New resources and a real PDF compressor: day 19

Nineteen days in, and the directory still sticks to the rule it launched with: everything is checked by hand and links straight to the original site. This batch leans into AI agents, video creation and developer tooling. It also ships with a new browser-only tool that actually makes PDF files smaller.

Fresh in the directory

1. ECC Tools, an agent harness for GitHub

This is an open agent harness system for GitHub App automation, security and coordination, sitting on top of Everything Claude Code, an open-source project with more than 280K GitHub stars. Teams begin with repo-native guidance, then layer on agent security and rollout as they grow. Link: https://ecc.tools/

2. AutoClips, short-form video from a topic

An AI video generator that turns topics or scripts into short-form videos for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels, with AI scripts, captions and voiceovers included. Link: https://www.autoclips.app/

3. Rakazo, self-hosted AI teammates

An open-source platform for persistent AI teammates. They can browse, use a shell, sign into your tools and finish real operational tasks, while asking for approval at the boundaries you set. It's self-hosted, and you bring your own model keys. Link: https://rakazo.com/

4. Flick, videos into scene-by-scene animation

An open-source tool that takes a video, a public video URL or a transcript and generates scene-by-scene animations using Remotion, so you can repurpose content into animated short-form video. Link: https://github.com/creatorberry/flick

5. Shrimply, a Rust-built desktop video editor

A simple but powerful open-source, cross-platform desktop video editor built in Rust, with GPU-accelerated rendering. It's still pre-alpha, but it looks promising for creators who want native performance. Link: https://github.com/soirihiroka/shrimply

A Compress PDF tool that really does compress

The new Compress PDF tool shrinks PDF files right in your browser. It rebuilds pages at a sensible resolution and re-encodes them efficiently. You see the before and after sizes and the percentage saved, and if a lossless re-save comes out smaller, it uses that instead. Nothing is uploaded, transmitted or stored. Link: https://bestproductivityresources.com/compress-pdf

It joins Split PDF, Merge PDF and the Personal Card Builder in the same privacy-first family. Your files never leave your device.

How to get the most from this list

If your week is all about shipping content, start with AutoClips or Flick. If it's about automating engineering work, start with ECC Tools or Rakazo. And if a huge PDF is holding up an email, open Compress PDF and you'll be done in a minute.

Everything above is live now, filed under its categories and linking straight to the original source.