone
do it in ChatGPT · Claudeassisted
other tools worth knowing- Grammarly — embedded everywhere, DLP/confidential mode
- Writer — team style controls
Generate an image
do it in your call — you crown thisassisted
other tools worth knowing- ChatGPT Images — fast iteration, instruction-following
- Nano Banana Pro — realism, consistency, text-in-image
- Midjourney — aesthetic ceiling
- Adobe Firefly — commercially safe
- Ideogram — text in images
Edit an existing image
do it in your call — you crown thisassisted
other tools worth knowing- Photoshop + Firefly — pixel-exact pro work
- Nano Banana Pro — background swap, keep the subject
- Magnific — upscaling
Generate / edit short video
do it in your call — you crown thisassisted
other tools worth knowing- Google Veo — strong generation
- Runway — pro editing depth, Gen-4
- Synthesia — enterprise avatars/training
- HeyGen — talking-head/localisation
- Descript — edit video like a doc
Graphic design & brand assets
do it in your call — you crown thisassisted
other tools worth knowing- Canva — non-designers, embedded reach
- Figma — design-native + AI
- Adobe Firefly — Creative Cloud workflows
- Recraft — brand-consistent vectors
Build a slide deck
do it in Copilot for PowerPoint · Gemini in Slidesassisted
other tools worth knowing- Gamma — fast AI-first decks
- Figma Slides — collaborative product storytelling
- Beautiful.ai — auto-layout
- Plus AI — inside Google/PPT
Analyse data & spreadsheets
do it in ChatGPT · Geminiassisted
other tools worth knowing- Excel Copilot / Agent — in-sheet, governed
- Power BI — enterprise BI, chat-with-data
- Tableau — viz depth
- Julius AI — quick chart-from-CSV
Meeting notes & action items
do it in Copilot · Geminifully-eaten
other tools worth knowing- Fireflies — transcripts + downstream automation
- Otter — live notes
- Fathom — lightweight sharing
- tl;dv — sales calls
- Krisp — noise + notes
Write & manage email
do it in Microsoft Copilot · Gemini in Gmailassisted
other tools worth knowing- Superhuman — fast triage + AI
- Shortwave — AI inbox
- Fyxer — auto-drafts & sorting
Translate & localise
do it in DeepL · Google Translatefully-eaten
other tools worth knowing- ChatGPT / Claude — context & tone
- Lokalise — software localisation pipeline
Marketing copy, campaigns & SEO
do it in ChatGPT · Geminiassisted
other tools worth knowing- Jasper — campaign engine
- Copy.ai — GTM workflows
- Writesonic — SEO articles
- Semrush — keyword/competitor data
- Surfer SEO — on-page optimisation
Customer support automation
do it in Intercom Fin · Zendesk AIstill-resists
other tools worth knowing- Salesforce Agentforce — CRM-native service
- Ada — automation-first
- Freshdesk Freddy — mid-market
Generate voice & audio
do it in ElevenLabsassisted
other tools worth knowing- Descript — podcast/voice editing
- HeyGen — voice + avatar
- Murf — narration
- PlayHT — API voices
Read & summarise long documents
do it in Claude · ChatGPT · NotebookLMfully-eaten
other tools worth knowing- Gemini — huge context
- Perplexity — with sources
Automate multi-step workflows
do it in Zapier · Makeassisted
other tools worth knowing- n8n — open-source, self-host
- UiPath — governed enterprise automation
- LangGraph — developer agent framework
- CrewAI — multi-agent
Learn, tutor & exam prep
do it in ChatGPT · Gemini · NotebookLMassisted
other tools worth knowing- Khanmigo — structured tutoring
- Claude — careful explanations
Answer everyday questions / search
do it in ChatGPT · Perplexity · Geminifully-eaten
other tools worth knowing- Google AI Overviews — in-search
- Grok — X-native, real-time
The all-purpose daily assistant
do it in ChatGPT · Gemini · Claudeassisted
other tools worth knowing- Grok — X ecosystem
- Copilot — inside Microsoft
AI inside enterprise platforms (CRM/service/ERP)
do it in Microsoft 365 Copilot · Salesforce Agentforcestill-resists
other tools worth knowing- ServiceNow AI — IT/employee workflows
- UiPath — process orchestration
- Zendesk AI — service
Build custom AI on the cloud
do it in AWS Bedrock · Azure AI Foundry · Google Vertex AIstill-resists
other tools worth knowing- Foundation APIs — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama as ingredients
- Fine-tune / edge — private, on-prem for governance