Best new productivity, AI and design resources: day 32

Best Productivity Resources turns thirty-two days old today. Yesterday's additions cover a lot of ground, from established interface and animation tools to new AI-agent infrastructure, visual references and focused productivity utilities. Every resource was reviewed by hand and links straight to its original website or repository.

1. Excalidraw CLI, from text to diagrams

Excalidraw CLI turns text or JSON into editable Excalidraw diagrams. Think of it as a bridge between automated workflows and a visual canvas, where people can keep refining architecture maps, process diagrams and technical explanations. Link: https://github.com/swiftlysingh/excalidraw-cli

2. Storybook for component work

Storybook gives interface teams an isolated workshop for building, testing and documenting components. Its ecosystem is mature, which makes it especially handy for building reliable design systems and reviewing UI states without clicking through an entire application. Link: https://storybook.js.org/

3. Motion and GSAP for animation

Motion is a modern animation toolkit for JavaScript and React. GSAP is a powerful platform for precise, production-grade web animation. Put them together and you've got everything covered, from polished interface transitions to complex timelines and interactive storytelling. Links: https://motion.dev/ and https://gsap.com/

4. Coded Visuals for landing pages

Coded Visuals is a collection of animated visual compositions for React and shadcn/ui landing pages. It lets designers and developers add expressive, code-native visuals without starting every animation from a blank canvas. Link: https://codedvisuals.com/visuals

5. Kombai Selects for interface references

Kombai Selects curates useful interface references and turns selected designs into practical frontend starting points. It's a good fit if your team wants visual direction and a faster path from inspiration to working code. Link: https://kombai.com/selects/

6. React Bits, Kokonut UI and Toggles.dev for interaction details

React Bits collects animated React components. Kokonut UI offers polished, reusable interface pieces. Toggles.dev is all about carefully designed toggle controls. Reach for them when a product needs stronger interaction details but a full design-system overhaul isn't on the table. Links: https://reactbits.dev/, https://kokonutui.com/ and https://toggles.dev/

7. Uizze, real screens for AI coding agents

Uizze gives AI coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code and Cursor more than 800,000 real web and iOS screens to search before they design and build UI. You'll need a coding agent to get the most from it. Link: https://uizze.com/

8. AgentsDock, an IDE for agent research

AgentsDock is an open-source IDE built for agentic AI research. It pulls agent conversations, file previews and workflow management into a dedicated desktop environment. There's also an optional self-hosted backend for teams that want more control. Link: https://github.com/ZhengyiLuo/AgentsDock

9. Guardana for AI security checks

Guardana verifies the security of AI models, live endpoints, MCP servers and recorded agent traces. It leans on reproducible evidence, so it's useful when your team needs a clearer release decision than a simple pass-or-fail security claim. Link: https://github.com/guardana/guardana

10. Wife and Kipi System for agent memory

Wife gives AI coding agents local-first, evidence-aware memory and project continuity. Kipi System uses markdown-based memory to keep Claude Code work organized across sessions. Both tackle the same everyday problem: holding on to useful context without leaning on a fragile chat history. Links: https://github.com/ma-nucho-pro/wife and https://github.com/assafkip/kipi-system

11. Armory and Agent LSP for coding agents

Armory collects production-grade skills for AI coding workflows. Agent LSP gives coding agents structured access to language intelligence. Together they help agents work from clearer instructions, with a better grasp of real codebases. Links: https://github.com/Mathews-Tom/armory and https://github.com/blackwell-systems/agent-lsp

12. Pipelex and Sandbase Harness for repeatable AI workflows

Pipelex supports structured AI workflows, and Sandbase Harness provides infrastructure for running and evaluating agent work. Both are for builders who need repeatable systems, not one-off prompts. Links: https://github.com/Pipelex/pipelex and https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness

13. catchup and call.md for agent sessions and meetings

catchup is a local-first command-line tool that moves and resumes coding-agent sessions across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents, so your context comes with you. call.md, from VideoDB, records, transcribes and analyzes meetings with real-time AI. Links: https://github.com/wilbeibi/catchup and https://github.com/video-db/call.md

14. Unikist, before.click and Amicons for visual research

Unikist curates modern design resources, before.click collects strong App Store screenshot references and Amicons provides a focused icon library. Together they make a handy visual research shelf for designers, marketers and product builders. Links: https://unikist.com/, https://before.click/ and https://amicons.design/

15. PureMac, a free Mac cleaner

PureMac is a free, open-source CleanMyMac alternative for macOS. It runs scheduled cleanups and clears Xcode, Homebrew and system caches, with no telemetry. Link: https://github.com/momenbasel/PureMac

A few more from yesterday

Awesome AI Governance, a curated collection of practical AI-governance resources: https://github.com/agentrust-io/awesome-ai-governance

Awesome Jev Projects, a collection of projects and examples built around Jev: https://github.com/logicrw/awesome-jev-projects

Kane CLI, an AI-assisted command-line tool for browser testing workflows: https://github.com/LambdaTest/kane-cli

Pi Desktop, a local-first AI coding agent for the desktop: https://github.com/vastsa/pi-desktop

OMNI, Kong and dshcloud, open-source tools for agent workflows, automation and cloud development: https://github.com/fajarhide/omni, https://github.com/amruth-sn/kong and https://github.com/eskim2001/dshcloud

So that's yesterday: stronger building blocks, safer AI systems, clearer visual references and tools that cut down repetitive effort. Pick whichever path fits how you work, and browse the complete hand-curated directory at https://bestproductivityresources.com/directory